ABF in Review: Producing Research That Advances Justice
 
A Quarterly Newsletter
Winter 2014

The American Bar Foundation is the nation's leading research institute for the empirical study of law. An independent, nonprofit organization for more than sixty years, the ABF has advanced the understanding and improvement of law through research projects of unmatched scale and quality on the most pressing issues facing the legal system in the United States and the world.


ABF Research Professor John Hagan at the podium during the White House Conference on Parental Incarceration. The conference took place in the historic Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
 
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In This Issue
White House Conference on Parental Incarceration
 
On August 20, 2013, the American Bar Foundation and the National Science Foundation convened a conference to shine a light on the collateral costs of parental incarceration on children.

 

Held in the White House Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the conference brought together researchers, practitioners and policymakers to:

  • review current knowledge about parental imprisonment and child well-being;
  • document programs designed to reduce negative effects of parental incarceration on children;
  • address problems stemming from parental involvement with the justice system; and
  • identify best practices for improving the lives of children of incarcerated parents.
Researcher Profile & ABF News
Video: "Dancing Handcuffed in a Minefield: China's Hidden Heroes in the Criminal Defense Bar"
 
ABF Research Professor and Center on Law and Globalization Co-Director Terence Halliday discusses his work with Sida Liu on China's criminal defense lawyers and the trial of Bo Xilai, a formerly powerful politician from Chongqing.
Montgomery Summer Research Diversity Fellowship

This annual ABF fellowship is open to diverse college sophomores and juniors who are interested in pursuing careers in law and social science. Applications for Summer 2014 are open until February 15, 2014. Please encourage talented undergraduates in your life to apply!


Spotlight on ABF Leadership
ABF President Hon. Bernice B. Donald

The Honorable Bernice B. Donald of Memphis, TN is the first African American and the second woman to lead the American Bar Foundation in its 60-year history.
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum

Attorney General Rosenblum is a member of the ABF Board of Directors and chairs the board's Communications, Public, and Institutional Relations Committee. Learn about her work with the daughters of imprisoned mothers through the Girl Scouts Beyond Bars program.

The Fellows & ABF Programs and Initiatives
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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.
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.
Kindle Fire Drawing

One lucky booth visitor at the 2013 ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco has won a brand new Kindle Fire! The winner is Thomas J. Donlon of Robinson & Cole, LLP in Stamford, CT

Thanks to all who visited the booth!

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