Research Advancing Justice
Live Last read · last published · next check
Saves to your Listen queue, to pick up on another day or another device.
The Fellows events kicked off with the Fellows CLE Friday morning, featuring a panel moderated by past National Fellows Chair Jennifer Parent and a discussion with ABF Research Professor Reuben… Read More about Recap of the Fellows Events at the 2026 ABA Annual Conference
The ABF Fellows CLE Program, held July 31 during the 2026 ABA Annual Conference, examined the lasting consequences of mass incarceration and why, for many people, the legal and social… Read More about Fellows CLE Explores the Lasting Consequences of Mass Incarceration
David A. Collins, Philanthropist Fellow and former ABF Board President, had his Ph.D. dissertation quoted by Justice Amy Coney Barrett in her recent opinion for the court majority in the… Read More about David A. Collins, Philanthropist Fellow, Quoted in Supreme Court Opinion
A reception in May 2026 celebrated the legacy of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the fund named in her honor at the ABF. When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg entered Harvard law school,… Read More about ABF Hosts New York City Reception Celebrating RBG Fund
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has named Laura Beth Nielsen as its eleventh Executive Director, succeeding Interim Executive Director and ABF Affiliated Research Professor Bryant Garth. She will assume the role September… Read More about Leading Sociologist Laura Beth Nielsen to Steer ABF into Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Year
William A. Waddell Jr., Life Fellow, was named as the 2025-2026 recipient of the Sidney S. McMath Professionalism Award from the Pulaski County Bar Association. He was presented with the… Read More about William A. Waddell Jr., Life Fellow, Receives Sidney S. McMath Professionalism Award
The American Bar Foundation is pleased to welcome six Visiting Scholars to the ABF research community. The scholars of the 2026–27 cohort are: Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, Kathryn Birks Harvey, Jennifer Carlson,… Read More about The ABF Announces 2026–27 Visiting Scholars
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has awarded doctoral fellowships to three exceptional scholars. Selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants, these scholars were chosen for their impressive empirical and… Read More about The American Bar Foundation Announces 2026 Cohort of Doctoral Fellows
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) is delighted to announce that Laura Nelson, a PhD candidate in the Department of History at Princeton University, has won the 2026 Graduate Student Paper Competition from Law… Read More about Princeton University Student Laura Nelson Wins Law & Social Inquiry’s 2026 Graduate Student Paper Competition
George T. Lewis, Life Fellow, was named as the 2026 recipient of the William M. Leech Jr. Public Service Award, which is presented by the Fellows of the TBA Young… Read More about George T. Lewis, Life Fellow, To Be Honored with Public Service Award from the Fellows of the TBA Young Lawyers Division
