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The ABF Receives Annual Grant of Nearly $3.7 Million from the American Bar Endowment for 2023-24 Fiscal Year
September 27, 2023
The American Bar Endowment (ABE) has approved its annual grant to the American Bar Foundation (ABF), of nearly $3.7 million for the 2023-24 fiscal year. This grant will support the ABF’s interdisciplinary, empirical research on law and policy. “We deeply appreciate the American Bar Endowment’s… Read More
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Mark Suchman Appointed Professor of Sociology at Purdue University
February 29, 2024
Mark Suchman, ABF Research Professor and Executive Director, has joined the Purdue University faculty in the College of Liberal Arts as a Professor of Sociology. Suchman comes to Purdue from…
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Joanne Martin to Receive the 2024 ABF Fellows Distinguished Life Fellow Award
January 11, 2024
Joanne Martin, ABF Life Fellow and recently retired Executive Director of the American Bar Endowment (ABE), has been honored with the 2024 Distinguished Life Fellow Award from the Fellows of…
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Michael McCann to Receive the 2024 ABF Fellows Outstanding Scholar Award
January 11, 2024
Michael McCann, Professor Emeritus and the former Gordon Hirabayashi Professor for the Advancement of Citizenship at the University of Washington, has been honored with the 2024 Outstanding Scholar Award from…
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February 14, 2024
Criminology, Law, and Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago
Punishing Black Women: Gender Responsive Carceral Polices as Reproductive Warfare
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March
19
"Democracy at Risk: Can Understanding Our Past Protect Our Future?"
Join the ABF for a provocative discussion about the role of education in safeguarding democracy
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March
27
Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
“Healing in the Face of Legal Violence: Kinship, Community Care, and Transformation"
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April
3
Law, Duke University School of Law
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April
10
Criminology, Law and Society, and Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
"On the Record: Papers, Immigration, and Legal Advocacy"
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April
17
Sociology and Criminal Justice, Suffolk University
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March
6
Social Work and Anthropology, University of South Carolina
Care Under Pressure: Contradictions of Speedy Release and Quality Care in Programs for Unaccompanied Children
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February
28
Sociology, University of Michigan
Law, Future-Making, and Self-Making in Asylum-Seeking on Religious Grounds
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February
21
Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland
Defund, ‘Refund,’ or Abolish the Police? Age Differences in Evaluations of the #DefundThePolice Mandate and its Implications for the Future of Policing
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