Read on to learn about honors and awards your fellow Fellows have received, a recap of the Fellows events at the 2022 ABA Annual Meeting, both a Faculty and Fellows spotlight, and so much more!
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ABF Researchers in the News |
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ABF Research Professor Tom Ginsburg Joined the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Podcast to Discuss the Role of the Supreme Court
Professor Tom Ginsburg spoke with Deep Dish, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs podcast, on the role of the US Supreme Court, what makes it unique when compared to the Supreme Courts of other democracies and also what we can learn from the Supreme Courts of other democracies.
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ABF Research Professor Bernadette Atuahene Quoted by BridgeDetroit About Her Property Law Research
Professor Bernadette Atuahene spoke with BridgeDetroit (part of the USA Today network) about her work with the Coalition for Property Tax Justice and her research on Wayne County home assessments and the property tax foreclosures that followed.
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Professor Austan Goolsbee, ABF Affiliated Research Professor, Spoke to Yahoo Finance About JOLTS Report
Professor Austan Goolsbee joined Yahoo Finance to talk about the May JOLTS report and what continued similar numbers would mean for the Federal Reserve System.
Watch the interview here.
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Ellen Jakovic, District of Columbia Benefactor Fellow, Sworn in as D.C. Bar President
Ellen Jakovic, District of Columbia Benefactor Fellow, was sworn in as the D.C. Bar President on June 23rd at the D.C Bar Celebration of Leadership. The President's Reception, held to honor Ellen as the incoming president and raise funds for the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center, took place before the Celebration of Leadership and raised a record breaking $1.23 million.
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Eleven ABF Fellows Among Newly Elected American Law Institute Members
Eleven Fellows were elected as new members of the American Law Institute and are listed below. The election of members was announced on July 25th.
- Professor Deborah N. Archer, New York Fellow
- Alan Jay Butler, District of Columbia Fellow
- Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Tennessee Life Fellow
- Deborah Enix-Ross, New York Life Fellow
- Professor Luz E. Herrera, Texas Fellow
- Kristin Graham Koehler, District of Columbia Life Fellow
- Orlando Lucero, New Mexico Fellow and State Chair
- Ambassador Tom McDonald, District of Columbia Fellow
- Professor Uma Outka, Kansas Fellow
- Melissa Sawyer, New York Life Fellow
- Professor Paul M. Smith, District of Columbia Fellow and State Chair
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Constance Slaughter-Harvey, Mississippi Life Fellow, Named University of Mississippi’s School of Law Alumna of the Year
Constance Slaughter-Harvey, Mississippi Life Fellow, was named University of Mississippi's School of Law Alumna of the Year. She accepted the award at the Ole Miss Alumni Association luncheon on July 15th, which took place during the Mississippi Bar's annual meeting.
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Faculty Spotlight
Professor James Thuo Gathii Named 2022-23
William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law
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The ABF is thrilled to announce the 2022-2023 ABF William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law. Professor James Thuo Gathii, Wing-Tat Lee Chair in International Law and Professor of Law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, will be in residence at the ABF for a full academic year, where he will contribute to the organization’s scholarly focus on law and diversity.
Professor Gathii is a leading legal researcher in the field of international law, focusing on public international law, international trade law, comparative constitutional law, human rights, and Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL). His most recent published work includes The Contested Empowerment of Kenya’s Judiciary, 2010-2015: A Historical Institutional Analysis (Sheria Publishing House, 2016) and The Performance of Africa’s International Courts: Using Litigation for Political, Legal, and Social Change (Oxford University Press, 2020).
Read more about Professor Gathii here.
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Fellows Events Spotlight:
ABA 2022 Annual Meeting Recap
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The 2022 American Bar Association Annual Meeting has come and gone and with that comes a recap of our events! Our weekend started on Friday with the CLE titled: "Reflecting on a Century of Juvenile Justice: The Past in the Present," moderated by Hon. Ernestine Gray (Ret.) and panelists Professor Tera Agyepong, Professor Michael Grossberg, and Prudence Beidler Carr. Friday night brought the Fellows Opening Reception at the American Writers Museum, a chance to catch up with other Fellows from across the country. The next day featured the Business Breakfast, with Professor Aziz Huq as the keynote speaker. And as tradition, the Fellows events wrapped up Sunday night with the Fellows Singalong.
Click here to check out pictures from the Annual Meeting events on our website, and click here to listen to the CLE.
If you attended any of the Fellows events at the 2022 Annual Meeting, we'd appreciate if you took a moment to fill out our survey, linked here,
to help plan future events!
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Fellows Spotlight:
Tracy M. Billows is an Illinois Fellow. She is currently the co-Managing Partner of Seyfarth Shaw's Chicago office and past chair of the Chicago office Labor & Employment department. Prior to her time at Seyfarth Shaw, she was a human resource professional in a unionized manufacturing environment. Her practice focuses on an array of Human Resources topics and issues, including policy development and review, leave and absence management, EEO compliance, reductions in force, employee relations, labor relations, among other areas. She puts an emphasis on instituting best practices and avoiding litigation.
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Illinois Fellow
Q: What does being a Fellow mean to you?
A: I am truly honored to be a Fellow and part of a commitment to the advancement of research and critical thinking to better what we do as lawyers for our profession and society.
Q: Where were you born and raised?
A: Chicago is my hometown. I love Chicago. I have traveled extensively but love coming home to Chicago. I love the people, the unique neighborhoods, the skyline, and the wonderful pizza.
Q: Why did you decide to pursue a career in law?
A: I originally planned on going to law school to study international law. I planned to work in government, hopefully the UN. During my undergrad, I started working in Human Resources and fell in love with the employee relations, compliance, and training aspects of Human Resources. I shifted my focus in law school to labor and employment law.
Q: If you hadn’t pursued a career in law, what would you have done?
A: I would have been a teacher. That is why I love training so much - it allows me to indulge that teacher part of me.
Q: What do you do in your free time?
A: I love spending time with my two teenage daughters. We love to go on walks, try new restaurants, try new recipes, shop, and hang out at our lake house in WI.
Q: Anything else you'd like to share with us?
A: I am looking forward to meeting and learning more about the other Fellows.
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Welcome New Fellows!
We have had the pleasure of welcoming over 140 New Fellows to the ABF community since May 2022. Click here to see a list of our newest members.
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Nominate a Fellow
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