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Fellows in the News
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Lauren Stiller Rikleen
Massachusetts State Chair and Special Advisor to the ABF Board of Directors has been named on PBS's Next Avenue "2015 Influencers in Aging" list
Oklahoma Life Fellow received the Oklahoma Bar Association President's Award at the Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA) Annual Meeting
Iowa Fellow was recently elected to the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Board of Directors
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
October 1
Featuring Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman.
Hosted by State Co-Chairs Judge Elizabeth Snow Stong
and
Kenneth G. Standard. Special thanks to Wachtell, Lipton Rosen & Katz for sponsoring
October 3
Featuring ABF Faculty Fellow Rebecca Sandefur. Hosted by Rhode Island State Chair Tom Lyons
October 7
Hosted by Nebraska
State Chair
Marsha E. Fangmeyer
October 9
Hosted by Missouri State Co-Chairs
Dale C. Doerhoff,
Theresa L. F. Levings, and Reuben A. Shelton
October 20
Featuring the presentation "Deliberations of Real Juries" with ABF Researcher
Hosted by Arizona State Co-Chairs
C. Bradley Vynalek and Janet E. Belkin.
Special thanks to
Quarles & Brady LLP for sponsoring
October 28
Featuring John McKay, Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law. Hosted by Washington State Co-Chairs
Judge Eileen A. Kato
and Salvador Mungia
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November 3
New York Fellows Reception
Featuring Linda Klein, incoming ABA President-Elect. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Judge Elizabeth Snow Stong and Kenneth G. Standard. Special thanks to Wachtell, Lipton Rosen & Katz for sponsoring
November 3
Featuring Andy Coats, former mayor of Oklahoma City, OK. Hosted by Oklahoma State Co-Chairs John B. Heatly and
James T. Stuart
January 28, 2016
Featuring Dean Rachel F. Moran, William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law. Hosted by State Co-Chairs Judge Elizabeth Snow Stong and Kenneth G. Standard. Special thanks to Wachtell, Lipton Rosen & Katz for sponsoring
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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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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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Make Your Annual Contribution
As the year comes to an end, we hope you will remember the American Bar Foundation as you make your final charitable contributions of 2015.
We are grateful for your generosity and continued support. Please click here to make a gift in any amount today.
Thank you.
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Life Fellow Spotlight
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Paula Boggs with the Paula Boggs Band
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Paula Boggs
Washington Life Patron Fellow
Q: Where were you born and raised?
A: I was born in Washington, DC and raised in Virginia, Germany and Italy. My parents met as Howard University students and then my dad taught biology at HBCU Virginia State University. When my parents divorced, my mom and four kids moved to Europe where she taught the children of US military personnel.
Q: What type of law did you practice, and how did you become interested in it?
A: I started my law career in the Pentagon as an Army officer doing administrative law and treaty work. A White House assignment exposed me to litigation work and that's what I did to some degree from that point until retiring from Starbucks in 2012. As an in-house lawyer for 15 years I performed and supervised the practice of many types of domestic and international law.
Q: If you did not decide to go into law, what would you have done?
A: I was on a path to become a diplomat before choosing law school. Before that, I considered a career in music.
Q: We are so excited the Paula Boggs Band will be playing at the Opening Reception at the Midyear Meeting in San Diego. Who were some of your early musical influences?
A: My early influences included the folk music I heard in Catholic school and church, including the Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, Judy Collins and Bob Dylan, the music in my house, like Sam & Dave, Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding, and the gospel music I heard in my mom's African Methodist Episcopal church.
Q: If you could have dinner with anyone who would it be?
A: I'd love having dinner with South African retired bishop Desmond Tutu.
Q: Anything else you'd like to share with us?
A: Paula Boggs Band is very much looking forward to playing for the ABF Fellows!
For more Fellows Spotlights, click here. |
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Fellows CLE Research Seminar: "The Future of Latinos in the United States: Law, Opportunity and Mobility"
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A Project of the American Bar Foundation
Co-Directed by Rachel F. Moran and
Robert L. Nelson
This year at the 2016 Midyear meeting in San Diego, the Fellows CLE Research Seminar will feature a presentation and discussion on the American Bar Foundation (ABF) Research Project, "The Future of Latinos in the United States: Law, Opportunity and Mobility." The project is co-directed by Rachel F. Moran, inaugural holder of the William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law at the ABF and Dean Emerita and Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA Law, and Robert L. Nelson, MacCrate Research Chair in the Legal Profession and Past Director at the ABF and Professor of Sociology and Law at Northwestern University.
According to a brief paper written about the project by Moran and Nelson, "'The Future of Latinos in the United States: Law, Opportunity and Mobility' is a nation-wide, interdisciplinary research initiative devoted to understanding the current condition of Latinos in the United States, the structural barriers that impede full equality and integration for this emerging population, and the sites of intervention that promise to be most impactful in promoting opportunity and mobility through law and policy." Similar to the project itself, the purpose of the program is to imagine the different futures of Latinos that are possible by 2050, when the Latino population is projected to account for 30% of the nation's population.
Moran, Nelson and Luz Herrera, Assistant Dean for Clinical Education, Experiential Learning, and Public Service at UCLA Law and California Fellow, will be presenters at the program. The program will be moderated by Manny Medrano, a trial lawyer and broadcast journalist, and include a discussion with four panelists. Panelists include: Dean R. Alexander Acosta, Chair of the ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights & Responsibilities, Florida Fellow and Dean at the College of Law at Florida International University; Sonia Gonzales, Executive Director of the California Bar Association; Professor David Gutierrez, professor and Academic Senate Distinguished Teacher at UC San Diego; and Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and California Fellow.
The Fellow's CLE is co-sponsored by the ABA Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity, ABA Commission on Hispanic Rights & Responsibilities, ABA Commission on Immigration, ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, ABA Diversity & Inclusion 360 Commission, ABA Young Lawyers Division, and the ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice.
For more information and to register for Fellows events at the ABA Midyear Meeting, please click here. |
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2016 Fellows Awards Recipients
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Congratulations to the 2016 Fellows Awards Honorees!
The Fellows Awards will be presented during the ABA Midyear Meeting at the 60th Annual Fellows Awards Reception and Banquet at the San Diego Natural History Museum on Saturday, February 6, 2016.
Outstanding Scholar
Outstanding State Co-Chair, Minnesota
Outstanding State Co-Chair, Minnesota
Selma Moidel Smith, Esq.
Life Fellow Achievement Award
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Register for the 2016 Midyear Meeting
San Diego, California
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We hope to see you at The Fellows Events at the 2016 ABA Midyear Meeting in San Diego, California!
To view a full schedule of our events and register online, please click here.
Please be sure to stop by our registration desk at the Manchester Grand Hyatt to pick up your Fellows ribbon and say hello! We love seeing familiar and new faces.
Thank you to our generous sponsors
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We would like to thank our Life Leadership Fellows for their generosity and dedication to support the work of the American Bar Foundation! Life Leadership Fellows, our highest giving society, are Life Fellows who have contributed an aggregate of $25,000.
Jacqueline Allee, Coral Gables, FL
Michael H. Byowitz, New York, NY
Mortimer M. Caplin, Washington, DC
David A. Collins, Beverly Hills, MI
John J. Creedon, Larchmont, NY
Ellen J. Flannery, Washington, DC
David S. Houghton, Omaha, NE
Robert MacCrate, New York, NY
William H. Neukom, Seattle, WA
Wm. T. Robinson III, Florence, KY
David K.Y. Tang, Seattle WA
William F. Womble, Winston Salem, NC
To learn more about Life Leadership Fellows and our other Life Fellow Giving Societies, click here.
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Welcome to the New Members in our Life Fellow Giving Societies
Welcome to the newest members of our Life Benefactor Fellow and Life Patron Fellow Giving Societies since October 1, 2015! We greatly appreciate their continued support and contributions to the Foundation.
Life Benefactor Fellows Contributed an aggregate of $10,000
James T. Halverson, University Park, FL
Life Patron Fellows Contributed an aggregate of $5,000
Deborah A. Agosti, Reno, NV
Scott J. Atlas, Houston, TX
William Thomas Coplin, Jr., Demopolis, AL
Ellen Conedera Dial, Seattle, WA
Paul F. Eckstein, Phoenix, AZ
Adam O. Emmerich, New York, NY
Jeffrey L. Hirsch, Boston, MA
Ezekiel Solomon AM, Sydney, NSW
Joseph Thacker, Naples, FL
J. David Tracy, Forth Worth, TX
W. Scott Welch III, Jackson, MS
Donald Alan Workman, Washington, D.C.
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 $250 annually. To view a list of new Sustaining Life Fellows since October 1, 2015, 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 October 1, 2015, please click here. For a complete list of all Life Fellow Giving Society Members, please click here. |
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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 October 1, 2015, please click here!
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Fellows Online Profiles and Directory
We are please to announce our new
Your online Fellows profile now includes updated and new features to help keep you up to date on Fellows news and events, your giving history, and more. You may also access a searchable directory of all current Fellows. If you have any questions or comments regarding our site, or if you have forgotten your user ID and/or password, please contact The Fellows office at (800) 292-5065 or fellows@abfn.org.
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