About
The American Bar Foundation (ABF) is an independent, nonprofit research organization that conducts rigorous empirical research on law and society. The ABF explores the intersection of law and society to expand knowledge and advance justice. Their groundbreaking research is used to spark conversations about the world's most pressing issues, shape law and policy by informing lawmakers, practitioners, and the judiciary, and influence societies in the U.S. and across the world. The organization offers various fellowship programs including Faculty Scholars, Postdoctoral Fellowships, Doctoral Fellowships, and Undergraduate Fellowships.
Funding Opportunities
ABF/University of Chicago Doctoral Fellowship Program in Law and Social Science
The ABF partners with the University of Chicago to offer the ABF/University of Chicago Doctoral Fellowship Program in Law and Social Science. Selected scholars participate in this fellowship in residence at the ABF where their original and significant research on law, the legal profession, and legal institutions will be supported. Applications are invited from Ph.D. candidates in the University of Chicago's Social Sciences Division who have completed all doctoral requirements except the dissertation prior to the start of the fellowship term and expect to receive funding from the University of Chicago during the years of the fellowship. Doctoral and proposed research must be in the general area of sociolegal studies or in social scientific approaches to law, legal institutions, the legal profession, or social justice. Research must address significant issues in the field and show promise of a major contribution to social scientific understanding of law and justice.
ABF/LSA Doctoral Fellowship in Law and Inequality
With support from the Law and Society Association, the American Bar Foundation hosts the ABF/LSA Doctoral Fellowship in Law and Inequality. This fellowship in residence at the ABF supports original empirical and interdisciplinary research on the study of law and inequality. The fellowship is designed for outstanding students who are Ph.D. candidates and who have completed all doctoral requirements except the dissertation. Doctoral research must address significant issues in the field and show promise of a major contribution to social scientific understanding of legal or higher education. Students from underrepresented minority groups are especially encouraged to apply. This is a residential fellowship based at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago, Illinois.
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