Its stated mission is to "foster knowledge about law and the administration of justice, especially with respect to individual rights, free enterprise, property ownership, limited government, and a fair and efficient judiciary.
It has pursued its educational and intellectual missions through a publishing program, conferences, and the annual Gauer Distinguished Lecture in Law and Public Policy.
[2] The Center has also been associated with several prominent Democrats, including Cliff Sloan, Walter Dellinger, Seth Waxman, Griffin Bell, and Robert Strauss.
[4] NLPCI publications frequently supported tort reform, the corporate interest, and were critical of the "impossibilities" of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
"[5] According to a 1990 column by David Margolick, the national legal affairs editor at The New York Times, "This is a group that has taken the famous dictum of Charles E. Wilson one step further.