ACS is pleased to make available materials on the role of the Department of Justice and expert advice on the "best practices" to guide it going forward, featuring former senior Justice Department officials from several Administrations.

• Principles to Guide the Department of Justice Under the Next Attorney General (Oct. 2007) -- video and transcript of a panel discussion of the principles and best practices to guide the Department under the next Attorney General, featuring Dawn Johnsen, Joseph D. Rich, James K. Robinson, and Ronald Klain.
• The Role of the Department of Justice (July 2007) -- video and transcript of an ACS National Convention Panel examining the historical relationship between the Justice Department, the White House, and the U.S. Attorneys, featuring Arthur B. Culvahouse, Viet D. Dinh, Judge Raymond C. Fisher, Judge Merrick B. Garland, and Jamie S. Gorelick.
• All the President's Lawyers: How to Avoid Another "Torture Opinion" Debacle (July 2007) -- an ACS Issue Brief exploring how the Office of Legal Counsel should act to ensure the laws are faithfully executed, by Dawn Johnsen.
• Signing Statements and the President's Authority to Refuse to Enforce the Law (June 2006) -- an ACS Issue Brief discussing whether and when the President may refuse to enforce a law that the President regards as unconstitutional, by Neil Kinkopf. Supplemented by an index of presidential signing statements (Aug. 2007).
• Principles to Guide the Office of Legal Counsel (December 2004) -- a White Paper on ten principles to guide the OLC, signed by numerous former Office of Legal Counsel attorneys.