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Line 1: {{Short description\|Main strategic planning division of the US Department of Justice}} The '''Office of Legal Policy''' is a division within the [[United States Department of Justice]] which describes itself as the "focal point for the development and coordination of Departmental policy." In addition to rendering legal advice to the [[United States Attorney General]] and subordinate offices within the Justice Department, it serves as a nexus where major policy decisions within the Department can be developed, coordinated, and successfully implemented.▼ {{Unreferenced\|date=October 2023}} {{use mdy dates \|date=June 2019}} {{Use American English\|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox government agency \|agency_name = United States Department of Justice<br>Office of Legal Policy \|type = Office \|seal = Seal of the United States Department of Justice.svg \|seal_caption = Seal of the United States Department of Justice \|formed = {{Start date and age\|1981}} \|jurisdiction = [[Federal government of the United States]] \|headquarters = [[Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building]]<br>950 [[Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.)\|Pennsylvania Avenue]] [[Northwest, Washington, D.C.\|NW]]<br>[[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. \|chief1_name = [[Susan Davies (lawyer)\|Susan Davies]] \|chief1_position = Acting Assistant Attorney General \|parent_department = [[United States Department of Justice\|U.S. Department of Justice]] \|website = {{URL\|www.justice.gov/olp\|Official website}} }} ▲The '''Office of Legal Policy''' ('''OLP''') is a division within the [[United States Department of Justice]] which describes itself as the "focal point for the development and coordination of Departmental policy." In addition to rendering legal advice to the [[United States Attorney General]] and subordinate offices within the Justice Department, it serves as a nexus where major policy decisions within the ~~Department~~department can be developed, coordinated, and ~~successfully~~ implemented. The Office is currently led by acting assistant attorney general [[Susan M. Davies]]. ==History== The Office of Legal Policy (OLP) was established by Attorney General [[William French Smith]] in 1981 as the principal ~~Department~~ department office to plan, develop, and coordinate the implementation of major policy initiatives of high priority to the ~~Department~~department and to the Administration, and to assist the President and the Attorney General in the Administration's judicial selection process for [[Article I and Article III tribunals\|Article III judges]]. OLP devoted considerable efforts to the areas of criminal and civil justice reform, as had some of its predecessor policy offices (among them, the Office of Criminal Justice, the Office of Policy and Planning, and the Office for Improvements in the Administration of Justice). OLP also supervised the work of the Office of Information and Privacy (OIP) with respect to [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)\|Freedom of Information]] and [[Privacy Act of 1974\|Privacy Act]] matters. In 1989, the office was renamed as the Office of Policy Development (OPD), and OIP was established as a separate Department component. For a one-year period, OPD was organized as a component of the newly- created Office of Policy and Communications, together with the Office of Public Affairs and the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. In 1993, that structure was discontinued and OPD was established again as an independent component. In May 2001, Attorney General [[John Ashcroft]] restored the name of the office as the Office of Legal Policy and confirmed its principal policy role within the ~~Department~~department. ==External links== ~~[http~~{{official website\|https://www.~~usdoj~~justice.gov/olp~~/ Official website]~~}} [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pjus/is_200207/ai_2392830147 Office of Legal Policy Announces Leadership Changes] {{DOJ agencies}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Office Of Legal Policy}} [[Category:United States Department of Justice agencies]] [[Category:United States assistant attorneys general for the Office of Legal Policy\| ]] ~~{{US-law-stub}}~~