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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 »
2009 Annual Report
The 2009 Annual Report is now available. For a hard copy version, please contact Katharine Hannaford at gro.nfba@drofannahk.
Download the report or read the director's comments and highlights
Historical timeline: the first 50 years…
Key to the strength of the ABF has been the ongoing and significant financial support generously provided by the American Bar Endowment and the valued contributions of the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.
The story of this first half-century is summarized in the pages that follow and is dedicated to all of those individuals who have made the first fifty years just the beginning.
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Officers and directors
Read the bios of the 2008 - 2009 officers and directors:
- Richard Pena, President, Austin, TX
- Bernice B. Donald, Vice President, Memphis, TN
- David A. Collins, Secretary, Detroit, MI
- David E. Van Zandt, Treasurer, Chicago, IL