CollectionsQuestions about our collections? Contact the archives. The Archives of the American Law Institute (ALI)The ALI was established in 1923 by judges, lawyers, and law professors in an effort to promote the clarification, simplification, and scholarship of the law. The ALI Archives contains over 700 cubic feet of material documenting the administration, organization and work of the Institute, from early projects like the restatement of basic legal subjects to a collaboration with NCCUSL in developing and monitoring the Uniform Commercial Code. (more...) The Archives of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL)NCCUSL is an organization established in 1892, comprised of lawyers, judges and law professors appointed by the states for the purpose of drafting proposals for uniform and model laws, and working toward their enactment in legislatures. There are over 300 cubic feet of papers in the NCCUSL Archives, most of them donated by individual commissioners, who maintain their own records in the course of working on studies and drafting projects. (more...) The National Bankruptcy Archives (NBA)In 2000 the Biddle Law Library and the American College of Bankruptcy collaborated to establish the National Bankruptcy Archives (NBA), a national repository of materials relating to the history of debtor-creditor relations, bankruptcy and the reorganization of debt. The NBA currently contains over 500 cubic feet of personal papers and institutional records. (more...) Manuscript CollectionsThe Biddle Law Library Manuscript Collections include the papers of George Wharton Pepper, Bernie Segal, William Draper Lewis, and David L. Bazelon. (more...) Penn Law School ArchivesThe library maintains a selection of Law School records. Some records relating to the operations of Penn Law, however, are maintained by the University Archives. Please contact us for more information.
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