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2014 2 014 Annual Report 2014 2 Introduction to the American Bar Foundation 3 Officers and Directors 4 Fellows Research Advisory Committee 5 Past Presidents of the American Bar Foundation 6 Report of the Director: Robert L. Nelson 7 Highlights 13 Research Program 18 Research Faculty 18 Research Professors 26 Affiliated Research Professors 27 Faculty Fellows 29 Research Social Scientists 30 Selected Publications 35 ABF Publications 35 Law & Social Inquiry 35 Researching Law: An ABF Update 36 Recent Major Media Coverage and Faculty Op-Eds 37 Liaison Research Services Program 38 Montgomery Summer Research Diversity Fellowships in Law and Social Science for Undergraduate Students 39 Doctoral Fellowship Programs 40 Presentations at the ABF 2014 41 Sponsored Programs 42 The William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law 43 Research Funds 44 The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation 46 Life Fellows Contributions to the American Bar Foundation 49 Cornerstone Giving Society 50 Personnel 53 Financial Report 2013–14 55 Allocation of Funding FY 2013–14 56 Resolution: Randolph W. Thrower www.americanbarfoundation.org • 2014 Annual Report 1 Introduction to the American Bar Foundation Mission The American Bar Foundation’s mission is to serve the legal profession, the public, and the academy through empirical research, publications, and programs that advance justice and the understanding of law and its impact on society. The American Bar Foundation is the nation’s leading research institute for the empirical study of law. An independent, nonprofit organization, for sixty years the ABF has advanced the understanding and improvement of law through research projects of unmatched scale and quality on the most pressing issues facing the legal system in the United States and the world. The Foundation is committed to broad dissemination of its research findings to the organized bar, scholars, and the public. The results are published in a wide range of forums, including leading academic journals, law reviews, and academic and commercial presses. Research Faculty The research program of the American Bar Foundation is implemented through the projects designed and conducted by the members of the ABF’s resident research faculty. ABF Research Professors are among the leading scholars in their disciplines, which include anthropology, economics, history, law, political science, psychology, and sociology. A research project is undertaken only after completion of a very extensive review process. The internal review committee, an external review panel, the Research Committee of the ABF Board, and ultimately the Board of Directors must conclude that the proposed study will make a significant contribution to the field and that the research can be carried out with the appropriate standards of integrity, human subjects protection, and scholarship. Funding The Foundation extends special thanks to the American Bar Endowment. The American Bar Endowment’s grant of $3,365,369 in fiscal year 2013-2014 makes the Endowment the Foundation’s largest supporter. Founded in 1942, the ABE is a charitable organization dedicated to improving the quality of justice in the United States by funding research, educational, and public service projects in the field of law. ABA members who participate in the Endowment’s group insurance programs can contribute to these efforts. Those members who participate in the Endowment’s insurance plans, and allow the ABE to retain dividends payable on the group insurance policies, provide essential support for the ABE’s grant program. The Foundation would like to thank all ABA members who participate in ABE insurance plans and donate their dividends, along with the ABE, for the valuable funding they have provided. Other sponsors include The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation and private foundations and government agencies that award grants to support specific research projects and other ABF programs. The American Bar Foundation is recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation is an organization of lawyers, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars who have been elected by their peers to become members of The Fellows because of their outstanding achievements in the legal profession. The Fellows support the research work of the American Bar Foundation through their annual contributions and sponsor seminars and events of direct relevance to leaders of the legal profession. 2 American Bar Foundation • www.americanbarfoundation.org Officers and Directors of the American Bar Foundation 2013–2014 2014–2015 Officers and Ex Officio Officers and Ex Officio Directors James R. Silkenat Directors William C. Hubbard President President, President President, American Bar Association American Bar Association Hon. Bernice B. Donald David A. Collins Memphis, TN William C. Hubbard Beverly Hills, MI Paulette Brown President-Elect, President-Elect, Vice-President American Bar Association Vice-President American Bar Association David A. Collins Ellen J. Flannery Robert M. Carlson Patricia Lee Refo Beverly Hills, MI Washington, D.C. Chair, House of Delegates, Chair, House of Delegates, Treasurer American Bar Association Treasurer American Bar Association George S. Frazza Lucian T. Pera George S. Frazza G. Nicholas Casey, Jr. New York, NY Treasurer, American Bar Association New York, NY Treasurer, American Bar Association Secretary Christopher L. Griffin Secretary Ellen J. Flannery President, David S. Houghton Martha Walters Barnett Washington, D.C. American Bar Endowment Omaha, NE President, American Bar Endowment Susan Frelich Appleton Palmer Gene Vance II Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar St. Louis, MO Chair of the Council of the Stanford, CA Palmer Gene Vance II Fund for Justice Education, Chair of the Council of the Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar American Bar Association Doreen D. Dodson Fund for Justice Education, Stanford, CA St. Louis, MO American Bar Association Daniel B. Rodriguez Jimmy K. Goodman Dean, Northwestern Jimmy K. Goodman Daniel B. Rodriguez Oklahoma City, OK University School of Law Oklahoma City, OK Dean, Northwestern University School of Law Kay H. Hodge Don Slesnick Hon. Sophia H. Hall Boston, MA Chair, The Fellows of Chicago, IL Kathleen J. Hopkins David S. Houghton The American Bar Foundation Kay H. Hodge Chair, The Fellows of The American Bar Foundation Omaha, NE Cheryl I. Niro Boston, MA Hon. Cara Lee Neville (Ret.) Hon. Wallace B. Jefferson Chair-Elect (through October 2013), Harold D. Pope III The Fellows of Southfield, MI Chair-Elect, The Fellows of Austin, TX The American Bar Foundation The American Bar Foundation Wm. T. Robinson III Wm. T. Robinson III Kathleen J. Hopkins Florence, KY Michael H. Byowitz Florence, KY Chair-Elect, The Fellows of Secretary, The Fellows of Hon. Ellen F. Rosenblum The American Bar Foundation Hon. Ellen F. Rosenblum The American Bar Foundation Salem, OR Salem, OR (Vacant) Executive Committee Secretary, The Fellows of E. Thomas Sullivan E. Thomas Sullivan David A. Collins, Chair Burlington, VT The American Bar Foundation Burlington, VT Ellen J. Flannery Walter L. Sutton, Jr. Walter L. Sutton, Jr. Executive Committee George S. Frazza Dallas, TX Bentonville, AR Hon. Bernice B. Donald, Chair Kay H. Hodge David B. Wolfe David A. Collins David B. Wolfe Kathleen Hopkins Livingston, NJ Livingston, NJ Ellen J. Flannery David S. Houghton George S. Frazza Walter L. Sutton, Jr. William C. Hubbard Don Slesnick Special Advisors Lauren Stiller Rikleen Special Advisors Mark Suchman Leonard H. Gilbert Myles V. Lynk Lauren Stiller Rikleen Mark Suchman www.americanbarfoundation.org • 2014 Annual Report 3 Fellows Research Advisory Committee Mission The Fellows Research Advisory Committee serves as a bridge between the research program of the American Bar Foundation and the profession, including the practicing bar, the judiciary, and legal education. Through interaction with the researchers and the leadership of the ABF, the Committee strives to bring the interests and concerns of the legal profession to the attention of ABF researchers and to inform the profession about the breadth and quality of ABF research through seminars and other activities. Members Emeritus Honorable Cara T. Neville, Chair Members Benchmark National ADR LLC Jacqueline Allee Minneapolis, MN Coconut Grove, FL Honorable Miriam Shearing (Ret.), Ellen J. Flannery Immediate Past Chair Covington & Burling LLP Supreme Court of Nevada Washington, D.C. Las Vegas, NV John B. Attanasio Judge William Hawley Atwell Chair of Constitutional Law and Professor of Law and Former Dean Dedman School of Law Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX Sharon Stern Gerstman Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP Buffalo, NY Honorable Denise R. Johnson (Ret.) Vermont Supreme Court Montpelier, VT Thomas E. Kopil Marte and Toadvine, Attorneys at Law Langhorne, PA Graydon Dean Luthey, Jr. GableGotwals Tulsa, OK Robert E. Lutz II Southwestern University School of Law Los Angeles, CA Honorable Delissa A. Ridgway United States Court of International Trade New York, NY Kevin L. Shepherd Venable LLP Baltimore, MD 4 American Bar Foundation • www.americanbarfoundation.org Past Presidents of the American Bar Foundation 2012–2014 Hon. Bernice B. Donald 2010–2012 William C. Hubbard 2008–2010 Richard Pena 2006–2008 David K.Y. Tang 2004–2006 Robert O. Hetlage* 2002–2004 M. Peter Moser* 2000–2002 Jacqueline Allee 1998–2000 Kenneth J. Burns, Jr.* 1996–1998 Robert MacCrate 1994–1996 John C. Deacon* 1992–1994