Wechsler served as the first chair of the New York Commission on Judicial Nomination from 1977 until 1982. Accomplishments During Wechsler's tenure as director, the American Law Institute completed the second restatement of the Conflict of Laws, Contracts, Judgments, and Torts as well as the original restatement of Foreign Relations Law of the United States and large parts of the Second Restatement of Property. The Institute also conducted various studies in federal taxation and completed the Federal Securities Code, the Model Land Development Code, the Model Code of Pre-Arraignment Procedure, the Study of the Division of Jurisdiction Between State and Federal Courts, and made major revisions to the Uniform Commercial Code. The ALI's Principles of Corporate Governance and the current Restatement of Foreign Relations Law of the United States were also conceived, initiated, and developed under his direction. Following his retirement as director of the ALI in 1984, Wechsler remained active in the Institute's activities as a member of the council until his death in 2000. Awards and honors In 1993, Wechsler became the third recipient of the American Law Institute's Henry J. Friendly Medal for "outstanding achievement in promoting reform and clarification of the law" and for the way that his "outstanding intelligence, integrity, and devotion to the law... enriched the subjects of Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, and Federal Jurisdiction, as well as legal thinking generally." Wechsler also received the Association Medal of the New York City Bar Association for exceptional contributions to the honor and standing of the bar in the community. Wechsler was a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. See also List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 9) References External links Guide to the Herbert Wechsler papers at the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New York NY 1909 births 2000 deaths City College of New York alumni Columbia Law School alumni Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States Law clerks of Harlan F. Stone United States Assistant Attorneys General Scholars of criminal law Scholars of constitutional law Fellows of the British Academy 20th-century American lawyers Members of the American Law Institute Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy Members of the American Philosophical Society