Michelle A. Henandez, Life Fellow, was announced as one of the 2024 Alumni Award recipients from the University of New Mexico. Hernandez was presented with the Zia Award on February…
The Making of Lawyers’ Careers: A Twenty-Year ABF Study Finds Systemic Inequality in the Legal Profession Still Exists
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has long been recognized as the leading source of research on legal education and the profession. Among these projects is the first longitudinal study of…
James Teufel Joins the ABF as Senior Researcher for the Access to Justice Research Initiative
James Teufel (MPH, Ph.D.) has joined the American Bar Foundation as a Senior Researcher for the Access to Justice Research Initiative. He will work with Rebecca Sandefur (Faculty Fellow) and…
Monte E. Frank, Fellow, Receives John Eldred Shields Professional Service Award
Monte E. Frank, Fellow, received the Connecticut Bar Association’s John Eldred Shields Professional Service Award. He will be presented with the award at the CBA’s annual award dinner on April…
Mary L. Smith, Patron Fellow, Recognized with University of Chicago Diversity Leadership Award
Mary L. Smith, Patron Fellow, was recognized by the University of Chicago as she was the alumni recipient of this year’s Diversity Leadership Awards. Mary was honored during the Martin…
Dean Cynthia Nance, Past National Fellows Chair and Patron Fellow, Featured In Law.com’s Women’s History Month Series
Dean Cynthia Nance, Past National Fellows Chair and Patron Fellow, is one of four law school deans being featured by Law.com for Women’s History Month. The series highlights women deans…
Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum, Benefactor Fellow, Elected as President of National Association of Attorneys General
Oregon Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum, Benefactor Fellow, has been elected serve as president of the National Association of Attorneys General. Attorney General Rosenblum was elected at the NAAG (pronounced…
Mark Suchman Appointed Professor of Sociology at Purdue University
Mark Suchman, ABF Research Professor and Executive Director, has joined the Purdue University faculty in the College of Liberal Arts as a Professor of Sociology. Suchman comes to Purdue from…
Lisa Ramsay Cole, Life Fellow, Appointed Vice-Chair of ALFA International’s Managing Partner Forum
Lisa Ramsay Cole, Life Fellow, was appointed Vice-Chair of ALFA’s International Managing Partner Forum. The forum exists for managing partners in law firms that are members of ALFA to share…
Professor Rose Rameau, Fellow, Awarded 2024 Mark Tushnet Prize from the Association of American Law School’s Comparative Law Section
Professor Rose Rameau, Fellow, was awarded the 2024 Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law. Professor Rameau won the award for an article titled “Reshaping Government’s Fiduciary Role Under the 1992…
Roscoe Jones, Jr., Fellow, Named Dean of Drake University School of Law
Roscoe Jones, Jr., Fellow, was announced as the next Dean of the Drake University School of Law on January 22. He will become the 22nd dean of the Drake Law…
Deborah Enix-Ross, Patron Fellow, Sworn onto Union College of Union County Board of Governors
Deborah Enix-Ross, Patron Fellow, was sworn in as a new member of the UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey Board of Governors. She was one of five new…