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Leading Sociologist Laura Beth Nielsen to Steer ABF into Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Year
July 22, 2026
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has named Laura Beth Nielsen as its eleventh Executive Director, succeeding Interim Executive Director and ABF Affiliated Research Professor Bryant Garth. She will assume the role September 1 and will be the first woman to lead the organization as it approaches its milestone seventy-fifth anniversary. Nielsen has been a Research… Read More
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Fellows CLE Explores the Lasting Consequences of Mass Incarceration
August 12, 2026
The ABF Fellows CLE Program, held July 31 during the 2026 ABA Annual Conference, examined the lasting consequences of mass incarceration and why, for many people, the legal and social…
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ABF Hosts New York City Reception Celebrating RBG Fund
July 27, 2026
A reception in May 2026 celebrated the legacy of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the fund named in her honor at the ABF. When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg entered Harvard law school,…
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Leading Sociologist Laura Beth Nielsen to Steer ABF into Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Year
July 22, 2026
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has named Laura Beth Nielsen as its eleventh Executive Director, succeeding Interim Executive Director and ABF Affiliated Research Professor Bryant Garth. She will assume the role September…
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