Fellows News
American Bar Foundation March 2010
In This Issue
2010 Annual Meeting
Fellows Awards
Nominate a Fellow!
Upcoming Events in Maryland and Colorado
DC Fellows
2010 Midyear Meeting
Summer Research Diversity Fellowships
Diversity Event
Life Fellows Confirmed to Serve on LSC Board
2008 Summer Research Diversity Fellows
Golden Gate

Save the Date:
2010 Annual
Meeting in
San Francisco

The 2010 ABA Annual
Meeting will be held in
San Francisco, California, August 5 to 10.

Fellows registration
will open in June.

Click here for a preliminary schedule of events.

2008 Summer Research Diversity Fellows
Fellows Awards

The Fellows are currently accepting nominations for the 2011 Fellows Awards.

Please click here for more information and to download a nomination form with instructions.

2008 Summer Research Diversity Fellows
Nominate a Fellow!

Do you know a lawyer,
judge or legal scholar of
outstanding achievement
and high character
whom you would like to
honor with a nomination
to The Fellows?

Click here to download a nomination form.


2008 Summer Research Diversity Fellows
Upcoming Events

Please click the links for more information:

Second Annual Maryland
Fellows Reception
Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Colorado Fellows
Annual Dinner
Friday, June 4, 2010

Quick Links
DC Fellows

The DC Fellows Dinner on February 2 featured keynote speaker Elizabeth Warren, Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel established to oversee the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), and Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard University. The event, which also honored ABA President Carolyn Lamm, was hosted by DC Fellows Chair Brooksley E. Born, along with DC Vice Chair Ellen Jakovic and Melvin White, DC Fellows Secretary. Thanks to all who attended!
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We want to take this opportunity to thank you for your ongoing support. It is the generous contributions from lawyers, judges and scholars like you that make the work of the American Bar Foundation possible.

Since the start of our fiscal year in September, The Fellows have raised almost three-quarters of a million dollars in funding for the ABF's groundbreaking research projects. That means we are 68% of the way towards meeting our $1.1 million goal for 2009-2010!

If you have not yet made your 2009-2010 contribution to The Fellows, please do so today. Click here to donate online, or call the Fellows office at (800) 292-5065 to make a donation over the phone.

Best wishes for a happy and healthy spring season!

Sincerely,
The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation 
2010 Midyear Meeting in Orlando

Thanks to all who attended the Fellows events at the
2010 ABA Midyear Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

The Fellows hosted a successful Opening Reception on
Friday evening despite a tornado warning! The following
afternoon's CLE Research Seminar, "Asian Legal Revivals,"
provided a valuable look at the rule of law in Asia.

The Fellows gathered at the exclusive Isleworth Country
Club for the 54th Annual Fellows Awards Banquet
honoring the 2010 Fellows Award recipients:
Brooksley E. Born for Outstanding Service
Professor Marc Galanter for Outstanding Scholar
Linda A. Klein for Outstanding State Chair

 Banquet attendees also enjoyed a lively keynote address
by Steven D. Levitt, ABF Research Professor
and co-author of the best-selling books
Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics.


Isleworth

Fellows of the ABF Cynthia E. Nance, Alice A. Bruno and
Kathleen B. Havener at Isleworth Country Club

2008 Summer Research Diversity Fellows
Summer Research Diversity Fellowships
Sponsorship Opportunity

Every summer the ABF's prize-winning research faculty
hosts Summer Research Diversity Fellowships for four
highly qualified undergraduates from diverse backgrounds.

The ABF is seeking sponsorship for this unique program.
For more information on how you and your firm can
participate, please click here. For information on the
2009 recipients, please click here.


Past sponsors include:
Bell Boyd & Lloyd, DLA Piper, Jenner & Block,
James D. Montgomery & Associates, Katten Muchin,
Kirkland & Ellis, Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, Mayer Brown,
Seyfarth Shaw, The National Science Foundation,
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon,
The Kenneth F. & Harle F. Montgomery Foundation,
and The Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, Inc.
2008 Summer Research Diversity Fellows
Special Event on Diversity in the Profession

On January 28, the ABF hosted a special program,
'After the JD: The Pursuit of Diversity in the Legal
Profession' at Northwestern University School of Law.
Led by ABF Director Robert L. Nelson, the program
offered a provocative look at the career trajectories
of almost 5,000 young lawyers and an in-depth portrait
of the careers of women and minority lawyers.
For more information about the After the JD project,
please click here.
2008 Summer Research Diversity Fellows
Life Fellows to Serve on Legal Services
Corporation's Board of Directors

Life Fellows Robert J. Grey, Jr., of Virginia and
Martha L. Minow of Massachusetts have been confirmed
by the United States Senate to serve on the Board
of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC).
Established in 1974, LSC operates as an independent
nonprofit corporation that promotes equal access to
justice and provides grants for high-quality civil legal
assistance to low-income Americans. The Corporation
is headed by a bipartisan board of directors whose
eleven members are appointed by the President of the
United States and confirmed by the Senate.

2008 Summer Research Diversity Fellows