Tazewell T. Shepard, Alabama Life Fellow and managing partner of Sparkman, Shepard & Morris, P.C., has been instated as the President of the Alabama State Bar. Mr. Shepard assumed the…
John Attanasio, Texas Life Fellow, Interviewed by Forbes on 2018 Book “Politics and Capital: Auctioning the American Dream”
John Attanasio, Texas Life Fellow and president of The International Academic Institute of Process and Procedure, was interviewed by Forbes.com about his book, Politics and Capital: Auctioning the American Dream (Oxford University Press,…
Julie I. Fershtman, Michigan Life Fellow, Authors “Equine Law and Horse Sense”
Julie I. Fershtman, Shareholder with Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC and Michigan Life Fellow, has authored the book “Equine Law and Horse Sense”, which was recently published by the…
Daniel Monnat, Kansas Fellow, Ranked by Chambers USA 2020 Among Kansas’ Top Litigators in White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Daniel Monnat, partner at Monnat & Spurrier and Kansas Fellow, has been ranked by Chambers USA as being in the top tier of Kansas litigators practicing in the White-Collar Crime…
Mark B. Baer, California Fellow, Publishes Article in Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Mark B. Baer, California Fellow, has published an article entitled “The Amplication of Bias in Family Law and Its Impact” in The Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. The article…
Melba V. Pearson, Florida Fellow, Edits New ABA-Published Book Entitled “Can They Do That? Understanding Prosecutorial Discretion”
Melba V. Pearson, Florida Fellow, Former Deputy Director of the ACLU of Florida and President at MVP Law LLC, has edited an ABA-published book entitled Can They Do That? Understanding Prosecutorial…
Michele B. Goodwin, Massachusetts Fellow, Authors Ms. Magazine Article Entitled “Addressing Racism’s Toll: My Minneapolis Experience”
Michele B. Goodwin, Massachusetts Fellow and Chancellor’s Professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, has published an article for Ms. Magazine entitled “Addressing Racism’s Toll: My Minneapolis Experience”. Professor…
The ABF Announces the 2020 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows
The American Bar Foundation has awarded four outstanding undergraduate students the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Law and Social Science for their exemplary work throughout their undergraduate careers. The 2020 Fellows, selected…
New Study Explores the Changing Diversity of Law Students Since the Great Recession
Enrollment in law school has declined by 25% over the past decade; there are now more women than men pursuing law; and Asian Americans, once the fastest-growing group in law…
ABF Research Professor Terence C. Halliday Awarded the 2020 Harry J. Kalven Jr. Prize
American Bar Foundation (ABF) Research Professor Terence C. Halliday has been awarded the 2020 Harry J. Kalven Jr. Prize from the Law and Society Association (LSA). The prize is awarded…
Meera E. Deo Appointed 2020-21 William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law
Meera E. Deo has been named the American Bar Foundation (ABF) 2020-21 William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law. Deo is Director of the Law School Survey…
Leonard M. Niehoff, Michigan Life Fellow, Authors Detroit Free Press Op-ed on COVID-19 and Evidence
Leonard M. Niehoff, Michigan Life Fellow and Professor from Practice at the University of Michigan Law School, has authored an op-ed in the Detroit Free Press entitled “Law professor: Virus reveals we…