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,…
Laura Beth Nielsen Elected President of the Law and Society Association
Laura Beth Nielsen, American Bar Foundation (ABF) Research Professor and Northwestern University Sociology Professor, has been elected President of the Law and Society Association (LSA). The association announced the results of the 2020…
Former ABF Neukom Chair Angela Onwuachi-Willig and ABF SURF Fellowship Alumna Danielle Holley-Walker Receive AALS “Inaugural Impact Award”
Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Dean at the Boston University School of Law and previous ABF Neukom Chair, and Danielle Holley-Walker, Dean at Howard University School of Law and ABF SURF Fellowship …
Elizabeth K. Whittenbury, California Life Fellow, Celebrated in Marquis Who’s Who
Elizabeth (Beth) K. Whittenbury, California Life Fellow, has been included in Marquis Who’s Who. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value.…
Wisconsin Life Fellow Former Justice Louis B. Butler Jr. Designated Distinguished Faculty by National Judicial College
Former Justice Louis B. Butler Jr., Wisconsin Life Fellow and attorney at DeWitt LLP, has attained the designation of Distinguished Faculty by the National Judicial College headquartered in Reno, Nevada.…
Rafael Zahralddin, Delaware Life Fellow, Highlighted by Philadelphia Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar 2020”
Rafael Zahralddin, Delaware Life Fellow and Director and Chair of Elliott Greenleaf, P.C.’s Commercial Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice, has been selected as one of the Philadelphia Business Journal‘s “Best of the…
Watch: An ABF Event on the 2020 Election and the Fate of the U.S. Constitutional Democracy
On Thursday, October 29, 2020, the ABF hosted a virtual conversation titled, “The 2020 Election and the Fate of U.S. Constitutional Democracy”. The event featured: Tom Ginsburg, ABF Research Professor;…
Professor Thomas W. Mitchell, a Collaborator on the New Legal Realism Project, Receives MacArthur Fellowship
Thomas W. Mitchell, the Robert F. Drinan, S.J. Endowed Chair Professor of Law at Boston College, was named a 2020 Fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.…
Jeffrey B. Golden, Life Fellow, Recognised for Lifetime Achievement at Legal Week Innovation Awards 2020
Jeffrey B. Golden, Life Fellow and Joint Head of Chambers at 3 Hare Court, has received the inaugural Lifetime Contributor– Private Practice Award from the Legal Week Legal Innovation Awards 2020.…
A Toast to the Legacy of “Notorious RBG”
When the sad news broke that Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had passed, tributes and memorials paying respect to her legacy were widespread. Her life achievements were immense,…
James L. Chosy, Life Fellow, Receives Lifetime Acheivement Award from Minnesota Lawyer
James L. Chosy, Life Fellow, received a Lifetime Acheivement Award from the Minnesota Lawyer In-Counsel Awards 2020. Mr. Chosy is executive vice president and general counsel for U.S. Bank, and…
The ABF Receives $3.4 Million Grant from the American Bar Endowment
The American Bar Endowment (ABE) has awarded a $3.4 million grant to the American Bar Foundation (ABF), which will be used to support the ABF’s mission to expand knowledge and advance justice by understanding and…