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Fellows CLE Explores the Supreme Court's Controversial Past and Uncertain Future
February 26, 2026
The United States Supreme Court is perhaps more divisive now than ever before. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the 2022 decision which overturned Roe v. Wade, caused the percent of Democrats holding a favorable view of the Court to plummet to levels lower than they have been in… Read More
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ABF Research Professor William H. J. Hubbard Explores the Potential of Markets and Technology to Promote Access to Civil Justice
March 27, 2026
While market-based approaches to court procedures—particularly in civil cases—are often perceived as hindering access to justice, American Bar Foundation Research Professor and Deputy Dean and the Clifton R. Musser Professor…
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Fellows CLE Explores the Supreme Court's Controversial Past and Uncertain Future
February 26, 2026
The United States Supreme Court is perhaps more divisive now than ever before. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the 2022 decision which overturned Roe v. Wade, caused the percent of Democrats holding a…
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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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Stagnated, on the Verge of Breakthrough, or Both? The State of Big Theories of Legal Phenomena
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Arc of Scholarship Talk: Directions, Inspirations, Obstacles, and Impasses
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Legal Anthropology, Emory University School of Law
"The War on Tenure"
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Law, Boston College Law School
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Anthropology, University of Illinois Chicago
Inhabiting Transit: Migrant Struggles from Global South America to the U.S. and Back Again
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11
Education, The University of Texas at Austin
Special Education and the Juvenile Legal System: Connecting Policy, Research, and Practice to Address the School-to-Prison Pipeline
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Sociology and Law, Fordham School of Law
Disclosureland: How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress
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