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…
Melba Pearson, Fellow, Named 2025-26 ABA Criminal Justice Section Chair
Melba Pearson, Fellow and staff attorney at the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy at Florida International University (FIU), has been named chair of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice…
Yonelle Moore Lee, Fellow, Named One of Maryland’s Top 100 Women and One of the Southern Maryland Women to Watch
Yonelle Moore Lee, Fellow, was named as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women by The Daily Record and was also named one of the Southern Maryland Women to Watch by…
Professor Mario Barnes, National Fellows Chair-Elect and Life Fellow, Begins Term as President of Law & Society Association
Professor Mario Barnes, National Fellows Chair-Elect and Life Fellow, began his term as the President of the Law & Society Association. His term began following the LSA Annual Meeting in…
Bonnie Rose Hough, Life Fellow, Received Two Awards
Bonnie Rose Hough, Life Fellow, was the recipient of two awards last September. She was named the 2024 Bernard S. Jefferson Award recipient by the California Judges Association. The award…
Mason Ji Elected to ABF Board of Directors Alongside New Ex Officio Members
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) welcomes Seattle-based litigator Mason Ji to its Board of Directors following his election at the ABA Annual Meeting in Toronto in August 2025. Ji will…
Kathleen M. Sweet, Life Fellow, Sworn In as President of New York State Bar
Kathleen M. Sweet, Life Fellow, was sworn in as the President of the New York State Bar on June 3rd. Her swearing in took place at the Terrace at Delaware…
New Fellows Officers Take Their Seats on the ABF Board of Directors
The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (ABF) have announced their officers for the 2025–26 fiscal year. The Fellows is an honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal…