ABF Research Professors John Hagan and Traci Burch study the social costs of incarceration. Read about their work in the latest issue of Researching Law: An ABF Update.

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Who Owns America? Jul 30, 2010

ABF Research Professor Christopher Tomlins published commentary in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 29, 2010. Arizona’s attempt to pass and enforce its own immigration law has prompted much… more

American Bar Foundation Research Reveals that a Majority of Employment Discrimination Litigation is Brought by Individuals Jun 8, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Lucinda UnderwoodE-mail: lunderwood@abfn.orgPhone: 312.988.6573Fax: 312.988.6579Online: … more

2010 Summer Research Diversity Fellowships

The ABF would like to thank the sponsors of the 2010 Summer Research Diversity Fellowships in Law & Social Science. They are:

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
James D. Montgomery & Associates, Ltd.
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
The Kenneth F. & Harle G. Montgomery Foundation
The National Science Foundation

2010 Summer Research Diversity Fellows: Eduardo-Antonio Navarro, Stephanie Caro, Joseph Bishop, Angela Addae.

Read about the program in the Summer '09 issue of Researching Law

American Bar Association's Report on Diversity in the Legal Profession

Click on the image to the left to view this report created by the ABA Presidential Initiative Commission on Diversity, chaired by ABF Board Member, Hon. Ellen F. Rosenblum, April 2010.