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…
Shammara Henderson, New Mexico Fellow, First African American Appointed to New Mexico Court of Appeals
Shammara Henderson, New Mexico Fellow and former Attorney at Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Urias & Ward P.A, has become the first African American appointed to the New Mexico Court of Appeals. Governor…
Jennifer M. Chacon, New York Fellow, Co-authors New York Times Op-Ed on Presidential Authority and Immigration
Jennifer M. Chacon, New York Fellow and Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law, has co-authored an op-ed for the New York Times entitled No, Mr. President, Your Immigration…
Meryl J. Chertoff, New York Fellow, Publishes Bloomberg Law Article on Constitutional Threats During COVID-19
Meryl Chertoff, New York Fellow, executive director of SALPAL (Project on State and Local Government Policy and Law) and adjunct professor at Georgetown Law, recently published an article in ‘Bloomberg…
Rami D. Fakhoury, Michigan Fellow, Named Global Immigration Thought Leader
Rami D. Fakhoury, Michigan Fellow, founder and Managing Director of Fakhoury Law Group, the largest independently-owned business-based immigration law firm in Michigan, has been named Global Immigration Thought Leader by Who’s Who…
Kenneth A. Manning, New York Fellow, Elected Chairman of Buffalo and Erie Public Bridge Authority Board of Directors
Kenneth A. Manning, New York Fellow and partner at Phillips Lytle LLP, was elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Buffalo and Erie Public Bridge Authority (“the…
Dwight H. Merriam, Connecticut Life Fellow, Honored in First Annual New England Trailblazer Awards
Dwight H. Merriam, Connecticut Life Fellow and attorney at Dwight Merriam Attorney at Law, is among the select group of leading lawyers featured in the first annual of the New…
Jerome I. Braun, California Life Fellow, Named 2020 Recipient of Bill Edlund Award for Professionalism in the Law
Jerome I. “Jerry” Braun, California Life Fellow and founding partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP, was named the 2020 recipient of the Bill Edlund Award for Professionalism in the…
Rafael X. Zahralddin, Delaware Life Fellow, Leads COVID-19 Response Project for American Bankruptcy Institute
Rafael X. Zahralddin, Delaware Life Fellow and Director and Practice Chair of the Restructuring and Commercial Bankruptcy at Elliott Greenleaf, P.C., is leading a project for the American Bankruptcy Institute, which…