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Introducing the 2019-2020 Fellows Chair:
Ellen M. Jakovic
We are pleased to introduce Ellen M. Jakovic as the 2019-2020 Fellows Chair.
Ms. Jakovic is a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, as well as a past Chair of the Washington, DC Fellows and recipient of the 2013 Fellows Outstanding State Chair Award.
Q: What does being a Fellow mean to you?
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I am incredibly honored to be part of the distinguished group of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars that comprise the Fellows. It is truly inspiring to learn about the fascinating research in which our ABF faculty are engaged and to have even a small role in the positive impact this scholarship has on the law and our communities.
Q: Where were you born and raised?
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Albany, NY.
Q: What type of law do you practice, and how did you become interested in that particular area?
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I practice antitrust law; specifically, I advise clients on the antitrust aspects of complex mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures and coordinate U.S. and international merger control filing and clearance efforts. I began working on antitrust matters completely by chance. I answered the dreaded 5 pm Friday afternoon call from the chair of the litigation practice; he needed a young associate to assist two new lateral antitrust partners with a rush project. After an intense weekend of industry and market research (to my surprise and delight, not legal research), I was hooked.
Q: If you had decided not to pursue a career in law, what would you have done?
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I probably would have become a high school teacher and coach. I love organized sports (I played varsity soccer and softball in college) and my classmates would always come to me for help with coursework.
Q: What are you most looking forward to during your term as Chair of the Fellows?
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I am looking forward to working with my talented Fellow officers, our dedicated Fellows staff, and the rest of the wonderful ABF Board of Directors in supporting the critical research into law and society undertaken by our exceptional ABF research faculty. I also am looking forward to connecting with Fellows around the country and spreading the word about the exciting research in which our faculty is engaged and how it can make a difference in our communities.
Q: There are many membership organizations to join in the legal field. What makes the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation stand out among the rest for you?
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It is a privilege to participate in the work of the Fellows and the ABF. As one of the world's leading research institutes for the empirical and interdisciplinary study of law, the ABF has a critical role to play in advancing the understanding and improvement of the law and legal processes throughout the world. I am proud to support this important work and to join in the fellowship of like-minded individuals who are members of the ABF Fellows.
Q: What do you do in your free time?
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In my free time, outside of my volunteer work, I love to travel; read; play and watch just about any kind of sports (Go Nats and Caps -- our DC World Series and Stanley Cup Champions!!); and spend time with family and friends, especially our two college-aged children.
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Ellen M. Jakovic
Chair
Washington, D.C.
Hon. Eileen A. Kato (Ret.)
Chair-Elect
Seattle, WA
Dean Emeritus Cynthia E. Nance
Secretary
Fayetteville, AR
Reginald M. Turner
Immediate Past Chair
Detroit, MI
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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, 2019, 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!
Minnesota Fellow, became the first woman promoted to Two-Star General in the Minnesota National Guard
Florida Patron Fellow, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from "The American Lawyer"
District of Columbia Life Fellow, was elected President of the Foundation of American College of Environmental Lawyers
Georgia Benefactor Fellow, was recently appointed to the Carter Center Board of Councilors
Montana Fellow, was elected Secretary/Treasurer of the State Bar of Montana
Louisiana Fellow, received the Louisiana Bar Foundation President's Award
Arkansas Life Fellow, was inducted into the Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame
Arizona Fellow, received the 2019 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award at the ABA Annual Meeting
Utah Fellow, received the Peacekeeper Award from the Utah Council on Conflict Resolution
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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August 9-11, 2019
August 13, 2019
Featured Professor
Devon Carbado, 2018-19 ABF William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law.
September 4, 2019
Featured Professor
John Hagan, ABF Researcher and Professor of Sociology and Law at Northwestern University. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Andrew M. Schpak and Laura C. Caldera. Special thanks to Barran Liebman and Bullivant, Houser, Bailey for sponsoring.
September 11, 2019
Held during the ABA BLS Annual Meeting 2019. Featured Professor
Robert L. Nelson, ABF Director Emeritus and Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University.
September 12, 2019
Held in conjunction with the SOC Fall Leadership Meeting. Hosted by State Chair Michael J. Hernandez.
September 20, 2019
Held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Missouri Bar. Featured Professor
Traci Burch, ABF Researcher and Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Morry S. Cole and Heidi D. Vollet.
September 26, 2019
Featured Professor Carol Heimer, ABF Researcher and Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Elizabeth Snow Stong and Kenneth G. Standard. Special thanks to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for sponsoring.
October 16, 2019
Featured
Elizabeth Andersen, ABF Fellow and Executive Director of the World Justice Project.
Hosted by State Co-Chairs Elizabeth Snow Stong and Kenneth G. Standard. Special thanks to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for sponsoring.
October 30, 2019
This event was hosted by New Jersey State Co-Chairs Lisa J. Rodriguez and Lynn Newsome.
November 7, 2019
Featured University of Chicago Sociology Professor Robert Vargas, who gave a presentation entitled
"Racial Inequality in Chicago Ward Redistricting: 1923 - 2015." Hosted by State Chair Michael J. Hernandez. Special thanks to Franczek P.C. for sponsoring.
November 7, 2019
Featured Utah Supreme Court Justice
Constandinos "Deno" Himonas
, Utah State Bar Past President
John Lund
, and Utah State Bar Ethics Committee Past Chair
Steve Johnson
, who discussed
"The New Age of Regulatory Reform for Lawyers."
Hosted by State Chair Julianne P. Blanch.
November 7, 2019
Featured ABF Fellows Cocktail reception and exclusive tour of the Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Juanita B. Luis and Marc J. Manderscheid. Special thanks to Thomson Reuters and Briggs and Morgan for sponsoring.
November 14, 2019
Featuring Professor
Shari S. Diamond, ABF Research Professor & Northwestern University Law Professor. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Jaime Hawk and Sarah A. Dunne. Special thanks to Perkins Coie for sponsoring.
November 19, 2019
Honoring ABA President Elect
Patricia L. Refo. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Elizabeth Snow Stong and Kenneth G. Standard. Special thanks to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for sponsoring.
December 3, 2019
Featuring Professor Elizabeth Mertz, ABF Researcher & University of Wisconsin Law Professor. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Judge Elizabeth Snow Stong and Kenneth G. Standard. Special thanks to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for sponsoring.
December 7, 2019
Kansas Fellows Dinner
Featuring Chief Justice
Lawton Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Anne E. Burke, M. Kathryn Webb and Laura Lynn Ice.
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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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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
John J. Creedon, Larchmont, NY
Jimmy K. Goodman, Oklahoma City, OK
James T. Halverson, University Park, FL
Daniel J. Hoffheimer, Cincinnati, OH
Robert C. Knuepfer, Jr.,
Hinsdale, IL
William G. Paul
, Oklahoma City, OK
Miriam Shearing
, Las Vegas, NV
David K.Y. Tang
, Seattle, WA
Rebecca Jean Westerfield, San Francisco, CA
Leadership Fellows
Contributed an aggregate of at least $17,500
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 Visionary, Benefactor and Patron Giving Societies since September 1, 2019! We greatly appreciate their continued support and contributions to the ABF.
Visionary Fellows
Contributed an aggregate of at least $25,000
Daniel J. Hoffheimer, Cincinnati, OH
Benefactor Fellows
Contributed an aggr
egate of at least $10,000
James P. DeAngelo, Harrisburg, PA
Edwin A. Harnden, Portland, OR
Ellen M. Jakovic, Washington, D.C.
Patron Fellows
Contributed an agg
regate of at least $5,000
Mary Margaret Bailey,
Mobile, AL
Jimmie Cecil Peters,
Jena, LA
Nelson Roach,
Daingerfield, TX
Sarah M. Singleton,
Santa Fe, NM
Linda Lea M. Viken,
Rapid City, SD
Philip Zhang,
New York, NY
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 $300 annually. To view a list of new Sustaining Life Fellows since
September 1, 2019 please click
here.
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
, 2019, 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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American Bar Foundation Welcomes Three New Research Professors
In August, the American Bar Foundation proudly welcomed three new scholars to the position of Research Pr ofessor. Beginning this Fall,
Tera Agyepong,
Anna Reosti, and
Christopher Schmidt join the other residential ABF Research Professors in serving the legal profession, the academy, and the public through empirical research and programs that advance justice and the understanding of law.
With expertise ranging from inequality in housing to race and juvenile justice to constitutional law and history, the ABF's newest faculty members bring a range of intellectual perspectives to the American Bar Foundation.
Tera Agyepong is an Assistant Professor of Legal History and African American History at DePaul University. She studies the intersection of race, gender, history, and the law and last year authored the award-winning book,
The Criminalization of Black Children: Race, Gender, and Delinquency in Chicago's Juvenile Justice System, 1899-1945.
Anna Reosti
is a Post-Doctoral Weinberg Fellow in Legal Studies at Northwestern University's Center for Legal Studies. Her scholarship explores law's relation to inequality in the criminal justice and housing settings, and she is currently investigating the consequences of modern background screening practices for rental housing access and discrimination.
Christopher Schmidt, who has been an ABF Faculty Fellow since 2011, studies U.S. legal and constitutional history, with a focus on the relationship between intellectual history, social movements, and constitutional change in the twentieth century.
In 2018, he authored the book
The Sit-Ins: Protest and Legal Change in the Civil Rights Era,
which was a finalist for the 2018 David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Legal History.
Read more about all our ABF Research Professors
here.
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At this past ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, the American Bar Foundation was awarded a grant of over $3.2 million from the American Bar Endowment. This grant will support the ABF's critical research that advances justice through the examination of urgent questions on law and society. Over more than 65 years, the ABE has awarded over $280 million to the ABF and the ABA Fund for Justice and Education.
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Thank you to everyone who attended the Fellows events at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco!
Fellow CLE Program: "Race, Law, and the Mind Sciences: The Many Implications of Implicit Bias"
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Click
here to view more photos from the Fellow CLE Program.
The
Fellow CLE Program
featured a discussion of the importance of the mind sciences to debates about policing, affirmative action, and employment discrimination. Panelists weighed in on the increasing trend among legal scholars of turning to the mind sciences, including literature on implicit bias, to engage complex legal problems.
Panelists:
Devon W. Carbado, American Bar Foundation Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law (2018-19); Honorable Harry Pregerson Professor of Law, UCLA
L. Song Richardson, Dean and Chancellor's Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law
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Fellows Opening Reception
Click
here to view more photos from the
Fellows Opening Reception held at 111 Minna Gallery.
The
Fellows Opening Reception
was held at 111 Minna Gallery, which features contemporary art from San Francisco artists. Fellows browsed the local artwork and enjoyed live jazz music while networking over food and cocktails. Outgoing Fellows Chair Reginald Turner spoke at the event and recognized various Giving Society members for their dedication and support.
We would like to thank
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
for sponsoring the Fellows Opening Reception!
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Fellows Annual Business Breakfast
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Click
here
to
view more photos from the Fellows Annual Business Breakfast.
The
Fellows Annual Business Breakfast featured a presentation by California Supreme Court
Associate Justice Goodwin H. Liu. Outgoing State Chairs were recognized for their service and now Immediate Past-Chair, Reginald M. Turner recapped the 2018-2019 year for the Fellows.
We would like to thank Clark Hill, PLC for sponsoring the Fellows Annual Business Breakfast!
We hope to see you at our events during the ABA Midyear Meeting in Austin, Texas. More information will be coming soon!
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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 September 1, 2019, please click
here!
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The ABF's primary funding is provided by the
American Bar Endowment (ABE), a ยง501(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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