New Book by ABF Researcher Explores the Sit-In Movement 

"The Sit-Ins: Protest & Legal Change in the Civil Rights Era," a new book by ABF Faculty Fellow Christopher W. Schmidt, tells the story of the student lunch counter protests and the national debate they sparked over the meaning of the constitutional right of all Americans to equal protection of the law. "The Sit-Ins" invites a broader understanding of how Americans contest and construct the meaning of their Constitution. Read more»

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ABF Doctoral Fellow Publishes Innovative Study on Law School Rankings Apr 20, 2018

A new article written by American Bar Foundation (ABF) Doctoral Fellow Christopher J. Ryan, “A Value-Added Ranking of Law Schools,” proposes a new ranking system of law schools using… more

ABF Receives $3.6 Million Grant from the American Bar Endowment Apr 12, 2018

The American Bar Endowment (ABE) has awarded a nearly $3.6 million grant to the American Bar Foundation (ABF), one of the world’s leading research institutes for the empirical and… more