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The American Bar Foundation Appoints Two New Research Faculty Members in Anthropology
August 12, 2025
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has appointed Natacha Nsabimana and Alana Ackerman, both scholars in anthropology, to join its community as Research Professors beginning fall 2025. These scholars will join a robust community of researchers advancing understandings of law and society through empirical and interdisciplinary research. … Read More
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The ABF Access to Justice Research Initiative Launches Early Career Workshop with Second Cohort of Scholars
January 23, 2026
The American Bar Foundation’s Access to Justice Research Initiative is a hub for innovative research that connects access to civil justice scholarship, policy, and practice. It aims to advance civil…
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Rachel F. Moran to Receive 2026 Outstanding Scholar Award
January 7, 2026
Rachel F. Moran has been honored with the 2026 Outstanding Scholar Award from the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). Moran will be recognized during the 70th Annual Fellows Awards Reception and Banquet, which…
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Stephen A. Bain and Joi G. Kush to Receive 2026 Outstanding State Chair Award
January 7, 2026
Stephen A. Bain and Joi G. Kush have been honored with the 2026 Outstanding State Chair Award from the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. Bain and Kush are the…
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January 28, 2026
Criminal Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
"Perceived Fairness and Excess in Asset Forfeiture"
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Sociology, Northwestern University
Enduring Empire: U.S. Statecraft and Race-Making in the Philippines
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19
Law and Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University
“Is the Endowment for Us?”
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4
Sociology and Law, Fordham School of Law
Disclosureland: How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress
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Anthropology, University of Illinois Chicago
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Sociology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Sociology, American Bar Foundation and The University of Chicago
Arc of Scholarship Talk: Directions, Inspirations, Obstacles, and Impasses
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28
Criminal Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
"Perceived Fairness and Excess in Asset Forfeiture"
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21
Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign
What is the Rule of Law and Can it be saved: Lessons from the European Court of Human Rights
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