The general purposes of the Law Revision Division shall be to promote and encourage the clarification and simplification of the law of Alabama to secure the better administration of justice and to carry on scholarly legal research and scientific legal work. To that end it shall be the duty of the division to do all of the following:
(1) Consider needed improvements in both substantive and adjective law and to make recommendations concerning the same to the chairs and members of the House Judiciary Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
(2) Examine and study the law of Alabama and Alabama jurisprudence and statutes with a view of discovering defects and inequities and of recommending needed reforms.
(3) Receive and consider suggestions from members of the Legislature and the public generally as to defects and anachronisms in the law.
(4) Recommend such changes in the law as it deems necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules of law and to bring the law of the state, both civil and criminal, into harmony with legal conditions and opinions.
(5) Render annual reports to the Legislature through the president of the council and, if it deems so advisable, accompany its reports with proposed bills to carry out any of its recommendations.
(6) Recommend the repeal of obsolete statutes and suggest needed amendments, additions, and repeals.
(7) Organize and conduct meetings as needed within the state for scholarly discussions of current problems in Alabama law, bringing together representatives of the Legislature, practicing attorneys, members of the bench and bar, and representatives of the law teaching profession and periodically conduct training and continuing education programs for public officials, including providing educational material.
(8) Advise the Code Commissioner on the performance of the duties imposed on the Code Commissioner by Article 2.
(9) In cooperation with the Legislative Council, establish and facilitate a legislative intern program.
Last modified: May 3, 2021