Nancy Andrade, Illinois Fellow and former Senior Presidential Advisor at the American Bar Association, has been appointed Commissioner of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations (CCHR) by Chicago mayor Lori…
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…
Jeffrey Bruce Golden, International Life Fellow, Appointed as The Queen’s Counsel Honoris Causa
International Life Fellow and 3 Hare Court Joint Head of Chambers Jeffrey Golden has been appointed as one of eight new Honorary Queen’s Counsel, or Queen’s Counsel Honoris Causa, for…
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 Remembers the Historic Career of Late Benefactor Fellow and Federal Judge Jerome Farris
The ABF fondly remembers the career and dedicated service of late Washington Benefactor Fellow and Federal Judge Jerome Farris. Judge Farris, who passed away in July 2020 at the age…
Anne Shea Gaza, Delaware Life Fellow, Elected to Young Conaway Management Committee
Anne Shea Gaza, Delaware Life Fellow and Partner at Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, has been elected as a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Ms. Gaza is the first…
Honorable Bryant Yang, California Fellow, Appointed Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court
Honorable Bryant Yang, California Fellow and Former Asian Pacific American Bar Association (APABA) President, has been named Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court in an historic appointment by…
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…