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Knowledge powers the pursuit of justice.

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The ABF Receives Annual Grant of Nearly $3.7 Million from the American Bar Endowment for 2023-24 Fiscal Year
September 27, 2023
The American Bar Endowment (ABE) has approved its annual grant to the American Bar Foundation (ABF), of nearly $3.7 million for the 2023-24 fiscal year. This grant will support the ABF’s interdisciplinary, empirical research on law and policy. “We deeply appreciate the American Bar Endowment’s… Read More
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We conduct research that explores the intersection of
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Fair Juries

This article highlights growing concerns about jury fairness, emphasizing the need for improvements in jury selection, trial processes, and deliberations to ensure a fair justice system. Read More
Shari Seidman Diamond
Shari Seidman Diamond
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The American Bar Foundation Welcomes Patty A. Ferguson-Bohnee and Judge Peter M. Reyes, Jr. To its Board of Directors

September 15, 2023
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has elected two new board members to its Board of Directors. Patty A. Ferguson–Bohnee and the… Read More
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The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation Select the 2023-24 Fellows Officers

September 15, 2023
The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (ABF) have selected their new Fellows Officers for the 2023-24 fiscal year.   Laura V. Farber (left) and Jennifer L. Parent (right) The Fellows of the ABF is an honorary organization of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars whose… Read More
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The ABF Welcomes the 2023-24 Cohort of Visiting Scholars

August 1, 2023
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) is pleased to welcome the 2023-24 Visiting Scholars cohort to the ABF research community. This year’s scholars are Leslie Abramson, Michelle Brown (University of Tennessee), Daniel L. Chen (Toulouse School of Economics), Kate Masur (Northwestern University), and Willa Sachs (Yale University).  … Read More
Sonya Rao
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Sonya Rao

ABF/ National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Law and Inequality

Sonya Rao is a linguistic and legal anthropologist who examines working conditions in multilingual legal spaces. At the ABF, she is investigating the current state of training to communicate across languages in clinical legal education. In this feature, Rao discusses inadequate language services in legal settings, the unequal distribution of work among bilingual law students in legal clinics, and proposes ways to improve collaboration between legal and language professionals.

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November 29, 2023
Speaker Series: Chiara Galli
ABF Access to Justice Scholar, University of Chicago
Precarious Protections: Unaccompanied Minors Seeking Asylum in the United States
Hybrid: Virtual/In-Person (ABF Offices, 750 N Lake Shore Drive, 4th Floor Chicago, IL)

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ABF Fellows are a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of their communities.
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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.
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ABF Access to Justice Program Video
Watch to learn more about the ABF/JPB Foundation Access to Justice Scholars Program.
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