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Fellows in the News Spotlight
Congratulations to the following Fellows for their outstanding achievements!
David Brink, Minnesota Life Fellow and Past ABF Board Member, was recently recognized by Minnesota Lawyer
for outstanding service to the profession. Click here to read more.
Hon. Christel Marquardt, Kansas Life Fellow was recently recognized by American Business Women's Association's Career Chapter of Topeka. Click here to read more.
F. James Robinson, Jr., Kansas Fellow, was recently presented with the Kansas Association for Justice's "Distinguished Service Award," and the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel's "F. James Robinson Silver Helmet Award." Click here to read more.
Would you like to be featured in the next Fellows in the News Spotlight? Please send your submissions to fellows@abfn.org. We also post submissions to our "Fellows in the News" web page. |
Recent and Upcoming Events
NY Fellows Luncheon
January 29, 2014
Featuring Roberta M. Kaplan & Jeff Trachtman
Hosted by NY Co-Chairs Michael H. Byowitz and Sharon Stern Gerstman
MA Fellows Reception
February 4, 2014
Featuring ABF Research Professor Victoria Saker Woeste
Hosted by MA State Chairs Lauren Stiller Rikleen and Kenneth Vacovec
April 9, 2014 Featuring Jamie Gorelick Hosted by D.C. Officers Melvin White, Jack C. Keeney, Jr., and Susan M. Hoffman.
May 7, 2014 Audio webinar featuring ABF Research Professor Laura Beth Nielson
Sponsored by the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section's Employment Law and Litigation Committee. The American Bar Foundation is one of the webinar's co-sponsors
"Bias and Law" The Third Annual Conference for the Research Group on Legal Diversity at the American Bar Foundation
May 8-9, 2014
Chicago, IL
May 14, 2014
Featuring the Hon. Robert A. Katzmann Hosted by ABA President James R. Silkenat and the NY Co-Chairs Michael H. Byowitz and Sharon Stern Gerstman
Sixth Annual MD Fellows ReceptionMay 20, 2014 Featuring Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals Mary Ellen Babera Hosted by MD State Co-Chairs Kevin L. Shepherd and Ava E. Lias-Booker June 5, 2014 Hosted by CO State Chair Beverly Quail June 9, 2014 Featuring ABF Research Professor Shari Diamond Hosted by NY State Co-Chairs Michael H. Byowitz and Sharon Stern Gerstman August 7-10, 2014 Boston, MA |
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A Review in Photos: The Fellows Events at the 2014 ABA Midyear Meeting
Click here to read a full recap of the The Fellows events at the 2014 ABA Midyear meeting in Chicago, IL. To view more photos from our events, please click here.
 | | Chair-Elect Kathleen Hopkins, reporting live from the Museum of Broadcast Communications during the Fellows Opening Reception. |
| Research Presenters and Commentators from the Fellows CLE Research Seminar "A Profession in Crisis? New Results from the After the JD Study of Lawyer Careers." From left to right: Kathleen Hopkins, Dean Daniel Rodriguez, Tommy D. Preston, Jr., Joyce Sterling, Bryant Garth, Ronit Dinovitzer, David Wilkins, and Abby Eisenberg. |
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The Fellows Officers, Kathleen Hopkins, Don Slesnick, and Hon. Cara Lee Neville presenting the Outstanding Service Award to the Honorable Patricia M. Wald during the 58th Annual Fellows Awards Reception and Banquet at The Murphy Chicago.
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The Fellows Events at the
2014 ABA Annual Meeting
Boston, Massachusetts
As we wrap up the Midyear Meeting in Chicago, plans for The Fellows events at the ABA Annual Meeting in Boston are already underway! Click here for our preliminary schedule of events.
Please save the date for our Fellows Opening Reception, Friday, August 8 at Smith & Wollensky, housed in Boston's most famous castle. Built in 1891, this building was originally home to the First Corps of Cadets and is listed on the National Historic Register.
 We are delighted to announce that our Keynote Speaker for The Fellows Annual Business Breakfast will beKenneth R. Feinberg, of Feinberg Rosen LLP.
Mr. Feinberg is one of the nation's leading experts in mediation and alternative dispute resolution. He has been appointed to administer numerous high-profile compensation programs, including having served as Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, TARP Executive Compensation, and the Agent Orange Victim Compensation Program.
The Fellows Annual Business Breakfast will take place on Saturday, August 9th from 7:30am - 9:30am. Location is to be determined.
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ABF Research Professor Terry Halliday Quoted in the Wall Street Journal
Recently, The Wall Street Journal covered ABF Research |
ABF Visiting Scholar Program
This is a reminder that the ABF invites scholars to join our intellectual community for the 2014-2015 academic year. We encourage national and international scholars on leave or sabbatical to take advantage of our diverse community and excellent facilities. We offer an office, telephone, and computer, but no stipend. Preference will be given to visitors whose scholarship coincides with the research agenda of the ABF, and who will be in residence full-time for all or part of the year. Summer visits are possible. Visitors are expected to participate in the intellectual life of the ABF, including a weekly seminar. If you have an interest in this opportunity, please send an email to Linda Lorenz at llorenz@abfn.org, Subject Line: Visiting Scholars Program, which states (1) the topic on which you are working, (2) the preferred dates for residence, (3) the days each week you would expect to be at the ABF, and (4) attach a CV. Applications will be considered as space allows. The ABF Appointments Committee will review applications and prospective visitors will be notified accordingly. |
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