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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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Mason Ji Elected to ABF Board of Directors Alongside New Ex Officio Members
September 12, 2025
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) welcomes Seattle-based litigator Mason Ji to its Board of Directors following his election at the ABA Annual Meeting in Toronto in August 2025. Ji will…
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New Fellows Officers Take Their Seats on the ABF Board of Directors
September 12, 2025
The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (ABF) have announced their officers for the 2025–26 fiscal year. The Fellows is an honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal…
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The ABF Announces 2025-26 Visiting Scholars
September 2, 2025
The American Bar Foundation is pleased to welcome seven Visiting Scholars to the ABF research community. The scholars of the 2025-26 cohort are: Portia Jin Xiong, Rashmee Singh, William Darwall,…
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September 17, 2025
Sociology and Law, The University of Tennessee Knoxville
Border Skirmishes in Indian Country: McGirt, The Settler Carceral State, and Abolition Geographies
Hybrid: Virtual/In-Person
(ABF Offices, 750 N Lake Shore Drive, 4th Floor Chicago, IL)
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ABF/AccessLex Institute Postdoctoral Fellow in Legal and Higher Education
Pathways to Justice Work: Nonlawyer Educational Choices, Identities, and Professionalization in the U.S.
Hybrid: Virtual/In-Person
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29
Law, University of Southern California
Abortion and American Exceptionalism
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(ABF Offices, 750 N Lake Shore Drive, 4th Floor Chicago, IL)
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12
Law, UC Irvine
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ABF/LSA Doctoral Fellow in Law & Inequality, ABF/AccessLex Institute Doctoral Fellow in Law & Higher Education
New 2025 ABF Doctoral Fellows
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September
24
History, University of Chicago
Fissures in the Welfare State: Rethinking the Weaknesses of the New Deal
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(ABF Offices, 750 N Lake Shore Drive, 4th Floor Chicago, IL)
September
17
Sociology and Law, The University of Tennessee Knoxville
Border Skirmishes in Indian Country: McGirt, The Settler Carceral State, and Abolition Geographies
Hybrid: Virtual/In-Person
(ABF Offices, 750 N Lake Shore Drive, 4th Floor Chicago, IL)