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The American Bar Foundation Appoints Two New Research Faculty Members in Anthropology
August 12, 2025
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has appointed Natacha Nsabimana and Alana Ackerman, both scholars in anthropology, to join its community as Research Professors beginning fall 2025. These scholars will join a robust community of researchers advancing understandings of law and society through empirical and interdisciplinary research. … Read More
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Fellows CLE Explores the Supreme Court's Controversial Past and Uncertain Future
February 26, 2026
The United States Supreme Court is perhaps more divisive now than ever before. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the 2022 decision which overturned Roe v. Wade, caused the percent of Democrats holding a…
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The ABF Access to Justice Research Initiative Launches Early Career Workshop with Second Cohort of Scholars
January 23, 2026
The American Bar Foundation’s Access to Justice Research Initiative is a hub for innovative research that connects access to civil justice scholarship, policy, and practice. It aims to advance civil…
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Rachel F. Moran to Receive 2026 Outstanding Scholar Award
January 7, 2026
Rachel F. Moran has been honored with the 2026 Outstanding Scholar Award from the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). Moran will be recognized during the 70th Annual Fellows Awards Reception and Banquet, which…
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Sociology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Stagnated, on the Verge of Breakthrough, or Both? The State of Big Theories of Legal Phenomena
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Sociology and Law, Fordham School of Law
Disclosureland: How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress
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1
Anthropology, University of Illinois Chicago
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8
Sociology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Stagnated, on the Verge of Breakthrough, or Both? The State of Big Theories of Legal Phenomena
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15
Law & Psychology, Northwestern University
Arc of Scholarship Talk: Directions, Inspirations, Obstacles, and Impasses
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April
22
Legal Anthropology, Emory University School of Law
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Law and Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University
“Is the Endowment for Us?”
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Sociology, Northwestern University
Enduring Empire: U.S. Statecraft and Race-Making in the Philippines
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Sociology, American Bar Foundation and The University of Chicago
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