Daniel Monnat, partner at Monnat & Spurrier and Kansas Fellow, has been ranked by Chambers USA as being in the top tier of Kansas litigators practicing in the White-Collar Crime…
Mark B. Baer, California Fellow, Publishes Article in Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Mark B. Baer, California Fellow, has published an article entitled “The Amplication of Bias in Family Law and Its Impact” in The Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. The article…
Melba V. Pearson, Florida Fellow, Edits New ABA-Published Book Entitled “Can They Do That? Understanding Prosecutorial Discretion”
Melba V. Pearson, Florida Fellow, Former Deputy Director of the ACLU of Florida and President at MVP Law LLC, has edited an ABA-published book entitled Can They Do That? Understanding Prosecutorial…
Michele B. Goodwin, Massachusetts Fellow, Authors Ms. Magazine Article Entitled “Addressing Racism’s Toll: My Minneapolis Experience”
Michele B. Goodwin, Massachusetts Fellow and Chancellor’s Professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, has published an article for Ms. Magazine entitled “Addressing Racism’s Toll: My Minneapolis Experience”. Professor…
The ABF Announces the 2020 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows
The American Bar Foundation has awarded four outstanding undergraduate students the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Law and Social Science for their exemplary work throughout their undergraduate careers. The 2020 Fellows, selected…
New Study Explores the Changing Diversity of Law Students Since the Great Recession
Enrollment in law school has declined by 25% over the past decade; there are now more women than men pursuing law; and Asian Americans, once the fastest-growing group in law…
ABF Research Professor Terence C. Halliday Awarded the 2020 Harry J. Kalven Jr. Prize
American Bar Foundation (ABF) Research Professor Terence C. Halliday has been awarded the 2020 Harry J. Kalven Jr. Prize from the Law and Society Association (LSA). The prize is awarded…
Meera E. Deo Appointed 2020-21 William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law
Meera E. Deo has been named the American Bar Foundation (ABF) 2020-21 William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law. Deo is Director of the Law School Survey…
Leonard M. Niehoff, Michigan Life Fellow, Authors Detroit Free Press Op-ed on COVID-19 and Evidence
Leonard M. Niehoff, Michigan Life Fellow and Professor from Practice at the University of Michigan Law School, has authored an op-ed in the Detroit Free Press entitled “Law professor: Virus reveals we…
Shammara Henderson, New Mexico Fellow, First African American Appointed to New Mexico Court of Appeals
Shammara Henderson, New Mexico Fellow and former Attorney at Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Urias & Ward P.A, has become the first African American appointed to the New Mexico Court of Appeals. Governor…
Jennifer M. Chacon, New York Fellow, Co-authors New York Times Op-Ed on Presidential Authority and Immigration
Jennifer M. Chacon, New York Fellow and Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law, has co-authored an op-ed for the New York Times entitled No, Mr. President, Your Immigration…
Meryl J. Chertoff, New York Fellow, Publishes Bloomberg Law Article on Constitutional Threats During COVID-19
Meryl Chertoff, New York Fellow, executive director of SALPAL (Project on State and Local Government Policy and Law) and adjunct professor at Georgetown Law, recently published an article in ‘Bloomberg…