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Expanding knowledge & advancing justice
The American Bar Foundation is an organization dedicated to advancing justice through rigorous research on the law, legal processes, and the law's impact on our society. Read our mission statement »
2012 Annual Report
The 2012 Annual Report is now available. For a hard copy version, please contact Katharine Hannaford at gro.nfba@drofannahk.
Download the report or read the Report of the Director.
Featured Board News
The American Bar Foundation's Life Benefactor Fellow and Board of Directors member Mortimer M. Caplin is a lawyer and educator with many professional and personal accomplishments, including service as the U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue under President John F. Kennedy.
Click below to listen to a 1962 interview with Mr. Caplin on Meet the Press, during his tenure as Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Listen to the interview »
Officers and directors
Read the bios of the 2012 - 2013 officers and directors:
- Bernice B. Donald, President, Memphis, TN
- David A. Collins, Vice President, Detroit, MI
- George S. Frazza, Treasurer, New York, NY
- Ellen J. Flannery, Secretary, Washington, D.C.