▁service . ▁C . ▁C . ▁Bur ling ham , ▁the ▁do yen ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁bar , ▁said ▁that ▁Twe ed ▁was ▁" the ▁best ▁president ▁the ▁Bar ▁Association ▁has ▁ever ▁had ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁Twe ed ▁became ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Law ▁Institute ▁( AL I ). ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁gu iding ▁force ▁in ▁its ▁major ▁lab ors — the ▁updating ▁of ▁the ▁inst itute ' s ▁published ▁Rest at ements , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁prepar ation ▁of ▁the ▁Un iform ▁Com mer cial ▁Code , ▁model ▁codes ▁and ▁stat utes ▁on ▁pen al ▁law ▁and ▁tax ation , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁rest at ement ▁on ▁the ▁foreign - rel ations ▁law ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁He ▁took ▁a ▁light , ▁subt le ▁approach , ▁usually ▁talking ▁around ▁the ▁matter ▁at ▁hand ▁so ▁as ▁to ▁en velop ▁the ▁object ▁of ▁his ▁attention ; ▁only ▁occasionally ▁did ▁he ▁take ▁a ▁direct ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁proceed ings ▁over ▁which ▁he ▁smooth ly ▁pres ided . ▁ ▁Starting ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁Twe ed ▁was ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁A LI ▁- ▁American ▁Bar ▁Association ▁( AB A ) ▁joint ▁committee ▁on ▁continu ing ▁legal ▁education . ▁Ref resh ment ▁of ▁the ▁law , ▁Twe ed ▁believed , ▁was ▁a ▁professional ▁responsibility . ▁He ▁wrote ▁articles , ▁spoke ▁to ▁law y ers ' ▁groups , ▁button ho led ▁bar ▁leaders , ▁and ▁organized ▁con ferences . ▁For ▁many ▁years , ▁a ▁colle ague