Research
Exploring where law, society and culture meet.
For over 70 years, we’ve conducted rigorous, groundbreaking research used worldwide to help ensure that the law embodies principles like dignity, fairness and justice.
Learning and Practicing Law
Advancing research on legal education and practice, the ABF investigates how the law is practiced both in legal and non-legal settings, including a focus on legal careers and the evolving paths of legal professionals.
Protecting Rights and Accessing Justice
Innovative research through the ABF examines the roles that laws have around the world, with a special focus on protecting vital rights and the ways that people from different communities can access the justice system.
Making and Implementing Law
The ABF analyzes the diverse ways laws are created and practiced in the U.S. and around the world, not just by legal professionals, but also by those who enforce the law and put it into action.
Recent Research Publications
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- Articles
In the Belly of the Beast: Black Policemen Combat Police Brutality in Chicago, 1968-1983
Spring January 2013
Tera Agyepong and
- Books
Trading Democracy for Justice: Criminal Convictions and the Decline of Neighborhood Political Participation
August 2013
Traci Burch
- Articles
Resilience in the Middle: Contributions of Regulated Organizations to Regulatory Success
August 2013
Carol A. Heimer
- Newsletters
Talking about Parental Incarceration at the White House: Creating a National Dialogue Between Researchers, Practitioners and Policy Makers
Summer 2013
- Newsletters
The Juice Isn't Worth the Squeeze: The Impact of Tort Reform on Plaintiffs' Lawyers and Access to Civil Justice
Spring 2013
- Chapters
Defending the Right to Discriminate: The Libertarian Challenge to the Civil Rights Movement
April 2013
Christopher W. Schmidt
- Articles
Children Left Behind Bars: Sullivan, Graham, and Juvenile Life without Parole Sentences
March 2013
Tera Agyepong and
- Articles
Funding the Cause: How Public Interest Law Organizations Fund Their Activities and Why it Matters to Social Change
February 2013
Laura Beth Nielsen and Catherine R. Albiston
- Newsletters
The Research Group on Legal Diversity of the American Bar Foundation
Winter 2013
- Articles
Performing Regulation: Transcending Regulatory Ritualism in HIV Clinics
December 2012
Carol A. Heimer and J. Lynn Gazley
- Chapters
Conflict of Interest at the Bedside: Surrogate Decision Making at the End of Life
December 2012
Susan P. Shapiro
- Articles
What Can Be Done to Stem Gun Violence?
December 2012
John Donohue III