The Access to Justice Research Initiative’s Early Career Workshop provides support for early-career researchers interested in access to civil justice scholarship, offering an opportunity to make connections, explore interdisciplinary research,…
Laura V. Farber, Patron Fellow, Becomes ABA President-Elect at 2026 Annual Conference
Laura V. Farber, Patron Fellow, assumed the role of president-elect of the American Bar Association at the close of the ABA Annual Conference in Chicago. She will assume the role…
Barbara J. Howard, Patron Fellow, Becomes ABA President at 2026 Annual Conference
Barabara J. Howard, Patron Fellow, assumed the role of president of the ABA for a one-year term that will conclude in August 2027. Part of Howard’s mission during her term…
Recap of the Fellows Events at the 2026 ABA Annual Conference
The Fellows events kicked off with the Fellows CLE Friday morning, featuring a panel moderated by past National Fellows Chair Jennifer Parent and a discussion with ABF Research Professor Reuben…
Fellows CLE Explores the Lasting Consequences of Mass Incarceration
The ABF Fellows CLE Program, held July 31 during the 2026 ABA Annual Conference, examined the lasting consequences of mass incarceration and why, for many people, the legal and social…
Judge Dolly M. Gee, Life Fellow, to Receive the 2026 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Ninth Circuit
Judge Dolly M. Gee, Life Fellow, was selected as the 2026 recipient of the American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Ninth Circuit. Judge Gee will receive the award…
Beth Langley, Life Fellow, Installed as North Carolina Bar Association President
Beth Langley, Life Fellow, was installed as the 132nd president of the North Carolina Bar Association at the NCBA Annual Meeting at the end of June. She will also serve…
Juan R. Thomas, Life Fellow, Sworn in as President of the Illinois Bar Foundation
Juan R. Thomas, Life Fellow, was sworn in as President of the Illinois Bar Foundation (IBF) during the Illinois State Bar Association’s Annual Meeting in June, in St. Louis. With…
David A. Collins, Philanthropist Fellow, Quoted in Supreme Court Opinion
David A. Collins, Philanthropist Fellow and former ABF Board President, had his Ph.D. dissertation quoted by Justice Amy Coney Barrett in her recent opinion for the court majority in the…
ABF Hosts New York City Reception Celebrating RBG Fund
A reception in May 2026 celebrated the legacy of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the fund named in her honor at the ABF. When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg entered Harvard law school,…
Leading Sociologist Laura Beth Nielsen to Steer ABF into Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Year
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has named Laura Beth Nielsen as its eleventh Executive Director, succeeding Interim Executive Director and ABF Affiliated Research Professor Bryant Garth. She will assume the role September…
William A. Waddell Jr., Life Fellow, Receives Sidney S. McMath Professionalism Award
William A. Waddell Jr., Life Fellow, was named as the 2025-2026 recipient of the Sidney S. McMath Professionalism Award from the Pulaski County Bar Association. He was presented with the…