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SUMMARY:2026 October New York Fellows Reception Honoring ABA President-Elect Laura V. Farber
DESCRIPTION:Please join the New York Fellows for a reception honoring ABA President-Elect\, Laura V. Farber. \nMonday\, October 19\n6:00 pm – 7:30 pm ET \nOffices of Wachtell\, Lipton\, Rosen & Katz\n51 W. 52nd Street\nNew York\, NY 10019 \nLaura Farber is the President-Elect of the American Bar Association (ABA) and will serve as President from August of 2027 until August of 2028. Laura has dedicated her legal career to employment and commercial litigation\, with a primary focus on counseling clients in employment disputes. A partner of the litigation and employment departments at Hahn & Hahn LLP in Pasadena\, CA\, Laura is an accomplished trial lawyer who has been recognized in the “Top 50 Women Lawyers in Los Angeles” list by the Los Angeles Business Journal\, the Daily Journal’s “Top Labor and Employment Lawyers\,” Los Angeles Magazine’s “Best of L.A. Legal: Top Attorneys in Employment Los Angeles\,” and “Leaders of Influence: Labor & Employment Attorneys” by the Los Angeles Business Journal. \nShe is the immediate past California State Delegate to the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates\, a member of the ABA Day Planning Committee\, an advisory member of the Council for the Fund for Justice and Education\, a California Lawyers Association Delegate to the House of Delegates\, and has been actively involved in numerous leadership roles since 1994. Laura has also served as chair of the 2024–25 American Bar Foundation Fellows\, a global honorary society of attorneys\, judges\, law faculty\, and legal scholars dedicated to the highest principles of the legal profession and to supporting the research of the ABF focusing on how law and society intersect. She is a proud Patron Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. \nLaura also served as President of the Tournament of Roses Association overseeing the January 1\, 2020\, 131st Rose Parade and the 106th Rose Bowl Game. She also served as Chair of the Rose Bowl Management Committee\, overseeing and negotiating the Rose Bowl Game’s entry into the College Football Playoff. \nA native of Argentina\, Laura was honored as the recipient of the Mary V. Orozco Abriendo Caminos Award in 2023 by the Latina Lawyers Bar Association for her outstanding leadership\, excellence in the legal field\, and commitment to public service and to her communities. She has also been awarded the 2022 National Latina Woman of the Year by the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (MAOF)\, the 2022 Woman of the Year selected by U.S. congressional Representative Judy Chu representing the 27th Congressional District of California\, the Power of Leadership Award from the League of Women Voters Pasadena Area in 2020\, Woman of the Year representing the 41st Assembly District of California in 2019\, KTLA’s 2019 Honoree in “Hispanic Heritage Month Visionaries\,” the NAACP Pasadena Branch President’s Award in 2019 at the Ruby McKnight Williams Awards Dinner\, the Judge Harry Pregerson Award at the 2019 Roybal Legacy Gala from the Edward Roybal Foundation\, the Aspires Role Model Award in 2020 from Aspires-West Pasadena\, and the Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s 2020 Trailblazer Award. \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize event host:
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-october-new-york-fellows-reception-honoring-aba-president-elect-laura-v-farber/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261013T173000
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SUMMARY:2026 October Louisiana Fellows Reception and Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Louisiana Fellows for a reception and presentation of” The Crucial Question – Deny Legal Help or Allow Some Help by Non-Lawyers” by ABF Research Professor\, Emeritus\, Stephen Daniels. \nTuesday\, October 13\, 2026\n5:30 pm – 7:30pm CT \nOffice of Breazeale Sachse\nOne American Place\n301 Main Street\, Suite 2300\nBaton Rouge\, LA 70801 \n\nLike Marely’s Ghost in A Christmas Carol\, with the chains and metal boxes of his economic past weighing on him\, the challenge of unmet civil legal needs haunts the American legal system to its core. Many Americans\, and not just the poor\, find it impossible to take advantage of the rights and remedies the law provides. This reflects a permanent tension within a legal system grounded in deeply held notions of justice and legitimacy. This Fellows program explores an evolving innovation in the states responding to that challenge. A bold and controversial innovation with far-reaching potential for the delivery of legal services. The innovation redefines who can deliver legal services if not licensed attorneys. The program is about states as laboratories for what is\, admittedly\, an access to justice experiment. As then Washington State Chief Justice Barbara Madsen said in the 2012 order creating the Limited License Legal Technician\, the first such non-lawyer program\, “No one has a crystal ball … There is simply no way to know the answer to this question without trying it.” In 2026\, the question now is what have we learned? \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize event sponsor:
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-october-louisiana-fellows-reception-and-presentation-2/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261008T180000
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DTSTAMP:20260802T170921Z
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SUMMARY:2026 October Connecticut Fellows Dinner and Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Connecticut Fellows for a complimentary Connecticut Fellows dinner buffet and presentation by ABF Executive Director & Research Professor and Northwestern University Board of Lady Managers of the Columbian Exposition Chair and Professor of Sociology\, Laura Beth Nielsen. \nHarris Beach Murtha\n280 Trumbull Street\, 12th Floor\nHartford\, CT 06103 \n6:00 PM ET – Networking Reception\n6:30 PM ET – Presentation \n“Representations of Vengeance\, Justice\, Expertise\, and Emotion in True Crime Podcasts” \nTrue crime podcasts rank among the most-consumed digital media\, with millions of weekly downloads. More than entertainment\, they function as vernacular trials that invite audiences to deliberate on crime\, culpability\, and punishment. Analyzing 30 episodes (~36 hours) from five top podcasts in 2022 (Crime Junkie\, Morbid\, Dateline\, Small Town Murder\, Sword & Scale)\, Professor Nielsen identifies three patterns. First\, persona-driven storytelling shifts attention from “whodunit” to what kind of person could do this. Second\, hosts place perpetrators on a moral spectrum progressing from weird to creepy to evil to monster. The spectrum naturalizes dehumanization. Third\, gestures toward mitigation (psychosis\, intellectual disability\, trauma\, youth) typically collapse into demands for harsh punishment. This presentation will document the punitive turn within sympathetic narration and argue that these podcasts both reflect and produce legal consciousness: they teach listeners how to evaluate culpability\, weigh mitigation\, and imagine justice. \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize event host:
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-october-connecticut-fellows-dinner-and-presentation/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260924T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260924T140000
DTSTAMP:20260625T213051Z
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SUMMARY:2026 September Utah Fellows Lunch and Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Utah Fellows for a lunch celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States featuring a presentation of “Forming a ‘More Perfect Union’ in a Polarized Time” by Honorable Thomas B. Griffith (Ret.). \nThursday\, September 24\, 2026 \n12:00 PM MT \nUtah Law and Justice Center\n645 S. 200 E\nSalt Lake City\, UT 84111 \n$25 per person \nGuests are welcome! \nCancellations cannot be refunded after September 17\, 2026.
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-september-utah-fellows-lunch/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260915T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260915T133000
DTSTAMP:20260821T142951Z
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SUMMARY:2026 September New York Fellows Lunch and Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Please join the New York Fellows for a lunch and remarks by Honorable Debra Ann Livingston Former Chief Judge\, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. \nTuesday\, September 15\, 2026 \nIn-Person Lunch – 12:00 pm\nProgram – 12:30 pm \nOffice of Wachtell\, Lipton\, Rosen & Katz\n51 W. 52nd Street\nNew York\, NY 10019 \nJudge Livingston was appointed United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit on May 17\, 2007\, entered on duty June 1\, 2007\, and served as Chief Judge from September 1\, 2020\, to June 30\, 2026. She received her B.A.\, magna cum laude\, in 1980 from Princeton University\, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received her J.D.\, magna cum laude\, in 1984 from Harvard Law School\, where she was an editor on the Harvard Law Review. Following law school\, she served as a law clerk to Judge J. Edward Lumbard of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. \nJudge Livingston was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York from 1986 to 1991\, where she served as a Deputy Chief of Appeals in the Criminal Division. She was an associate with the New York law firm of Paul\, Weiss\, Rifkind\, Wharton & Garrison from 1985 to 1986 and again from 1991 to 1992\, when she elected to pursue an academic career. Judge Livingston was a member of the University of Michigan’s Law School faculty from 1992 until 1994 and was there awarded the L. Hart Wright Award for excellence in teaching. \nJudge Livingston joined the Columbia Law School faculty in 1994 and has taught there since. At the time of her appointment to the Second Circuit\, she was the Paul J. Kellner Professor of Law at Columbia\, where she also served as Vice Dean. Judge Livingston is a co-author of the casebook\, Comprehensive Criminal Procedure\, and has published numerous academic articles on legal topics. She has taught courses in evidence\, criminal law and procedure\, and national security and terrorism. \nJudge Livingston served on the Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Evidence and\, from October 2017 to October 2020\, she chaired the Advisory Committee. Judge Livingston also served on the Executive Committee of the United States Judicial Conference\, upon appointment by the Chief Justice. From 1994 to 2003\, Judge Livingston was a Commissioner on New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board. Judge Livingston is a recipient of Columbia’s Wien Prize for Social Responsibility. She received the Federal Bar Council’s Learned Hand Medal for Excellence in Federal Jurisprudence in 2021. In 2025\, she received the Stanley Fuld Award\, the highest honor of the New York State Bar Association’s Commercial and Federal Litigation Section\, and the Edward Weinfeld Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Administration of Justice from the New York County Lawyers Association. In 2026\, she received the Judith S. Kaye Award from the Historical Society of the New York Courts. \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize event host:
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-september-new-york-fellows-lunch-and-presentation/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260818T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260818T140000
DTSTAMP:20260819T163122Z
CREATED:20260715T152438Z
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SUMMARY:2026 August National Fellows Webinar
DESCRIPTION:This event is free to attend. Open to Fellows and nominees only.  \nTuesday\, August 18\, 2026 \n11:00am PT / 12:00pm MT / 1:00pm CT / 2:00pm ET \n“Diversity in the Law: How Race and Gender Shape Legal Careers” \nThis program presents the latest research on how race and gender shape legal careers–from law school to leadership in the profession. Aaron Taylor\, Executive Director of the AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence\, will present findings on the challenges faced by aspiring attorneys from underrepresented backgrounds as they navigate law school and the bar exam. Professor Robert Nelson\, of the American Bar Foundation and Northwestern University\, will share insights from the “After the JD” study\, a 20-year-long investigation tracking a national sample of lawyers from bar admission in 2000 to the peak of their careers. This research reveals stark divisions by client type and practice setting\, as well as persistent barriers to equal opportunity across the decades. Focusing in on public interest law\, Professor Atinuke Adediran of Fordham University will explore the striking lack of diversity both among the leaders of legal nonprofits and among pro bono partners in private law firms. Moderated by ABF Board Member Harold Pope\, the presentations and discussion will illuminate the pathways and pitfalls that attorneys of color traverse as they pursue a life in the law. \nFeaturing:\nRobert Nelson\nResearch Professor\, American Bar Foundation\nProfessor of Sociology and Law\, Northwestern University \nAaron N. Taylor\nSenior Vice President\, AccessLex Institute\nExecutive Director\, AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence\n \nAtinuke Adediran\nProfessor of Law\, Fordham University School of Law\nFellow\, American Bar Foundation \n \nModerated by:\nHarold D. Pope\nBoard Member and Patron Fellow\, American Bar Foundation \n\n\nEvent Video Recording Now Available:
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-august-national-fellows-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260729
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260803
DTSTAMP:20260807T183904Z
CREATED:20260609T160116Z
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SUMMARY:Fellows Events at the 2026 ABA Annual Conference in Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Fellows Registration Hours:\nHyatt Regency Chicago\n151 East Wacker \nPlease stop by the Fellows registration desk to pick up your tickets\, complimentary Fellows ribbons\, and visit the ABF booth to learn more about our many ongoing research projects. \n\nWednesday\, July 29: 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm\nThursday\, July 30: 7:30am – 5:30 pm\nFriday\, July 31: 7:30 am – 5:00 pm\nSaturday\, August 1: 7:30 am – 5:30 pm\nSunday\, August 2: 8:00 am – 2:00 pm\n\nFriday\, July 31\nFellows CLE Program – “The Afterlife of Mass Incarceration” (10:30 AM – 12:00 PM)\nHyatt Regency Chicago \nRegistration not required to attend event \nFocused around the work of ABF Research Professor Reuben Jonathan Miller and his book\, Halfway Home: Race\, Punishment\, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration\, this panel will explore life before\, during\, and after incarceration\, and the ways that criminal law and the public shape social and civic trajectories of people who have done time. \nPanelists:  \nReuben Jonathan Miller\nResearch Professor\, American Bar Foundation;\nChancellor’s Professor of Sociology\, University of California\, Berkeley \nCalvin Duncan\nAuthor of The Jailhouse Lawyer;\nFounder and Director of Light of Justice \nModerator:\nJennifer L. Parent\nDirector at McLane Middleton and National ABF Fellows Chair \n(CLE Requested. You must be registered for the ABA Annual Conference to receive CLE credit) \nEvent Audio Recording Now Available:\nhttps://www.americanbarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/7-26-CLE.mp3\n\nFellows Opening Reception (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM)\nNorthwestern Pritzker School of Law – McCormick Hall Courtyard\n357 E. Chicago\n \nTicketed Event – An early-bird discount will apply to registrations received by Friday\, July 17\, 2026 \nJoin us for our Opening Reception in the beautiful courtyard of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law\, located in the heart of Chicago just steps from Lake Michigan and the Magnificent Mile. Surrounded by the Law School’s historic Gothic-inspired architecture\, the courtyard offers a unique blend of collegiate charm\, lush greenery\, and timeless elegance. \nRoundtrip shuttle service will be provided from the Hyatt Regency Chicago \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize Opening Reception Gold Sponsor: \n \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize Opening Reception Bronze Sponsor: \n \nSaturday\, August 1\nFellows Annual Business Breakfast (8:30 AM – 10:30 AM)\nHyatt Regency Chicago \nTicketed Event – An early-bird discount will apply to registrations received by Friday\, July 17\, 2026 \nJoin us for a breakfast buffet and program\, where we will discuss important Fellows business\, recognize outgoing leaders and hear keynote remarks from ABF Fellow and Wall Street Journal bestselling author\, Robert Bailey\, renowned for his gripping legal thrillers that draw on his decades of experience as a civil defense trial lawyer. \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize Business Breakfast Gold Sponsor: \n \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize Business Breakfast Silver Sponsor: \nJo Ann Engelhardt \nABF Board Member and Visionary Fellow \nSunday\, August 2\nFellows Sing-along (9:00 PM – 11:30 PM)\nHyatt Regency Chicago \nWhat better way to top off a long day of meetings than with a relaxed evening of sing-along favorites? Bring some friends and enjoy! Not much of a singer? No problem! Join us for a nightcap and enjoy the entertainment. \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize Sing-along Sponsor: \nJo Ann Engelhardt \nABF Board Member and Visionary Fellow
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/fellows-events-at-the-2026-aba-annual-conference-in-chicago/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260728T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260728T180000
DTSTAMP:20260708T194057Z
CREATED:20260609T150602Z
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SUMMARY:Fellows Reception at the NBA Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an ABF Fellows Cocktail Reception at the Annual National Bar Association Convention in Nashville\, Tennessee. \nGaylord Opryland & Convention Center\n2800 Opryland Drive\nNashville\, TN 37214 \nRoom – Magnolia Mezzanine 2-4 \nThis event is free\, but RSVP is required.
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/fellows-reception-at-the-nba-annual-conference-2/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T140000
DTSTAMP:20260708T193750Z
CREATED:20260708T192549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260708T193750Z
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SUMMARY:2026 July West Virginia Fellows Event
DESCRIPTION:Join the West Virginia Fellows for a special celebration to honor both the 2025 and 2026 classes with a luncheon and program consisting of brief statements by each new ABF Fellow\, a short video by Jennifer Parent\, National Chair of the Fellows\, and the highly anticipated conversation with Chief Judge Tom Kleeh and Judge Irene Berger\, moderated by WVU College of Law Dean Susan Brewer. \nFriday\, July 17\n12:30 PM to 2:00 PM \nFour Points by Sheraton Charleston\n600 Kanawha Blvd E\nCharleston\, WV 25301 \nThere will also be the opportunity to participate virtually by Zoom. For more information on how to register\, please email FellowsEvents@abfn.org.
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-july-west-virginia-fellows-event/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260626T080000
DTSTAMP:20260616T192827Z
CREATED:20260616T192801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260616T192827Z
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SUMMARY:2026 June South Dakota Fellows Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:Please join the South Dakota Fellows for breakfast at the 2026 State Bar Convention. \nFriday\, June 26\, 2026 \n7:00 AM\nSheraton Hotel\nJohn Q. Hammons Room\n1211 W. Avenue\, N.\nSioux Falls\, SD \nFellows will gather for networking and community while enjoying a self-pay breakfast.
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/15498/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260611T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260611T130000
DTSTAMP:20260610T145043Z
CREATED:20260402T185110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260610T145043Z
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SUMMARY:2026 June Illinois Fellows Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Please join Illinois Fellows State Chair Michael J. Hernandez for a complimentary Illinois Fellows lunch and presentation by ABF Research Professor and Northwestern University Board of Lady Managers of the Columbian Exposition Chair and Professor of Sociology\, Laura Beth Nielsen. \nThursday\, June 11\, 2026 \nFranczek P.C.\n300 South Wacker\, Suite 3400\nChicago\, Il 60606 \n11:30 AM CT – Networking Lunch\n12:00 PM CT – Presentation \n“Representations of Vengeance\, Justice\, Expertise\, and Emotion in True Crime Podcasts” \nTrue crime podcasts rank among the most-consumed digital media\, with millions of weekly downloads. More than entertainment\, they function as vernacular trials that invite audiences to deliberate on crime\, culpability\, and punishment. Analyzing 30 episodes (~36 hours) from five top podcasts in 2022 (Crime Junkie\, Morbid\, Dateline\, Small Town Murder\, Sword & Scale)\, Professor Nielsen identifies three patterns. First\, persona-driven storytelling shifts attention from “whodunit” to what kind of person could do this. Second\, hosts place perpetrators on a moral spectrum progressing from weird to creepy to evil to monster. The spectrum naturalizes dehumanization. Third\, gestures toward mitigation (psychosis\, intellectual disability\, trauma\, youth) typically collapse into demands for harsh punishment. This presentation will document the punitive turn within sympathetic narration and argue that these podcasts both reflect and produce legal consciousness: they teach listeners how to evaluate culpability\, weigh mitigation\, and imagine justice. \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize event sponsor:
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-june-illinois-fellows-lunch/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T133000
DTSTAMP:20260505T144101Z
CREATED:20260505T143948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T144101Z
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SUMMARY:2026 June New York Fellows Virtual Event
DESCRIPTION:Please join the New York State Co-Chairs\, Vince Chang and Adrienne Koch\, for a virtual presentation by Swethaa Ballakrishnen\, ABF 2025-26 William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law. \n“Giving More\, Feeling Worse: Familial Support Exchanges and Mental Health Among Law Students”\nResearch on intergenerational transfer of capital has focused primarily on the downward movement of resources to heirs and dependents. This focus is crucial given the range of systemic advantages that generational privilege can offer\, especially for those seeking access into already elite institutions. Still\, it is an incomplete portrayal of inequality because it obscures the more relational and recursive nature of how support flows from heirs to their previous generations\, especially for populations whose mobility is not buttressed by generational advantage. In this talk\, Professor Ballakrishnen will make the case\, drawing from their collaborative research\, that paying attention to the ways in which support is received and given to older generations can be instrumental to understanding the layers of inequality that buttress individual experience within professional sites. \nFocusing on new longitudinal mixed-methods social network data on law students\, we find that multi-directional structures of support are particularly common for law students from marginalized backgrounds (and in particular\, Black law students and students who parents did not complete their bachelor’s degrees)\, and that this inverse relationship to support has implications for students’ mental health. Particularly\, our data show that students’ potential for depressive symptoms were not moderated by receiving support from their parental figures. Instead\, regardless of support received\, those who gave more support were more likely to experience depressive symptoms. The association between giving support to parents and depression was partially mediated\, or explained\, by differences in law students’ locus of control\, satisfaction with law school\, GPA\, and quality of relationships with other students. Together\, these findings have implications for our understanding of generational privilege and the ways in which historical social advantage can buffer and burden mobility.
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/15201/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260529T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260529T160000
DTSTAMP:20260511T204230Z
CREATED:20260226T180011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260511T204230Z
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SUMMARY:2026 May Oregon/Washington Fellows Event
DESCRIPTION:Kari Petrasek\, ABA Washington State Membership Chair & ABF Washington Fellows Co-Chair\, and Judge Dean Lum\, ABF Washington Fellows Co-Chair\, in partnership with Shayda Z. Le\, Chair of the ABF Oregon Fellows\, and Marilyn J. Harbur and Leslie S. Johnson\, ABA Oregon State Membership Co-Chairs invite you to a joint Oregon & Washington Fellows Lunch and Day of Programming – Open to All Fellows Nationwide. \nApproved for CLE Credit* \nFriday\, May 29\, 2026 \nOffices of Miller Nash\, LLP\n1140 SW Washington Street\nPortland\, OR 987205 \n12:00-1:00 PM PT – Lunch \n1:00-4:30 PM PT – Program Sessions Featuring: \n1:00 PM PT – A panel discussion of “The View of Three Justices: Their Path to the Court\, the Similarities and Differences in the Two Courts\, and their Work in Addition to Deciding Cases” with: \n\nOregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Meagan Aileen Flynn\nWashington Supreme Court Chief Justice Debra L. Stephens\nWashington Supreme Court Justice Salvador A. Mungia\n\nThe Justices will discuss their paths to the court\, the similarities and differences in Washington and Oregon State Courts\, and their work in addition to deciding cases. \nPresentation by ABF Research Professor William H. J. Hubbard of: \n3:00 PM PT – “Justice for Sale: Exposing the Hidden Markets in Civil Procedure and Finding Ways to Regulate Them Sensibly” \n4:30-5:30 PM PT – Reception to Follow Program \nThis program and lunch are presented in collaboration with the American Bar Association\, whose members are integral to the ABF Fellows community. \nIn addition to attending the lunch & program\, the State Chairs encourage all attendees to join the group for an informal dinner that evening. \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize event Venue and Reception Sponsor: \n \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize event Bronze Sponsors: \n \n \n*The ABA will seek 2.5 hours of CLE credit in 60-minute states\, and 2.8 hours of CLE credit for this program in 50-minute states. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules. Please visit the program website at 2026 May Oregon/Washington Fellows Event – ABF for program CLE details or visit www.americanbar.org/mcle for general information on CLE at the ABA. \nIn accordance with MCLE requirements\, the American Bar Association offers financial hardship scholarships for live\, in-person and multi-session virtual CLE programs. If you would like to apply\, please review our Scholarship Policy and Application at https://ambar.org/cle-scholarship.
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-may-oregon-washington-fellows-event/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260511T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260511T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T202324Z
CREATED:20260409T202127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T202324Z
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SUMMARY:2026 May Washington\, D.C. Fellows Reception and Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Washington\, D.C. Fellows for a reception and presentation of “Weaponizing Immigration Detention” by ABF Affiliated Scholar Emily Ryo. This reception is being held in conjunction with the ABA International Law Section Annual Conference \nMonday\, May 11\, 2026 \n6:00 PM-8:00 PM ET \nReception with heavy hors d’oeuvres and hosted bar. Presentation to start around 6:45 pm. \nOffices of Cozen O’Connor \n2001 M Street NW\, Suite 500\nWashington\, D.C. \n$75 per Person\nGuests Welcome\nCancellations cannot be refunded after May 4\, 2026 \nImmigrants\, like all individuals\, exist within networks of social relationships that shape their identities\, inform their decision-making\, and guide their behavior. Certain areas of substantive U.S. immigration law—the body of law governing who may enter or remain in the United States—explicitly acknowledge this social embeddedness by protecting or privileging valued social relationships. In contrast\, procedural immigration law—the set of rules governing how substantive immigration law is implemented and enforced—undermines or destroys those very relationships. The U.S. government’s practice of transferring immigrant detainees across multiple detention facilities and confining them in remote locations is a paradigmatic example of such destructive procedural immigration law in action. This presentation will present the first systematic empirical analysis of interfacility transfers and remote detention in the U.S. immigration detention system. \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize event hosts:
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-washington-d-c-fellows-reception-and-presentation/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T133000
DTSTAMP:20260401T150056Z
CREATED:20260401T145935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T150056Z
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SUMMARY:2026 April New York Fellows Virtual Event
DESCRIPTION:Please join the New York State Co-Chairs\, Vince Chang and Adrienne Koch\, for a virtual presentation by Christopher W. Schmidt\, ABF Research Professor and Professor of Law; Co-Director of the Institute on the U.S Supreme Court\, Chicago-Kent College of Law. \n“The Supreme Court Under Fire: Lessons from History” \nFrom debates over executive power to battles over abortion and gun rights\, the United States Supreme Court features prominently in many of our most contentious political disputes. As a result\, it has been a frequent target of attack\, with critics accusing the Court of being captured by outside interests and of rulings that place ideology or even party above legal principle. In this presentation\, Professor Christopher Schmidt draws on material from his forthcoming book on the history of the Supreme Court to place today’s attacks on the Supreme Court into a broader historical context. He explores the circumstances surrounding past episodes when the Court has come under fire for its rulings\, showing how many of today’s attacks on the Court echo those of the past. He also identifies ways in which the present moment is distinct and argues that today’s Court may be more vulnerable than past Courts in the face of challenges to its authority.
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-april-new-york-fellows-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T130000
DTSTAMP:20260401T145437Z
CREATED:20260225T224858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T145437Z
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SUMMARY:2026 April Maryland Fellows Virtual Event
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Maryland State Co-Chairs\, Hon. Lynne Battaglia and Herman Rosenthal\, for a virtual presentation by ABF Research Professor and University of Chicago\, Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Professor of International Law and Professor of Political Science\, Tom Ginsburg. \n“The Rule of Law under Challenge: Maintaining Institutional Integrity” \nThe rule of law is under siege\, and the institutions meant to protect it are straining under the pressure. This talk wrestles with what it takes for courts\, legislatures\, and democratic norms to resist\, endure\, and emerge with their integrity intact. \nComplimentary Zoom Event\, register to receive Zoom link. \n12:00 PM-1:00 PM EST.
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-april-maryland-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T203000
DTSTAMP:20260304T154926Z
CREATED:20260304T154926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260304T154926Z
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SUMMARY:2026 April New Jersey Fellows Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Please join Lisa Rodriguez and Lynn Fontaine Newsome\, Co-Chairs of the New Jersey ABF Fellows\, for a New Jersey Fellows Dinner. \nJoin us for an evening of networking and celebration as we bring together the New Jersey ABF Fellows. Enjoy cocktails\, a fantastic dinner menu\, conversation\, and the opportunity to connect with old friends and new! \nMonday\, April 13\, 2026 \nStage Left Steak\n5 Livingston Avenue\nNew Brunswick\, NJ 08901 \n6:00 pm – Cocktail Reception\n6:30 pm – Dinner \n$200 per Person \nGuests Welcome \nCancellations cannot be refunded after April 6\, 2026
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-april-new-jersey-fellows-dinner/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260326T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260326T200000
DTSTAMP:20260324T202229Z
CREATED:20260225T200026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T202229Z
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SUMMARY:2026 March San Diego Fellows Reception
DESCRIPTION:Please join Stephen S. Korniczky and Anna Romanskaya\, Co-Chairs of the California (San Diego) Fellows for an evening of networking and celebration as we gather the San Diego area California Fellows community. This reception provides a wonderful opportunity to welcome our newest Fellows and offers longtime Fellows the chance to reconnect with friends and colleagues. Guests will also hear briefly about the meaningful impact that being a Fellow has on supporting and advancing ABF research from ABF Interim Executive Director & Research Professor Emeritus\, Bryant Garth. \nHosted heavy appetizers will be served\, along with beer and wine. \nThursday\, March 26\, 2026 \nIl Fornaio Del Mar\n1555 Camino Del Mar\, Suite 301\nDel Mar\, CA\, 92014 \n6:00 PM PT \n$45 per Person \nRegistrations must be received by Monday\, March 16. Cancellations will be honored through Monday\, March 16. \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize event Bronze Sponsors:
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-march-san-diego-fellows-reception/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T133000
DTSTAMP:20260324T202129Z
CREATED:20260218T180229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T202129Z
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SUMMARY:2026 March New York Virtual Event
DESCRIPTION:Please join the New York State Co-Chairs\, Vince Chang and Adrienne Koch\, for a virtual presentation by Laura Beth Nielsen\, ABF Research Professor and Board of Lady Managers of the Columbian Exposition Chair and Professor of Sociology\, Northwestern University. \n“Representations of Vengeance\, Justice\, Expertise\, and Emotion in True Crime Podcasts” \nTrue crime podcasts rank among the most-consumed digital media\, with millions of weekly downloads. More than entertainment\, they function as vernacular trials that invite audiences to deliberate on crime\, culpability\, and punishment. Analyzing 30 episodes (~36 hours) from five top podcasts in 2022 (Crime Junkie\, Morbid\, Dateline\, Small Town Murder\, Sword & Scale)\, Professor Nielsen identifies three patterns. First\, persona-driven storytelling shifts attention from “whodunit” to what kind of person could do this. Second\, hosts place perpetrators on a moral spectrum progressing from weird to creepy to evil to monster. The spectrum naturalizes dehumanization. Third\, gestures toward mitigation (psychosis\, intellectual disability\, trauma\, youth) typically collapse into demands for harsh punishment. This presentation will document the punitive turn within sympathetic narration and argue that these podcasts both reflect and produce legal consciousness: they teach listeners how to evaluate culpability\, weigh mitigation\, and imagine justice.
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-march-new-york-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260305T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260305T200000
DTSTAMP:20260223T191413Z
CREATED:20260211T164828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T191413Z
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SUMMARY:2026 March Utah Fellows Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Please join Keith Call\, Chair of the ABF Utah Fellows\, for a Utah Fellows dinner and presentation by ABF Research Professor\, Emeritus\, Terence Halliday. Professor Halliday will present his work “Criminal Defense in China.” \nThursday\, March 5\, 2026\nThe Alta Club\n100 E. Temple Street\nSalt Lake City\, UT 84111 \n6:00 pm – Cocktail Reception \n6:45 pm – Dinner and Presentation \nRefunds for cancellations cannot be honored after February 26\, 2026
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-march-utah-fellows-dinner/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260219T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260219T200000
DTSTAMP:20260116T214126Z
CREATED:20251208T203840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T214126Z
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SUMMARY:2026 February Washington Fellows Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Please join Kari Petrasek and the Hon. Dean Lum\, Co-Chairs of the ABF Washington Fellows\, for a Washington Fellows Dinner featuring a presentation by ABF Research Professor Christopher W. Schmidt. \nSeattle University School of Law\nSullivan Hall\n901 12th Avenue\nSeattle\, WA 98122\n5:30 PM PT – Cocktail Reception\n6:00 PM PT – Dinner and Program\nThe Fellows gratefully recognize event sponsors: \nGold Sponsor \n \nBronze Sponsors
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-february-washington-fellows-dinner/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260219T133000
DTSTAMP:20260121T191446Z
CREATED:20260121T191446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T191446Z
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SUMMARY:2026 February New York Virtual Event
DESCRIPTION:Please join the New York State Co-Chairs\, Vince Chang and Adrienne Koch\, for a virtual presentation by Alana Ackerman\, ABF Research Professor. \n“Crip Images Against the Disabling of Asylum: Lessons from Two Protests at the Broadview Detention Center in Illinois”\nIn this presentation\, Professor Ackerman will reflect on preliminary research she has begun related to the “disabling of asylum” by the current US administration. The presentation will focus on a set of photographs and videos recorded during two protests in Fall 2025 outside of Broadview Detention Center in Illinois. These recordings were taken in the context of “Operation Midway Blitz\,” an ongoing militarized attack by the US government against migrant\, refugee\, and related racialized communities in the Chicago area\, part of a broader project of white nationalism and a “thickening” borderlands condition (Rosas 2006). These recordings are “crip” in that they center disability and disablement\, and they challenge the status quo of state power. Professor Ackerman will argue that crip images\, and crip protesting\, represent one way to witness and confront contemporary state violence.
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2026-february-new-york-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260209
DTSTAMP:20260210T165449Z
CREATED:20251210T165832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T165449Z
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SUMMARY:Fellows Events at the 2026 Midyear Meeting in San Antonio
DESCRIPTION:A $30 registration fee is required and helps cover administrative costs associated with the Midyear Meeting \nEarly registration: Tickets are discounted through January 16 \nABF Fellows On-Site Registration Hours:\nGrand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk\n600 E. Market Street \n3:00PM – 5:30 PM (Wednesday\, February 4) \n7:30AM – 5:00PM (Thursday\, February 5 – Friday\, February 6) \n7:30 AM-5:00 PM (Saturday\, February 7) \n8:00 AM-2:00 PM (Sunday\, February 8) \nFriday\, February 6\nFellows CLE Program \n2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\nHenry B. González Convention Center\n900 E. Market Street \n“The Supreme Court and the Second Trump Administration”\nThe ABA will seek 1.5 hours of CLE credit in 60-minute states\, and 1.8 hours of CLE credit for this program in 50-minute states.. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules. Please visit www.americanbar.org/mcle for general information on CLE at the ABA. (CLE Requested. You must be registered for the ABA Midyear Meeting to receive CLE credit) \nThis program will examine the Supreme Court’s performance at the one-year mark of President Trump’s second term. The conversation will explore initial concerns regarding potential executive branch resistance to Court rulings and how those concerns have evolved. We will also consider the Court’s use of its “shadow docket\,” as well as several significant cases already before the Court\, including matters involving tariffs and the President’s removal of the heads of independent agencies. \nThis program will be moderated by Mario Barnes\, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Center on Law\, Equality and Race Director at UC Irvine School of Law\, and feature a panel discussion with: \n\nChristopher W. Schmidt – American Bar Foundation Research Professor\, Professor of Law\, Co-Director of the Institute on the U.S. Supreme Court\, Chicago-Kent College of Law\nPaul M. Smith – Senior Advisor\, Campaign Legal Center\n\nEvent Audio Recording Now Available:\nhttps://www.americanbarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/CLE-Audio-2026.mp3\n\n70th Annual Fellows Awards Reception and Banquet\n6:00 PM – 10:00 PM\nMission Concepción (807 Mission Road)\nRound Trip Shuttle from Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk \nFor information on table sponsorships or tribute advertisements in honor of our Award Winners\, please contact Julia Dombrowski at jdombrowski@abfn.org or 312-988-6547. \nJoin us for a festive evening as we celebrate and honor lawyers and scholars who have made extraordinary contributions to the legal profession and society. \nOutstanding Service Award: William C. Hubbard \nOutstanding Scholar Award: Rachel F. Moran \nOutstanding State Chair Award: Stephen A. Bain and Joi G. Kush\, Colorado State Chairs \nFeaturing keynote remarks from Innocence Project exoneree and author of\n“The Jailhouse Lawyer\,” Calvin Duncan\, Founder and Director of Light of Justice and Orleans Parish Criminal Clerk of Court\nThe Fellows gratefully recognize Awards Banquet Gold Sponsor \n \nand Awards Banquet Silver Sponsors \n \n \nand Awards Banquet Bronze Sponsor \n \n  \nSaturday\, February 7\nFellows Tour: Go Rio San Antonio River Cruise – SOLD OUT\nIf you would like to be added to the waitlist\, please email jdombrowski@abfn.org\n9:45 AM – 11:00 AM\nThis narrated cruise takes you on an enchanting journey through San Antonio’s rich history\, from La Villita\, the city’s first neighborhood past the Old Mill Crossing where Teddy Roosevelt led his Rough Riders. You’ll learn about the city’s architecture and points of interest such as Selena’s Bridge and The Briscoe Western Art Museum\, as well as fascinating facts about the city’s history. For instance\, did you know that the Hyatt Regency Hotel was designed so its height would not cast a shadow on the Alamo in the setting sun? Come along on the Fellows Tour to learn more about our host city! \nFellows Reception\n6:00 PM – 8:00 PM\nBoudro’s Texas Bistro on the Riverwalk (421 E. Commerce) \nJoin us for an evening filled with music\, food\, friends\, and fun on the iconic San Antonio Riverwalk. Guests will be greeted with margaritas and enjoy a menu featuring South Texas flavors while enjoying views overlooking the heart of the city’s most popular destination. \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize Fellows Reception Silver Sponsors \n \n \n \nSunday\, February 8\nFellows Sing-Along\n9:00 PM – 11:30 PM\nGrand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk  \nWhat better way to top off a long day of meetings than with a relaxed evening of sing-along favorites? Bring a friend and enjoy this lively Fellows tradition. Not much of a singer? No problem! Join us for a nightcap and enjoy the entertainment. \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize Sing-Along Event Sponsor \nJo Ann Engelhardt\, Benefactor Fellow
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/fellows-events-at-the-2026-midyear-meeting-in-san-antonio/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251213T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251213T130000
DTSTAMP:20251208T203450Z
CREATED:20251030T202134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T203450Z
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SUMMARY:2025 December Mississippi Fellows Lunch and Presentation - Postponed!
DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately\, this event is being postponed until after the holiday season.  \nPlease join Robert E. Hauberg\, Jr.\, Esq.\, Chair of the ABF Mississippi Fellows\, for a Mississippi Fellows lunch featuring Honorable Bernice Bouie Donald (Ret.) \nFriday\, December 12\, 2025\n11:30 AM CT\n\nThe Inn at Ole Miss\n120 Alumni Drive\nOxford\, MS \n$45 per Person\nGuests Welcome
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2025-december-mississippi-fellows-lunch/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251203T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251203T133000
DTSTAMP:20251201T070238Z
CREATED:20251006T210549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T070238Z
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SUMMARY:2025 December New York Fellows Lunch and Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Please join the New York State Co-Chairs\, Vince Chang and Adrienne Koch for a networking lunch and presentation with Jeh Johnson. \nWednesday\, December 3\, 2025 \n12:00 pm – Lunch \n12:30 pm – Presentation \nLocation:\nWachtell\, Lipton\, Rosen & Katz\n51 W. 52nd Street\nNew York\, NY \nThe Fellows gratefully recognize event sponsor:
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2025-december-new-york-fellows-lunch-and-presentation/
LOCATION:Offices of Wachtell\, Lipton\, Rosen & Katz\, New York City\, NY\, 51 West 52nd Street\, 28th Floor\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T203000
DTSTAMP:20251006T153551Z
CREATED:20251006T153551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251006T153551Z
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SUMMARY:2025 November New Jersey Fellows Reception
DESCRIPTION:Please join Lisa Rodriguez and Lynn Fontaine Newsome\, Co-Chairs of the New Jersey ABF Fellows\, for a New Jersey Fellows Reception. \nThursday\, November 13\, 2025 \n6:30 pm – 8:30 pm \nRat’s Restaurant at Grounds for Sculpture\n16 Fairgrounds Road\nHamilton Township\, NJ 08619 \n$160 per Person\nGuests Welcome \nPlease RSVP by November 5
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2025-november-new-jersey-fellows-reception/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20251112T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251112T190000
DTSTAMP:20251006T154104Z
CREATED:20251006T154104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251006T154104Z
UID:13940-1762966800-1762974000@www.americanbarfoundation.org
SUMMARY:2025 Utah Fellows Reception with ABA President\, Michelle A. Behnke
DESCRIPTION:Please save the date to join the Utah Fellows for a reception with ABA President\, Michelle A. Behnke. \nParsons Behle & Latimer\n201 South Main Street\, Suite 1800\nSalt Lake City\, Utah
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2025-utah-fellows-reception-with-aba-president-michelle-a-behnke/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T130000
DTSTAMP:20250916T154219Z
CREATED:20250903T144646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T154219Z
UID:13745-1762948800-1762952400@www.americanbarfoundation.org
SUMMARY:2025 November Maryland Virtual Event
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Maryland State Co-Chairs\, Hon. Lynne Battaglia and Herman Rosenthal\, for a virtual presentation by author and professor of history at the University of Maryland\, Professor Richard Bell\, Professor Bell will present from his new book\, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. \nTHE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE FATE OF THE WORLD\nAn electrifying global history of a not-so local war. \nWhen we think of the American Revolution\, we often picture a parochial drama: thirteen colonies squaring off against the British Crown in a spirited bid for independence. But this version of the story is only half the truth—and perhaps not even the most interesting half. In this riveting program\, historian and author Richard Bell invites audiences to rediscover the Revolution as a world war that unleashed chaos\, opportunity\, and transformation across six continents. From the sugar fields of the Caribbean to the court of the King of Mysore\, from refugee camps on the Canadian frontier to political uprisings in Sierra Leone and Peru\, the war that gave birth to the United States was never simply America’s own. It was a seismic global event that redrew maps\, toppled hierarchies\, catalyzed migration\, and accelerated new movements for liberty—and for empire. \nIn this program\, Bell traces the far-flung reverberations of the war through the lives of the people it displaced\, empowered\, or destroyed. Participants will encounter a Native matriarch struggling to preserve a transatlantic military alliance\, a Prussian officer reinventing himself in a foreign army\, and a Boston schoolteacher shipwrecked thousands of miles from home. Along the way\, the Bell explores how the Revolution stirred a transoceanic refugee crisis\, ignited antislavery activism\, and inspired uprisings from Ireland to India. The program offers a bold new framework for understanding the Revolutionary War not as a tidy founding moment but as a sprawling\, high-stakes struggle fought on land and sea\, shaped by commerce\, diplomacy\, propaganda\, and contingency. This is the American Revolution as you’ve never seen it before: complex\, global\, and astonishingly relevant to the modern world.
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2025-november-maryland-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20251107T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20251107T203000
DTSTAMP:20251014T165921Z
CREATED:20250904T160930Z
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SUMMARY:ABF Reception at the 2025 NAPABA Convention
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a free ABF Reception at the 2025 NAPABA Convention in Denver\, CO! \nFriday\, November 7\, 2025\n7:30pm – 8:30pm MT \nRoom Director’s Row J\nSheraton Denver Downtown\n1550 Court Place\nDenver\, CO \nThis is a free event\, but RSVP is required.
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/abf-reception-at-the-2025-napaba-convention/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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SUMMARY:2025 November New York Fellows Virtual Event
DESCRIPTION:Please join the New York State Co-Chairs\, Vince Chang and Adrienne Koch\, for a virtual presentation by Carol A. Heimer\, ABF Research Professor and Professor of Sociology Emerita\, Northwestern University. \n“Governing the Global Clinic: HIV and the Legal Transformation of Medicine”\n\nHIV emerged in the world at a time when medicine and healthcare were undergoing two major transformations: globalization and a turn toward legally inflected\, rule-based ways of doing things. It accelerated both trends. While pestilence and disease are generally considered the domain of biological sciences and medicine\, social arrangements—and law in particular—are also crucial. \nDrawing on years of research in HIV clinics in the United States\, Thailand\, South Africa\, and Uganda\, Governing the Global Clinic examines how growing norms of legalized accountability have altered the work of healthcare systems and how the effects of legalization vary across different national contexts. A key feature of legalism is universalistic language\, but\, in practice\, rules are usually imported from richer countries (especially the United States) to poorer ones that have less adequate infrastructure and fewer resources with which to implement them. Challenging readers to reconsider the impulse to use law to organize and govern social life\, Governing the Global Clinic poses difficult questions: When do rules solve problems\, and when do they create new problems? When do rules become decoupled from ethics\, and when do they lead to deeper moral commitments? When do rules reduce inequality? And when do they reflect\, reproduce\, and even amplify inequality? \n 
URL:https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/2025-november-new-york-fellows-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Fellows
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