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…
Professor Richard Sobelsohn, New York Fellow, Publishes “Coops, Condos and COVID-19” in NYSBA Journal
Professor Richard Sobelsohn, New York Fellow and Vice President, Legal, of Cohen Brothers Realty Corporation, published an article entitled “Coops, Condos and COVID-19” in the November 2020 issue of the New…
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,…
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;…