Speaker Series: Bryant Garth

We all know each other’s projects and publications. The more intriguing story is surely the elusive big picture. In this series, we invite colleagues who have arrived at a certain career stage to take us through the “arc” of their scholarship: how they began; new opportunities, directions, obstacles, and impasses; how the pieces fit together (or don’t); why they asked certain questions and not others; what puzzles have hounded them; and so on. We are confident that such self-reflection will be illuminating for all of us.

To register, contact Sophie Kofman at skofman@abfn.org. 

Bryant Garth (he/him) is an Affiliated Research Professor and the ABF’s Interim Executive Director, beginning September 2, 2025. He is a Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus at University of California, Irvine School of Law, where he codirects the Center for Empirical Research on the Legal Profession. He also served as University of California, Irvine School of Law’s Interim Dean for the 2021–22 academic year. Previously, Garth served as Interim Executive Director of the ABF from 2022 to 2023, Dean of Southwestern Law School from 2005 to 2012, Executive Director of the American Bar Foundation from 1990 to 2004, and Dean of the Indiana University Bloomington School of Law from 1986 to 1990.