Professor Norma V. Cantú was named as one of the 2026 Impacto Award honorees. Honorees will be presented with the award at the Titans of Change Gala at the ABA…
Two Fellows Honored with 2026 Spirit of Excellence Award
Judge Marcella Holland, Life Fellow, and Loren Kieve, Patron Fellow and Fellows Research Advisory Committee member, were named as two of the 2026 Spirit of Excellence Award honorees. The award…
New Legal Realism at Twenty: Rethinking Law in a Changing World
When New Legal Realism (NLR) began two decades ago as a movement, its ambition was both simple and radical: to study law not only as doctrine, but also as lived…
Meade W. Mitchell, Life Fellow, Named 2025–2026 Chair-Elect of the ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section
Meade W. Mitchell, Life Fellow, has been selected to serve as the 2025–2026 Chair-Elect of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS). He recently assumed the…
Lynette Hotchkiss, Fellow, Receives ABA Business Law Section Chair Award
Lynette Hotchkiss, Fellow, has been named the 2025 Section Chair Award recipient by the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section. The annual award recognizes one member among the Section’s 30,000…
Terry O. Tottenham, Life Fellow, Receives Austin Bar Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Terry O. Tottenham, Life Fellow, was presented with the Austin Bar Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the Foundation’s “Teams for Tot” celebration on November 5 in Austin. Tottenham is currently…
Norman M. Powell, Patron Fellow, Elected Chair of the ABA Business Law Section
Norman M. Powell, Patron Fellow, has been elected to a one-year term as Chair of the American Bar Association’s 30,000-member Business Law Section. Powell is currently a partner at Young…
Professor Tiffany Williams Brewer, Fellow, Named ABA Litigation Section Chair
Professor Tiffany Williams Brewer, Fellow and associate professor of law at Howard University School of Law, has been named chair of the American Bar Association’s Litigation Section for the 2025-26…
Michael Mullin, Fellow, Receives Richard Sheppard Arnold Award from the Eighth Circuit Bar Association
Michael Mullin, Fellow, has been honored with the Richard Sheppard Arnold Award by the Eighth Circuit Bar Association. The award, presented annually at the Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference, recognizes one…
American Bar Endowment Awards Annual Grant of $3.9 Million to the American Bar Foundation for 2025–26
The American Bar Endowment (ABE) has awarded its annual grant of $3.9 million to the American Bar Foundation (ABF) for the 2025–26 fiscal year. This longstanding grant provides essential support…
Tessa Vorhaben, Fellow, Appointed to the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association’s Board of Directors
Tessa Vorhaben, Fellow, has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association for the 2025-26 term. The Federal Bar Association (FBA)…
Roy D. Campbell III, Life Fellow, Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by the Mississippi Bar
Roy D. Campbell III, Life Fellow, has been named the 2024–25 recipient of the Mississippi Bar’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional service…