Twelve ABF Fellows are listed among Crain’s 2020 Notable Women in Law, which highlights senior-level private practice women attorneys who have shown the ability to effect change in their roles…
E. Thomas Sullivan, President Emeritus of the University of Vermont, Elected President of the ABF
E. Thomas Sullivan, President Emeritus and Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Vermont, has become the new president of the American Bar Foundation (ABF) for the 2020-2022 term. For…
The ABF Announces 2020-2021 Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Fellows
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has awarded four emerging scholars its 2020-21 doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships. Amber Joy Powell, Kumar Ramanathan, Christopher Mathis, and Charquia Wright will begin their fellowships…
Elizabeth Mertz Appointed Lichtstern Distinguished Research Scholar in Residence at the University of Chicago
American Bar Foundation (ABF) Research Professor Elizabeth Mertz has been appointed the Lichtstern Distinguished Research Scholar in Residence (2020-2021) in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. The…
Gina F. Rubel, Pennsylvania Fellow, to Present on Post-COVID Law Firm Data Security Risks for Philadelphia Bar Association
Gina F. Rubel, Pennsylvania Fellow and President of Furia Rubel Communications, Inc., will give a virtual presentation on Post-COVID Law Firm Data Security Risks for the Philadelphia Bar Association on Monday,…
Stacy Broman, Minnesota Life Fellow, Receives 2020 FDCC Diversity Award
Stacy Broman, Minessota Life Fellow and Partner at Meagher + Geer, has been awarded the 2020 Diversity Award from the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC). The award celebrates…
Rafael Zahralddin, Delaware Life Fellow, to be Honored as 2020 Minority Business Leader by the Philadelphia Business Journal
Rafael Zahralddin, Delaware Life Fellow and Director and Chair of Elliott Greenleaf, P.C.,’s Commercial Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice, has been recognized as one of the Philadelphia region’s 2020 top minority…
Professor Ben Trachtenberg, Missouri Life Fellow, Co-Publishes “Criminal Procedure: A Free Law School Casebook”
Professor Ben Trachtenberg, Isidor Loeb Professor of Law at the University of Missouri and Missouri Life Fellow, has co-published “Criminal Procedure: A Free Law School Casebook” with Professor Anne Alexander (University…
John G. Browning, Texas Fellow, Receives Patrick A. Nester Outstanding Achievement in CLE Award
, attorney at Spencer Fane and Texas Fellow, was recently honored by the Texas Bar College with the Patrick A. Nester Oustanding Achievement in CLE (Continued Legal Education) Award. The…
Hon. Judge Leslie Miller, Arizona Fellow, Inducted into Saint Louis University School of Law Hall of Fame
The Honorable Leslie Miller, Arizona Fellow, has been inducted into the Saint Louis University School of Law Hall of Fame. Judge Miller has been a judge with the Pima County…
Thomas W. Mitchell, Texas Fellow, Drafts Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act
Thomas W. Mitchell, Texas Fellow and Professor and Co-Director of Program in Real Estate and Community Development Law at Texas A&M University, has served as principal drafter of the influential…
ABF Philanthropist Fellow William H. Neukom to Receive ABA Medal
William H. Neukom, an American Bar Foundation (ABF) Philanthropist Fellow and a steadfast investor in research and programs at the ABF, will be honored with the ABA Medal at the American…