Dean Cynthia Nance, Past National Fellows Chair and Patron Fellow, is one of four law school deans being featured by Law.com for Women’s History Month. The series highlights women deans…
Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum, Benefactor Fellow, Elected as President of National Association of Attorneys General
Oregon Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum, Benefactor Fellow, has been elected serve as president of the National Association of Attorneys General. Attorney General Rosenblum was elected at the NAAG (pronounced…
Mark Suchman Appointed Professor of Sociology at Purdue University
Mark Suchman, ABF Research Professor and Executive Director, has joined the Purdue University faculty in the College of Liberal Arts as a Professor of Sociology. Suchman comes to Purdue from…
Lisa Ramsay Cole, Life Fellow, Appointed Vice-Chair of ALFA International’s Managing Partner Forum
Lisa Ramsay Cole, Life Fellow, was appointed Vice-Chair of ALFA’s International Managing Partner Forum. The forum exists for managing partners in law firms that are members of ALFA to share…
Professor Rose Rameau, Fellow, Awarded 2024 Mark Tushnet Prize from the Association of American Law School’s Comparative Law Section
Professor Rose Rameau, Fellow, was awarded the 2024 Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law. Professor Rameau won the award for an article titled “Reshaping Government’s Fiduciary Role Under the 1992…
Roscoe Jones, Jr., Fellow, Named Dean of Drake University School of Law
Roscoe Jones, Jr., Fellow, was announced as the next Dean of the Drake University School of Law on January 22. He will become the 22nd dean of the Drake Law…
Deborah Enix-Ross, Patron Fellow, Sworn onto Union College of Union County Board of Governors
Deborah Enix-Ross, Patron Fellow, was sworn in as a new member of the UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey Board of Governors. She was one of five new…
Recap of the Fellows Events at the 2024 Midyear Meeting
We’d like to think it was a home run seeing everyone at the Fellows events at the 2024 ABA Midyear Meeting in Louisville! The Fellows events got kicked off with…
Erica Benites Giese, Life Fellow, Appointed to the Hispanic National Bar Association’s Latina Commission
Erica Benites Giese, Life Fellow, was appointed to serve on the Latina Commission of the Hispanic National Bar Association. The Latina Commission was originally formed in 2008 to study and…
Roger A. Fairfax Jr., Fellow, Appointed Dean of Howard University School of Law
Roger A. Fairfax Jr., Fellow, was announced as the Dean of Howard University’s School of Law. His appointment will begin July 1st, 2024. Fairfax will be leaving American University Washington…
Dean Melanie D. Wilson, Life Fellow Begins Term as President of the Association of American Law Schools
Dean Melanie D. Wilson, Life Fellow, was inducted as President of the Association of American Law Schools on January 6th at the AALS Annual Meeting. She takes over from 2023…
Ellen M. Jakovic, ABF Board Member and Benefactor Fellow, Named 2024 WBA Woman Lawyer of the Year
Ellen M. Jakovic, Benefactor Fellow, was announced as the 2024 Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia (WBA) Woman Lawyer of the Year. Jakovic will be honored at the…