Bruce W. Felmly, Life Fellow, was announced as the 2024 recipient of the E. Donald Dufresne Award for Outstanding Professionalism. The award is presented by the New Hampshire Bar Association…
Premal Dharia, Fellow, Releasing New Book Titled “Dismantling Mass Incarceration”
Premal Dharia, Fellow, will be releasing a new book co-edited with James Forman Jr., and Maria Hawilo, titled Dismantling Mass Incarceration: A Handbook for Change. The book features a collection…
James K. Dorsett, III, Life Fellow and Past State Chair, Honored with N.C. State Bar Distinguished Service Award
James K. Dorsett, III, Life Fellow and past State Chair, was honored with the North Carolina State Bar’s John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award. The award was presented to him…
Gary C. Clark, Life Fellow, Inducted Into Oklahoma State University Hall of Fame
Gary C. Clark, Life Fellow, was recently recognized by Oklahoma State University as a member of the 2024 Hall of Fame class. His induction into the Hall of Fame is…
The ABF Announces the 2024 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has awarded doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships to five outstanding scholars. Selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants, these scholars were chosen for their significant…
The ABF Welcomes the 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has chosen five outstanding undergraduate students from across the nation to take part in the 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program. These young scholars…
Roderick N. Petrey, Patron Fellow, Named as 2024 Jane Elizabeth Curran Distinguished Service Award Recipient
Roderick “Rod” N. Petrey was named as the 2024 recipient of the Jane Elizabeth Curran Distinguished Service Award from Funding Florida Legal Aid (FFLA). He is being presented with the…
William ‘Bill’ H. Haltom, Named 2024 Recipient of the William M. Leech Jr. Public Service Award
Bill Haltom, Life Fellow, was named as the 2024 recipient of the Tennessee Bar Association’s William M. Leech Jr. Public Service Award. The award will be presented on June 14th.…
Darren Skinner, Fellow, Honored with Pinnacle Award by the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies
Darren Skinner, Fellow, was honored by the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies with their Pinnacle Award. The American Foundation for The University of The West Indies…
Special Issue of Law & Society Review Celebrates Laura Beth Nielsen’s Outgoing Presidential Address to the LSA
Around 2,500 of the world’s leading law and society scholars converged in Denver for the 2024 Law and Society Association Annual Meeting. But before the meeting’s sixtieth anniversary, the most…
Alison Ashe-Card, Life Fellow, Elected to the National Association for Law Placement Board of Directors
Alison Ashe-Card, Life Fellow, was recently elected to the National Association of Law Placement Board of Directors. Her three-year term that begins with president-elect began on April 19 during NALP’s…
The ABF Access to Justice Research Initiative Hosts Research Conference with Wayne State University Law School
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) Access to Justice Research Initiative is a dynamic hub for innovative empirical research and programs that bridge the divide between access to civil justice scholarship…