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August 26, 2024
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Featured Research
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Discounting Life: Necropolitical Law, Culture and the Long War on Terror
In this edition of Researching Law, Jothie Rajah discusses her book Discounting Life, at the ABF Fellow’s CLE Seminar at the 2023 ABA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado.
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In the News
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The ABF Welcomes Four New Members to its Board of Directors
September 11, 2024
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has elected four new board members to its Board of Directors. Hon. Dolly M. Gee, Hon. Read More
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The ABF Welcomes John M. Eason as the 2024-25 William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law
September 4, 2024
John M. Eason (he/him) has been named the William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law for the 2024-25 academic year, effective September 1. Eason is the Watson Family University Associate Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs at Brown University. John M. Eason,… Read More
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The ABF Announces its 2024-25 Visiting Scholars
August 15, 2024
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) is pleased to welcome the 2024-25 Visiting Scholars cohort to the ABF research community. This year’s scholars are Aaron Z. Pitluck and Michelle Brown. From left to right, Michelle Brown and Aaron Z. Pitluck The ABF invites national and international scholars to take advantage of… Read More
Featured Events
September 18, 2024
Criminology, Law, and Justice, University of Illinois Chicago
"Chicago on the Take: Ticketing and Towing in a City of Collision"
Hybrid: Virtual/In-Person
(ABF Offices, 750 N Lake Shore Drive, 4th Floor Chicago, IL)
Upcoming Events
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Sino Esthappan, Robert Gelles, and Kyneshawau Hurd
Hybrid: Virtual/In-Person
(ABF Offices, 750 N Lake Shore Drive, 4th Floor Chicago, IL)
A 20th-Anniversary New Legal Realism Conference on Inclusion, "Bleached Out" Identity, and Ethics in Legal Education
Hybrid: Virtual/In-Person
(Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession)
Featured Researcher
Stephen Daniels
ABF Research Professor Emeritus
Stephen Daniels is a Research Professor Emeritus at the American Bar Foundation. His ABF research project, Alternative Legal Professionals, examines legal technician programs, which license non-lawyers to practice certain aspects of law in a limited capacity with the goal of expanding access to legal services at a more affordable cost. In this feature, Daniels discusses how this concept emerged, spread, and continues to evolve across multiple states.
- Podcasts
Episode 8: Season One Finale: When Law Meets Society
The season finale of Season 1 of Whose Law is it Anyway explores the impact of ABF's research with our Executive Director, Ajay K. Mehrotra.
- Videos
ABF Access to Justice Program Video
Watch to learn more about the ABF/JPB Foundation Access to Justice Scholars Program.