The American Bar Foundation (ABF) is pleased to announce the 2021-2022 cohort of ABF/JPB Foundation Access to Justice Scholars. The incoming group will bring innovative research to help advance access…
The ABF Launches New Podcast: Whose Law Is It Anyway?
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) premiered the Whose Law Is It Anyway? podcast on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. The podcast explores U.S. and international social issues and legal challenges through exclusive interviews…
Scholars to Highlight Work on Advancing Access to Justice at Research Showcase
The inaugural cohort of the American Bar Foundation (ABF)/JPB Foundation Access to Justice Scholars will showcase their projects during a virtual event on Saturday, April 24, from 12:00 P.M. to 2:30 P.M.…
New Book Examines the Evolving Meaning of Civil Rights in America
A new book by American Bar Foundation (ABF) Research Professor Christopher W. Schmidt examines the history of America’s fight over the meaning of civil rights. Published by Cambridge University Press, Civil…
A New Study Co-Authored by Shari Seidman Diamond Examines the Disappearing Jury Trials
A new study co-authored by American Bar Foundation (ABF) Research Professor Shari Seidman Diamond explains the decline in jury trials and examines factors that can slow down or reverse their disappearance. The…
Harvard Law Professor Martha Minow to Deliver Keynote Address at the 2021 ABF Fellows Annual Awards Banquet
Martha Minow, the 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard Law School and former member of the America Bar Foundation (ABF) Board of Directors, will be the Keynote Speaker during the Fellows of the…
James J. Sandman to be Honored with the 2021 Distinguished ABF Life Fellow Award
James J. Sandman, Distinguished Lecturer and Senior Consultant of the Future of the Profession Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, will receive the 2021 Distinguished Life Fellow Award from…
Elwood F. Cahill, Jr. and Frank X. Neuner Jr. to be Honored With the 2021 ABF Fellows Outstanding State Chair Awards
Lawyers Elwood F. Cahill, Jr. and Frank X. Neuner Jr., will jointly receive the 2021 Outstanding State Chair Awards from the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). The award will be…
UCLA Professor Laura E. Gómez to Receive the 2021 ABF Fellows Outstanding Scholar Award
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Law Professor Laura E. Gómez will be honored with the 2021 Outstanding Scholar Award from the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). The award will be…
Stephen A. Saltzburg to Receive the 2021 ABF Fellows Outstanding Service Award
Stephen A. Saltzburg, the Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School, will receive the 2021 Outstanding Service Award from the Fellows of the…
The ABF Receives a Generous Donation from Sourcebooks in Honor of Late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
To honor the work and legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sourcebooks has made a generous donation to the American Bar Foundation (ABF). Sourcebooks made the donation…
Sida Liu Wins Asian Law and Society Association Distinguished Article Award
American Bar Foundation (ABF) Faculty Fellow Sida Liu and Di Wang received the Asian Law and Society Association (ALSA) Distinguished Article Award for 2020 for their article “Performing Artivism: Feminists, Lawyers,…