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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Applications for the ABF/University of Chicago Doc. Fellowship in Law & Social Science for the 2027-28 academic year are now open. The ABF and the UChicago are committed to developing the next generation of scholars in law and social science. Learn More: abf.bamboohr.com/careers/25

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2027 ABF/University of Chicago Doctoral Fellowship in Law and Social Science

Applications for the ABF/University of Chicago Doctoral Fellowship in Law & Social Science for the 2027-28 academic year are now open. Deadline: March 1, 2027 Purpose The American Bar Foundation…

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Applications are now open for the 2027 William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law. This is a year-long visiting position awarded to an outstanding scholar with a distinguished record of scholarship in law and the social sciences. Learn More: abf.bamboohr.com/careers/26

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2027 William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law

The American Bar Foundation (ABF) invites applications for its William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law. This is a one-year visiting position. Deadline: March 1, 2027 We seek…

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Applications for the ABF/Northwestern Doc. Fellowship in Law & Social Science for the 2027-28 academic year are now open. The ABF and Northwestern University are committed to developing the next generation of scholars in law and social science. Learn More: abf.bamboohr.com/careers/24

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2027 ABF/Northwestern University Doctoral Fellowship in Law and Social Science

Applications for the ABF/Northwestern Doctoral Fellowship in Law & Social Science for the 2027-28 academic year are now open. Deadline:March 1, 2027 Purpose The American Bar Foundation and…

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The American Bar Foundation is now accepting applications for our 2027-28 Visiting Scholars program. ABF Visitorships are open to scholars in all social science disciplines, law, and the social science adjacent humanities. Learn More: abf.bamboohr.com/careers/27

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Visiting Scholar 2027-2028

The American Bar Foundation invites scholars to join our intellectual community throughout the year on a temporary visiting basis. We encourage national and international scholars on leave or…

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tomorrow, 9/22, University of Wisconsin Madison Political Science Prof. Genevieve Bates will lead the ABF Speaker Series on "Racial Justice as Transitional Justice: Human Rights and Public Support for Police Reform in the United States." Learn More: www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/speake...

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Speaker Series: Genevieve Bates - ABF

Human rights abuses by agents of the state security apparatus have sparked demands for reform globally. In this paper, we explore how framing these reform policies directly as human rights issues…

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Lauren Robel, who served the past two years as Secretary, will succeed Byowitz as Vice President while Board Members Ellen Jakovic and Jo Ann Engelhardt will join the Board leadership as Treasurer and Secretary, respectively.

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The ABF welcomes Michael H. Byowitz as the new president of the ABF’s Board of Directors. His two-year term began September 1, 2026, following his service as Vice President. Learn More: www.americanbarfoundation.org/the-abf-welc...

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ABF Welcomes Michael H. Byowitz as Board President - ABF

The American Bar Foundation welcomes Michael H. Byowitz as President of the Board of Directors and announces new leadership for 2026–28.

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ossei-Owusu is a Presidential Professor of Law at @penncareylaw.bsky.social, where he teaches courses on criminal law, the legal profession, antidiscrimination law, the welfare state, and the business of law firms.

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The American Bar Foundation welcomes @profosseiowusu.bsky.social as the 2026–27 William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law. “I’m incredibly excited to be back in community with the scholars at the American Bar Foundation," said Ossei-Owusu. Learn More:

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ABF Welcomes Shaun Ossei-Owusu as the 2026–27 Neukom Chair - ABF

Shaun Ossei-Owusu’s research examines legal cynicism, inequality, and the ways law both reflects and produces social conflict.

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"Jails often can’t provide comprehensive medical screenings, space for confidential legal consultations or even outdoor access." ABF Affil. Scholar Emily Ryo in @propublica.org's article on the Pinellas County Jail's high rate of immigrant rebookings. Read More: www.propublica.org/article/immi...

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These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman Was Held for a Total of 26 Days.

Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. Our nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusu...

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"The end of affirmative action does not mean institutions have to discontinue efforts to support students of color and others from marginalized backgrounds,” says ABF Affil. Scholar @meeradeo.bsky.social “There are myriad ways to support students, faculty and staff from all backgrounds.” Read More:

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ABA Council Votes on Long-Contested Diversity Standard

Slated to take place at a special meeting Sept. 8, the vote comes just two weeks after the Trump administration recommended denying the accreditation council federal recognition.

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"A just society punishes only the blameworthy. Our approach to insanity in these cases makes it harder, not easier, to do justice," says former ABF Visiting Scholar Michelle Oberman. Oberman discusses the case surrounding Lindsay Clancy, and the history of the U.S. insanity defense, in a new op-ed.

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Edward Elgar Publishing @elgarpublishing.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Research Handbook on Global Legal Education Edited by @swethaa.bsky.social, @ucirvinelaw.bsky.social and Bryant G. Garth, @abfresearch.bsky.social 🆓 Chapter | A kaleidoscopic invitation to consider global legal education: doi.org/10.4337/9781... More information: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...

This authoritative Research Handbook examines legal training and its impact on law and society. Leading experts adopt a kaleidoscope perspective to compare diverse country case studies, highlighting shifting patterns rather than a single model of ‘global’ legal education.

Contributors explore how legal education remains nationalised via local histories, politics and markets, despite borrowing models and language from modern, merit-based, or global approaches. Chapters assess the appearance of law schools as powerful sites where divisions of class, race, gender, empire and prestige are reproduced, contested and sometimes reimagined. The Research Handbook demonstrates how familiar patterns of hierarchies, inequalities and Western-centric ideals travel widely alongside diverse efforts in majority world contexts to resist, revisit and reimagine fairer institutions. Combining doctrinal analysis, institutional histories, archives, interviews and fieldwork, this Research Handbook advances research and promotes further study.

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The ABF Fellows CLE Program, held July 31 during the 2026 ABA Annual Conference, explored the consequences of mass incarceration. ABF Research Prof. Reuben J. Miller and Calvin Duncan, an Innocence Project exoneree, discussed how incarceration affects communities long after release. Read More:

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Fellows CLE Explores the Lasting Consequences of Mass Incarceration - ABF

The ABF Fellows CLE at 2026 ABA Annual examined the lasting consequences of mass incarceration and featured ABF Research Professor Reuben Jonathan Miller and founder of Light of Justice Calvin Duncan.

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We are thrilled to share that former LSA President and 2026 Ronald Pipkin Service Awardee @lbthatsme.bsky.social (Northwestern University) has been appointed to serve as the new @abfresearch.bsky.social Executive Director!

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Nielsen has been a Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation for more than twenty-five years and holds a joint appointment at Northwestern University, where she is the Board of Lady Managers of the Columbian Exposition Chair and a Professor of Sociology.

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The ABF has named @lbthatsme.bsky.social as its eleventh Executive Director, succeeding Interim Exec. Director and ABF Affiliated Research Prof. Bryant Garth. She will assume the role Sept 1 and will be the first woman to lead the organization. 🔗: www.americanbarfoundation.org/leading-soci...

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Sociologist Laura Beth Nielsen to Lead ABF into 75th Anniversary - ABF

ABF named Laura Beth Nielsen its eleventh Executive Director, effective September 1. Nielsen will be the first woman to lead the organization where she has been a Research Professor for 25+ years.

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We are grateful to have featured his work as part of this event honoring her legacy, and to the @nycbarassociation.bsky.social for their support!

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We were honored to welcome artist Josh Montgomery @joshmontgomeryart.bsky.social to our Ruth Bader Ginsburg Endowed Fund event in New York City, where he presented Equals?, his original tribute to Justice Ginsburg's legacy. Watch Joshua's recap of the event here: youtu.be/gSMU4jY5iGM?...

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The ABF is pleased to welcome six visiting scholars to our research community. The scholars of the 2026–27 cohort are: Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, Kathryn Birks Harvey, Jennifer Carlson, Sharese King, Stephen Engel, and Nick Cheesman. Learn More: www.americanbarfoundation.org/the-abf-anno...

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The ABF Announces 2026–27 Visiting Scholars - ABF

The American Bar Foundation is pleased to welcome six Visiting Scholars to the ABF research community. The scholars of the 2026–27 cohort are: Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, Kathryn Birks Harvey…

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The ABF has awarded doctoral fellowships to three exceptional scholars! These scholars were chosen for their impressive empirical and interdisciplinary research proposals in law and social science and will begin their roles on September 1. Learn More: www.americanbarfoundation.org/the-american...

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The American Bar Foundation Announces 2026 Cohort of Doctoral Fellows - ABF

The American Bar Foundation (ABF) has awarded doctoral fellowships to three exceptional scholars. Selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants, these scholars were chosen for their impressive...

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

11 years since the "709 Crackdown" on China's human rights lawyers. Tune in for the 10th China Human Rights Lawyers Day global webinar, with closing remarks from ABF's Terry Halliday. 📅 July 9, 2026 | 9:00am ET 🔗 www.youtube.com/live/EV1lV1t...

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

What if the U.S. Constitution were written today? ABF Research Professor @tomginsburg.bsky.social examines modern constitutional ideas from Supreme Court term limits, expanded rights, and institutions to protect democracy— ensuring accountability. @ms.now op-ed: www.ms.now/opinion/amer...

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Opinion | The case for an updated U.S. Constitution

Tom Ginsburg: The U.S. Constitution is the world’s oldest currently in force, and some would say it’s showing its age.

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

What do today’s Supreme Court decisions mean for birthright citizenship and trans athletes? Northwestern Univ. professors, including former visiting scholar, Kate Masur, break down the legal stakes—pointing to major impacts for civil rights, constitutional law, and more. Read More:

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Northwestern experts on today’s SCOTUS decisions on birthright citizenship and trans athletes in organized sports

The U.S. Supreme Court today handed down decisions in major cases, including the constitutionality of Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship and whether transgender athletes are…

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/06/2026

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com The Supreme Court's ruling to uphold birthright citizenship "is a reminder of what a principled, Constitution-bound court should look like,” the editorial board writes.

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Opinion | The Supreme Court Gets Birthright Citizenship Right

The Constitution is clear. People who are born in this country and subject to its laws are citizens.

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Law & Social Inquiry @lsijournal.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Congrats to Laura Nelson, winner of LSI’s 2026 Graduate Student Paper Competition! Her article shows how Pennsylvania’s 1780 Gradual Abolition Act made emancipation a struggle over records, legibility, and everyday claims to freedom. Read more here: bit.ly/3SAhXcu

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Princeton University Student Laura Nelson Wins Law & Social Inquiry’s 2026 Graduate Student Paper Competition - ABF

The American Bar Foundation (ABF) is delighted to announce that Laura Nelson, a PhD candidate in the Department of History at Princeton University, has won the 2026 Graduate Student Paper Competition…

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The ABF is delighted to announce that Laura Nelson, a PhD candidate in the Dept. of History at @princeton.edu, has won the 2026 Graduate Student Paper Competition from Law & Social Inquiry (LSI) for her article, “Registries, Records, and the Making of Emancipation in Pennsylvania.” Learn More:

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Princeton University Student Laura Nelson Wins Law & Social Inquiry’s 2026 Graduate Student Paper Competition - ABF

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

In a new @chicago.suntimes.com article, ABF Affiliated Scholar James Thuo Gathii writes, "The Trump administration’s playbook for Cuba is clear: intensify the hardship and suffering to such an extreme degree of economic collapse and crisis that there will be an uprising." Read More:

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Trump’s playbook for Cuba includes human rights violations

The fuel blockade that has been in effect since January has caused cascading crises.

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Welcome to the 2026 ABF Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows! The ABF has selected five outstanding undergraduate students from across the nation to take part in the 2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program. Learn More: www.americanbarfoundation.org/welcoming-th...

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The ABF Welcomes 2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows - ABF

The SURF Program allows students from underrepresented backgrounds to gain a hands-on experience with an ABF researcher.

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

ABF Affiliated Scholar @hollyfoster.bsky.social's new book, We All Do the Time, examines how incarcerated women maintain family and community ties, and why those connections matter for well-being, belonging, and rehabilitation. Published by @nyupress.bsky.social 🔗: nyupress.org/978147981588...

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We All Do the Time

Breaks new ground by showing how women in prison and their families interact through prison boundariesAlthough women make up only 7% of the overall prison po...

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The @polar-journal.bsky.social's Annual Student Paper Prize Competition is taking submissions! The deadline is July 31, 2026, and the prize is open to current students in degree-granting grad programs (MA, PhD, JD, etc.) Learn More: politicalandlegalanthro.org/awards/stude...

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Graduate Student Workshops

Call for participants… Each year during the AAA meetings, the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) sponsors a series of special workshops in which small groups of graduate studen…

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

At the American Identity Summit 2026, a recent panel by the Chicago Thinker, ABF Research Prof. @tomginsburg.bsky.social discusses the health of American democracy, the state of constitutional order, and what renewal looks like at 250 years. Watch Here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6C_...

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What does it mean to be American? | David Axelrod | Jonathan Turley | John Pinheiro | Tom Ginsburg

YouTube video by The Chicago Thinker Official

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congrats to @lbthatsme.bsky.social of Northwestern University and @abfresearch.bsky.social for winning LSA’s 2026 Ronald Pipkin Service Award! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The Pennsylvania Gazette discusses former LSS Doctoral Fellow Shaun Ossei-Owusu's Law on Trial: An Unlikely Insider Reckons with Our Legal System. Highlighting Ossei-Owusu's journey, time at the ABF, and collaboration with Research Prof. @lbthatsme.bsky.social. 🔗: thepenngazette.com/witness-and-...

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Witness and Judge

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This Wed., 5/13, Chicago-Kent College of Law Prof. Cary Martin Shelby will lead the ABF Speaker Series on "Markets for Black Pain: Law and Marginalization as a Commodity." Shelby will discuss her upcoming book, and touch on for-profit companies commodifying black pain, and its cycles of harm. 🔗:

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Speaker Series: Cary Martin Shelby - ABF

Professor Shelby will discuss several chapters of her upcoming book, Markets for Black Pain: Law and Marginalization as a Commodity, which introduces “Markets for Black Pain” as a novel theoretical…

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Tomorrow, the ABF hosts a New York City reception honoring the legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—featuring remarks from Judge Arun Subramanian (Ginsburg's former clerk) and visual artist Josh Montgomery. Supporting the RBG Fund for Civil Rights and Gender Equality Research.

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The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Endowed Fund - ABF

The RBG Endowed Fund honors Justice Ginsburg’s legacy as a legal trailblazer by supporting significant research on civil rights and gender equality.

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

ABF Research Professor @tomginsburg.bsky.social and Gita Wirjawan discuss what sustains constitutional democracy, and what erodes it from within, on the Endgame podcast. Watch Here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE8h...

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Why Constitutional Monarchy Might Be the Best Form of Government - Tom Ginsburg | Endgame #266

YouTube video by Gita Wirjawan

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This Wed., 5/6, Boston College Law Prof. Aziz Rana will lead the ABF Speaker Series on "The Breakdown of the American Constitutional Compact." Rana will examine the contours of today’s U.S. constitutional crisis, tracing its roots over three decades, the 1930s through the 1960s. Learn More:

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Speaker Series: Aziz Rana - ABF

Scholars and commentators increasingly worry that the United States is facing a constitutional crisis, but the exact contours of this crisis remain underspecified. In this talk, Aziz Rana argues that…

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Global Perspectives on People-Centered Justice: Exploring the Evidence, edited by ABF’s Matthew Burnett and Rebecca Sandefur, spans issues from international development, poverty, and democratic participation to legal technology. Learn More: www.americanbarfoundation.org/global-persp...

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Global Perspectives on People-Centered Justice: Exploring the Evidence - ABF

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This Wed., 4/22, legal anthropologist and associate professor of law at Emory University Deepa Das Acevedo will lead the ABF Speaker Series on "The War on Tenure." Acevedo examines tenure-stream academia to reveal hidden dynamics and obstacles. 🔗: www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/speake...

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Speaker Series: Deepa Das Acevedo - ABF

As academia increasingly comes under attack in the United States, The War on Tenure steps in to demystify what professors do and to explain the importance of tenure for their work.

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Nearly a century of accumulated civil procedural rules—however well-intentioned—has produced mounting costs, delays, and complexity. ABF Research Prof. and Deputy Dean of the University of Chicago Law School, William Hubbard calls this the "paradox of procedure." Watch the new ABF video:

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William H. J. Hubbard Explores Markets and Technology to Promote Access to Justice - ABF

Can market forces can be used to make civil justice systems work more fairly and efficiently, asks William H. J. Hubbard?

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

This Wed., 4/1, Assistant. Prof. of Anthropology Soledad Álvarez Velasco, of The University of Illinois Chicago will lead ABF Speaker Series on "Inhabiting Transit: Migrant Struggles from Global South America to the U.S. and Back Again." 🔗: www.americanbarfoundation.org/event/speake...

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Speaker Series: Soledad Álvarez Velasco - ABF

Transborder migrant transits through the Americas have become a prominent and deeply political phenomenon. This talk examines the contemporary condition of inhabiting transit—the experience of being…

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

In a new episode of the NLR podcast, Professor Shauhin Talesh discusses his new book, Insuring Cyberinsecurity: Insurance Companies as Symbolic Regulators. Talesh is a Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology and Criminology at @ucirvinelaw.bsky.social. 🔗: newlegalrealism.org/2026/03/02/a...

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An Interview with Shauhin Talesh on the Cyber Insurance Industry – New Legal Realism

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

"The access to justice field has no shortage of good ideas—and yet, the justice gap persists." ABF Affiliated Scholar Margaret Hagan interviewed eleven civil justice professionals, to better identify theories of change that might become a reality. Read more: medium.com/legal-design...

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Why the Access to Justice Field Needs Better Theories of Change

We have promising ideas about how to serve more people, in better ways. We just don’t know how to make these ideas stick and scale.

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

📢 The 2026 Law & Social Inquiry Graduate Student Paper Competition is open! Graduate and law students (or faculty on their behalf) may submit a journal-length paper for the LSI Graduate Student Paper Competition by April 11 for a chance to be published and win $500. Learn More:

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Law and Social Inquiry - American Bar Foundation - ABF

The ABF sponsors Law & Social Inquiry (LSI), a publication of original research that analyze law, legal institutions, and the legal profession.

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

In a recent @financialtimes.com article, ABF Research Professor @lbthatsme.bsky.social described Citi’s approach as "an extreme example" of how corporations use internal investigations to protect themselves. Read More: www.ft.com/content/dddf...

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Citi’s security unit was meant to probe misconduct. Employees say it protected the bank instead

Internal team staffed by ex-law enforcement ‘operates as HR’s internal hit squad’, former executive says

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American Bar Foundation @abfresearch.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The ABF's Rebecca Sandefur is featured in the first episode of the Oklahoma Justice Exchange, a podcast from the Oklahoma Access to Justice Foundation. Sandefur joins a conversation on legal barriers faced by people living in poverty in the US. Listen Here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

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Justice for All: Tackling Legal Barriers of Poverty

Podcast Episode · Oklahoma Justice Exchange · January 28 · 33m

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