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A letter from 2018-2019 Fellows Chair:
Reginald M. Turner
Dear Colleagues,
Earlier this year, Fellows enjoyed wonderful events during the ABA Midyear Meeting in Las Vegas. Some highlights include the Fellows Opening Reception at the Mob Museum, an insightful Fellows CLE presentation on the use of new technologies in relation to legal matters with a presentation from 2018 MacArthur "Genius" Award winner and ABF Faculty Fellow Rebecca L. Sanderfur, and the 63rd Annual Fellows Awards Banquet, where we honored several awardees and heard a keynote from Nevada Supreme Court Retired Chief Justice Michael Douglas. Thank you to all who were able to join us.
We can celebrate these Fellows events and the ABF's various accomplishments because of your generous support of the ABF, recognizing its contributions to the greater legal community through ground breaking research in the fields of the practice of law, protecting rights and accessing justice, and making and implementing law. While the ABF has received generous grants from the American Bar Endowment (ABE) over the past 60 years, this year receiving $3.5 million, it is important to remember that support from the Fellows through annual donations is necessary to ensure the future of the ABF and its important research program.
Your participation has been critical in helping the ABF set the standard for research on important topics in the rule of law and the administration of justice. From insights into how juries function to societal costs of incarceration; from the impact of childhood education to the changing nature of legal careers; from tort reform in the U.S. to law and globalization, ABF research truly advances justice, impacting the very foundation of our democracy and the future of our global society.
If you are a Fellow and you are still paying on your initial pledge, please consider making a payment today by clicking
here.
If you are already a member of a
Life Fellow giving society
, we ask that you continue to support the ABF's interdisciplinary work by clicking
here.
On behalf of the ABF Research Professors, the ABF Board, and the Officers of the Fellows, thank you for your steadfast support.
Sincerely,
Reginald M. Turner, Jr.
Chair of the Fellows
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Reginald M. Turner
Chair
Detroit, MI
Ellen M. Jakovic
Chair-Elect
Washington, D.C.
Hon. Eileen H. Kato (Ret.)
Secretary
Seattle, WA
Rew R. Goodenow
Immediate Past Chair
Reno, NV
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Make Your Annual Contribution
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We are grateful for your generosity and continued support.
Please take a moment to make your annual contribution for the new fiscal year, which began September 1, 2018, by clicking here.
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Honor a Colleague with a Fellows Nomination
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Fellows in the News
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Congratulations to the following Fellows for their outstanding achievements!
Wyoming Patron Fellow, was honored with the Daniels Fund Ethical Leadership Award
ABF Board Member and Leadership Fellow, wrote an article that highlights pro bono work outside the court room
Ohio Leadership Fellow, was honored by Phillips Exeter Academy after they renamed its class of 1969 scholarship fund
Kristine Kubes
Minnesota Life Fellow, was named the National Board Chair of American Bar Association Forum
Washington State Co-Chair and Life Fellow, was honored with the 2019 Charles Goldmark Distinguished Service Award
Michigan Fellow, will serve on the Food and Drug Administration's Risk Communication Advisory Committee
Minnesota Fellow, was awarded the Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics for 2019-2020
Have you won an award or received an honor lately? Published a book? Have you done a Ted Talk?
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Recent and Upcoming Events
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January 14, 2019
Featured ABF Research Professor,
Victoria Saker Woeste who spoke on
"Practicing 'God's Law' in a Secular World: The Lawyers of the Westboro Baptist Church, 1964-2011." Hosted by State Co-Chairs Hon. Elizabeth Snow Stong and Kenneth G. Standard. Special thanks to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for hosting.
January 23-27, 2019
The Midyear meeting took place in Las Vegas, NV.
February 6, 2019
The ABF held a reception to celebrate the publication of ABF Research
Professor Tom Ginsburg and co-author Aziz Huq's new book.
February 20, 2019
Featured ABF Director Emeritus,
Robert L. Nelson and ABF Research Professor,
Laura Beth Nielsen, who spoke on
"Rights on Trial: How Employment Discrimination Law Perpetuates Inequality." Hosted by State Co-Chairs Hon. Elizabeth Snow Stong and Kenneth G. Standard. Special thanks to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for hosting.
March 27, 2019
Featured ABF Director and Research Professor,
Ajay K. Mehrotra who was introduced by Montana Fellows Co-Chair, Tony Patterson, Jr.
March 28, 2019
Featured Hon. William J. Kayatta, Jr. who spoke on "Observations from the Bench." Hosted by Maine State Chair, David A. Soley.
April 10-11, 2019
April 11, 2019
Featuring a keynote on
"Abraham Lincoln, A Lawyer for the Ages," by State Co-Chair, John S. Skilton. Hosted by State Co-Chairs, Robyn S. Shapiro and John S. Skilton.
April 23, 2019
Featuring ABF Research Professor
Tom Ginsburg
, who will speak on
"How to Lose--and Save--Constitutional Democracy."
Hosted by State Co-Chairs Hon. Elizabeth Snow Stong and Kenneth G. Standard. Special thanks to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for hosting.
May 2, 2019
Hosted by Arkansas State Chair John E. Tull III.
May 4, 2019
In conjunction with the 2019 ABA Young Lawyers Division Spring Conference in Washington D.C.
May 6, 2019
Hosted by State Co-Chairs, Lynn Fontaine Newsome and Lisa J. Rodriguez.
May 7, 2019
Featuring Hon. Vanessa Ruiz, President of the International Association of Women Judges, who will give remarks. Hosted by D.C Chair Darrell G. Mottley, D.C. Secretary Laura A. Possessky, and D.C. Vice-Chair, Paul M. Smith.
May 9, 2019
Featuring a CLE Luncheon on "Special Counsels and Prosecutors." Hosted by State Chair, Michael J. Hernandez. Special thanks to Franczek for sponsoring.
May 14, 2019
Featuring ABF Faculty Fellow,
Ronit Dinovitzer, who will speak on
"The Career Paths of Lawyers: Findings from the After the JD study." Hosted by Colorado State Chair Howard Kenison.
May 15, 2019
Featuring
Hon. Frederic Block, who will speak on
"How To Write and Publish Your First Book-and Your Second, and Your Third-a View from the Bench."
Hosted by State Co-Chairs Hon. Elizabeth Snow Stong and Kenneth G. Standard. Special thanks to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for hosting.
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Fellows Emblem
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We are delighted to share with you our Fellows emblem, ready to display on your firm or personal website!
Please email the
Fellows Staff with the subject line "ABF Emblem" to receive a copy of the image and display instructions.
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THANK YOU from the Fellows Team
Thank you for joining us at the ABA Midyear Meeting which took place in Las Vegas in January. We appreciate your continued support and hope to see you at the ABA Annual Meeting, which will be taking place August 8-13, 2019 in San Francisco, CA.
Check out photos from our Fellows Events at the 2019 ABA Midyear here.
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Fellows Spotlight
Mark Agrast, D.C. Life Fellow
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Mark Agrast is a District of Columbia Life Fellow. He is the Executive Director and Executive Vice President of American Society of International Law and a member of the ABA House of Delegates. He is also a leader of the World Justice Project and currently serves as a Vice President. Mr. Agrast joined the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation in June 2001.
Q: What does being a Fellow mean to you?
A:
It is an honor to serve among so many dedicated and accomplished lawyers, and to know that our engagement in the ABF helps improve our profession and strengthen the empirical foundations on which the justice system and the rule of law depend. At a time when the very notion of objective truth is under assault, the work of institutions such as ABF is more important than ever.
Q: Where were you born and raised?
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I was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in the suburbs east of the city. I spent three of my four undergraduate years at my hometown university (Case Western Reserve) before going abroad to pursue my graduate studies. Although Washington ultimately became my home, I still think of myself as a Cleveland boy.
Q: Why did you decide to pursue a career in law?
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I felt called to a life of public service from an early age. Growing up in the civil rights era, I admired the role that lawyers have played in advancing social justice--not just in court but throughout our civic life. And I wanted to emulate their ability to use reason and argument to bring about peaceful change.
Q: If you hadn't pursued a career in law, what would you have done?
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My other great love was music. I had played classical piano from the age of four and developed an interest in conducting in my college years. I was still seriously contemplating a career in music into my mid-20s.
Q: What do you do in your free time?
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Music is still my passion--these days more as a listener than as a performer--and I enjoy running, art museums, book collecting, and good writing. Although leisure time is often in short supply, I can think of few pleasures greater than the hours spent in my library or in front of the fire with a good book and a single malt, preferably in the company of my husband, our border collie, and our Labrador retriever.
Q: Anything else you'd like to share with us?
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My life has been enriched, personally and professionally, by my work with the ABA, and I believe it has been an important force for good--through the work of its many constituent entities and its support for the ABF. I hope to continue to contribute to that work in the years ahead.
You can find other Fellows Spotlight interviews located on our website
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Interview with Stephen N. Zack, ABE President
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Even if you've already seen it, this interview is worth another read. Enjoy getting to know Stephen N. Zack, Partner at Boies Schiller Flexner and Patron Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Mr. Zack serves as President of the American Bar Endowment (ABE), which provides primary funding for the ABF. The ABE is a §501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity whose mission is to support law-related research, educational and public service projects. ABE provides opportunities for ABA Members to get quality, affordable insurance, underwritten by New York Life Insurance Company, a trusted insurer, while giving back to the good works of the legal profession.
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ABF Launches Legacy Society
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At the last ABA Midyear Meeting, we officially launched the ABF's Legacy Society in order to recognize and honor those who designate the ABF as a beneficiary in their estate plans or other planned giving instrument.
Legacy Society members can show their support and appreciation for the ABF and its mission while accommodating their own personal, financial, estate planning, and philanthropic goals. We are grateful for those listed
here
who have chosen to do so.
If you have provided for the ABF through a legacy gift, please allow us to say thank you and recognize your generosity by listing you, alongside your colleagues, as a member of the Legacy Society.
If you would like more information about making a planned gift, please contact Kathy Pace, Director of Development at 312-988-6511 or
[email protected], or visit our website for additional information.
Membership in the ABF Legacy Society is one way the ABF can thank you now for ensuring the ABF's standard of research excellence for future generations.
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In Memory of a Champion, Judge Patricia McGowan Wald (1928-2019)
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In January, 2019, we were saddened to have lost ABF Life Fellow and the 2014 recipient of the Fellows Outstanding Service Award, Honorable Patricia McGowan Wald. We thank Professor Diane Marie Amann, ABF Life Fellow, for publishing this touching remembrance of Judge Wald. Professor Amann is the Emily & Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law and Faculty Co-Director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center at the University of Georgia School of Law.
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ABF Research Professor, Tom Ginsburg, Publishes New Book, "How to Save a Constitutional Dem
ocracy"
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"Democracies are in danger. Around the world, a rising wave of populist leaders threatens to erode the core structures of democratic self rule. In the United States, the election of Donald Trump marked decisive turning point for many. What kind of president calls the news media "the enemy of the American people," or sees a moral equivalence between violent neo-Nazi protesters in paramilitary formation and residents of a college town defending the racial and ethnic diversity of their homes? Yet, whatever our concerns about the current president, we can be assured that the Constitution offers safeguards to protect against lasting damage - or can we?"
Click here to read more about Tom Ginsburg's book.
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Researching Law-Winter 2019
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Researching Law
is a quarterly newsletter designed to acquaint a wide audience with the research activities of the American Bar Foundation. The articles contained in this publication present the findings of ABF research projects in a short, nontechnical format.
Researching Law
is written and edited by the ABF's communications team. This issue focuses on the Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs at the ABF.
Check out the latest issue by clicking
here.
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Life Fellow Giving Societies
We would like to thank the Philanthropist Fellows, Visionary Fellows, and Leadership Fellows for their generosity and dedication to support the work of the American Bar Foundation.
Philanthropist Fellows
Contributed a
n aggregate of at least $50,000
Michael H. Byowitz, New York, NY
David A. Collins, Beverly Hills, MI
Ellen J. Flannery, Washington, DC
David S. Houghton, Omaha, NE
William H. Neukom, Seattle, WA
Visionary Fellows
Contributed an aggregat
e of at least $25,000
Jacqueline Allee, Coral Gables, FL
Mortimer M. Caplin, Washington, D.C.
John J. Creedon, Larchmont, NY
Robert C. Knuepfer, Jr., Hinsdale, IL
William G. Paul, Oklahoma City, OK
David K.Y. Tang, Seattle, WA
Miriam Shearing
, Las Vegas, NV
Rebecca Jean Westerfield, San Francisco, CA
Leadership Fellows
Contributed an aggregate of at least
$17,500
Jimmy K. Goodman, Oklahoma City, OK
James T. Halverson, University Park, FL
Daniel J. Hoffheimer, Cincinnati, OH
Michael J. Horvitz, Cleveland, OH
Toni Rembe, San Francisco, CA
Jonathan D. Schiller, New York, NY
Ezekiel Solomon, AM, Sydney, NSW
Reginald Turner,
Detroit, MI
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Welcome to the New Members in our Life Fellow Giving Societies
Welcome to the newest members of our Leadership, Benefactor, and Patron Giving Societies since December 1, 2018! We greatly appreciate their continued support and contributions to the ABF.
Visionary Fellows
Contributed an aggregate of at least $25,000
Mirian Shearing, Las Vegas, NV
Leadership Fellows
Contributed an aggregate of at least $17,500
Reginald M. Turner, Detroit, MI
Benefactor Fellows
Contributed an aggr
egate of at least $10,000
William A. Burck, Washington, DC
Brigitte S. Bell, Evanston, IL
Howard Coleman Coker, Jacksonville, FL
Wilbur E. Johnson, Los Angeles, CA
Walter L. Sutton, Jr., Dallas, TX
Patron Fellows
Contributed an agg
regate of at least $5,000
Laurel G. Bellows,
Chicago, IL
Richard O. Berndt,
Baltimore, MD
D. C. Bradford III,
Omaha, NE
Bradley Clary,
Minneapolis, MN
John R. Connelly, Jr.,
Tacoma, WA
Donald R. Dunner,
Washington, DC
Gregory Chris Dyekman,
Cheyenne, WY
Karl John Ege,
Seattle, WA
Kathryn O. Greenberg,
New York, NY
Sandra Greenblatt,
Coral Gables, FL
James Hamilton,
Washington, DC
Arthur J. Harrington,
Milwaukee, WI
Jennifer Bruch Hogan,
Houston, TX
Stephen S. Korniczky, San Diego, CA
Deborah J. Long,
Mountain Brk, AL
Robert Thompson Mowrey,
Dallas, TX
William J. Mueller,
Lincoln, NE
Jennifer L. Parent,
Manchester, NH
John Dale Powers, Baton Rouge, LA
Joseph A. Power, Jr.,
Chicago, IL
Anne Pramaggiore,
Chicago, IL
Paul F. Richard,
Fargo, ND
Harold J. Ruvoldt, Jr.,
Moonachie, NJ
Deborah A. Scalise,
Scarsdale, NY
Peter H. Schwartz,
Denver, CO
Joel D. Siegal,
Newark, NJ
George M. Simmerman, Jr.,
Pascagoula, MS
Georganna L. Simpson,
Dallas, TX
Hezekiah Sistrunk, Jr.,
Atlanta, GA
Malcolm B. Street, Jr.,
Anniston, AL
Christopher Tayback,
Los Angeles, CA
Richard S. Wiedman,
Pittsburgh, PA
Benjamin F. Wilson,
Washington, DC
Travers D. Wood,
Los Angeles, CA
L. Kinvin Wroth,
South Royalton, VT
Stephen N. Zack,
Miami, FL
We would also like to thank our recent Sustaining Life Fellows
for their support and continued generosity! Sustaining Life Fellows are Life Fellows who contribute a minimum of $250 annually. To view a list of new Sustaining Life Fellows since
We also want to welcome our newest
Life Fellows. Life Fellows are Fellows who have completed their initial Fellows pledge. We truly appreciate their generous support! To view a list of new Life Fellows since September 1
, 2018, please
click here
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For a complete list of all
Life Fellow Giving Society Members, please
click here.
Lists are updated at the end of each month.
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Welcome New Fellows!
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Please join us in welcoming the newest members of The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation! For a complete list of new Fellows inducted since December 1, 2018, please click
here!
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The ABF's primary funding is provided by the
American Bar Endowment (ABE), a §501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity whose mission is to support law-related research, educational and public service projects. ABE provides opportunities for ABA Members to get
quality, affordable insurance, underwritten by New York Life Insurance Company, a trusted insurer, while giving back to the good works of the legal profession.
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You can stay current with Fellows and ABF updates, network with other Fellows, view photos from events, read research highlights, and much more!
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