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ABF in Review: Producing Research That Advances Justice
Quarterly Newsletter
Spring 2015
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The American Bar Foundation
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mission is to serve the legal profession, the public, and the academy through empirical research, publications, and programs that advance justice and the understanding of law and its impact on society.
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Ajay Mehrotra to Head ABF
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| Ajay K. Mehrotra, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law at Indiana University's Maurer School of Law, has been appointed Director of the American Bar Foundation, effective September 1, 2015, as well as full ABF Research Professor. Mehrotra succeeds Robert L. Nelson, Director and MacCrate Chair in the Legal Profession and Professor of Sociology and Law at Northwestern University, who will return to full-time research and teaching. Read more ? |
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From top to bottom: Matthew Shaw, Andrea Miller, and Amanda Hughett
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University Press of Kansas, 2015
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2015 Doctoral Fellows Chosen
The
American Bar Foundation,
in collaboration with the
Law and Society Association,
has awarded three new doctoral fellowships. The new scholars, Matthew Shaw of Harvard, Andrea Miller of the University of Minnesota, and Amanda Hughett of Duke, will begin their residencies at the ABF in September 2015.
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New Book:
Tort Reform, Plaintiffs' Lawyers, and Access to Justice
A new book by ABF Research Professor Stephen Daniels and Joanne Martin of the American Bar Endowment
argues that plaintiffs' lawyers, acting as the gatekeepers to the civil justice system, are the key to meaningful access to justice for ordinary people.
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ABF Research in the Media
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"Why the U.S. Needs Black Lawyers Even More Than It Needs Black Police," by lawyer and contributor to the blog
On Being a Black Lawyer Yolanda Young, appeared in
The Guardian on May 11, 2015. The article features the research of American Bar Foundation Research Professors
Laura Beth Nielsen and
Robert L. Nelson, the
American Bar Association, and other scholars interested in issues of race within the legal profession.
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Researcher
Spotlight: Victoria Saker Woeste
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ABF Research Professor
Victoria Saker Woeste is Academic Advisor to an upcoming documentary film project based on her research into an obscure episode in American history: the 1927 libel lawsuit against Henry Ford and his antisemitic newspaper,
The Dearborn Independent.
The film project reenacts the dramatic trial that is the subject of her 2012 book,
Henry Ford's War on Jews and the Legal Battle Against Hate Speech
, a study that placed Ford's antisemitism in the larger context of the history of the legal profession, hate speech, and civil rights activism. Click the thumbnail below to view the trailer and visit
http://trialofhenryford.com/ for more information on the project.
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| Trailer: The Trial of Henry Ford |
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Leadership
Spotlight: E. Thomas Sullivan
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ABF Initiatives and Partners
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Center on Law and Globalization
The Center on Law and Globalization was created to advance social scientific understanding of global law, global legal institutions and global legal behavior.
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The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
The Fellows is an honorary organization of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars who support the work of the ABF through annual contributions.
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The American Bar Endowment
Key supporter of the American Bar Foundation
The American Bar Endowment provides quality insurance for ABA member attorneys while giving back to the good works of the legal profession.
Visit the ABE website ?
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American Bar Foundation
750 North Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
312-988-6500
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