National Fellows Webinar
RSVP by Wednesday, July 14th
Featured Keynote: "The New Legal Realism Project: Translating Social Science for Real-World Law"
FELLOWS EVENT
Virtual
This event is free to registerees.
10:00am PT / 11:00am MT / 12:00pm CT / 1:00pm ET
Featured Keynote: “The New Legal Realism Project: Translating Social Science for Real-World Law” with:
- Lisa T. Alexander – Presidential Impact Fellow; Professor of Law and Co-Director, Program in Real Estate and Community Development Law, Texas A&M University School of Law
- Elizabeth Mertz – ABF Research Professor; Professor Emerita; John and Rylla Bosshard, University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School
- Shauhin Talesh – Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law
Moderated by:
- Ajay K. Mehrotra – ABF Executive Director and Research Professor; Professor of Law and Affiliated Professor of History, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
The New Legal Realism (NLR) project, which has for decades been co-sponsored by the American Bar Foundation along with a number of law schools, fosters translation that makes top-notch social science research relevant to law on the ground. Join the ABF as contributors to newly published Handbook of Modern Legal Realism discuss the overall NLR movement, the significance of the Handbook, and their own chapters in the volume.