Michael McCann, Professor Emeritus and the former Gordon Hirabayashi Professor for the Advancement of Citizenship at the University of Washington, has been honored with the 2024 Outstanding Scholar Award from…
Suzette M. Malveaux to Receive the 2024 ABF Fellows Outstanding Service Award
Suzette M. Malveaux, the Moses Lasky Professor of Law and Director of the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law at the University of Colorado Law…
Michael J. Hernandez to Receive the 2024 ABF Fellows Outstanding State Chair Award
Michael J. Hernandez, Partner at Franczek P.C. and ABF Fellows Illinois State Chair, has been honored with the 2024 Outstanding State Chair Award from the Fellows of the American Bar…
ABF President Jimmy Goodman Interviews Martin Scorsese and Chief Standing Bear of the Osage Nation for ABA Presidential Speaker Series
As part of the American Bar Association’s Presidential Speaker Series, ABF President Jimmy K. Goodman sat down with Academy Award–winning director, producer, and screenwriter Martin Scorsese, along with Chief Geoffrey Standing…
National Science Foundation Awards Grant to Support Collaboration Among Access to Civil Justice Researchers and Federal Agencies
The American Bar Foundation’s (ABF) Access to Justice Research Initiative, in partnership with Arizona State University (ASU), the Vanderbilt Access to Justice Initiative, and the Initiative for Inclusive Civil Justice…
The ABF Receives Annual Grant of Nearly $3.7 Million from the American Bar Endowment for 2023-24 Fiscal Year
The American Bar Endowment (ABE) has approved its annual grant to the American Bar Foundation (ABF), of nearly $3.7 million for the 2023-24 fiscal year. This grant will support the…
ABF’s Access to Justice Researchers Join in $1 Million Grant from the National Science Foundation
Michele Statz, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, Matthew Burnett, Senior Program Officer for the Access to Justice Research Initiative at the American Bar Foundation; and Nikole Nelson, Executive…
The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation Select the 2023-24 Fellows Officers
The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (ABF) have selected their new Fellows Officers for the 2023-24 fiscal year. The Fellows of the ABF is an honorary organization of attorneys,…
The American Bar Foundation Welcomes Patty A. Ferguson-Bohnee and Judge Peter M. Reyes, Jr. To its Board of Directors
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has elected two new board members to its Board of Directors. Patty A. Ferguson–Bohnee and the Honorable Peter M. Reyes, Jr. were both elected to…
The ABF Announces the 2023-24 Cohort of Doctoral Fellows
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has awarded doctoral fellowships to three Ph.D. candidates who will work in residence in the ABF’s Chicago office beginning in September 2023. Among a highly…
The ABF Welcomes the 2023-24 Cohort of Visiting Scholars
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) is pleased to welcome the 2023-24 Visiting Scholars cohort to the ABF research community. This year’s scholars are Leslie Abramson, Michelle Brown (University of Tennessee),…
Caity Curry of University of Minnesota Wins Law & Social Inquiry’s Graduate Student Paper Competition
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) is pleased to announce that Caity Curry (they/them), a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota, has won the 2023…