Latest Past Events

Speaker Series: Kathryn Takabvirwa

ABF Offices, 750 N Lake Shore Drive, 4th Floor Chicago, IL

My talk examines policing in Zimbabwe, with particular focus on encounters between police officers and people they pull over along the country’s roads. It centers on a five-year period during which Zimbabwean police mounted semi-permanent official roadblocks on roads throughout the country, such that to be on the road was to be stopped and inspected,…

Speaker Series: Nayan Shah

ABF Offices, 750 N Lake Shore Drive, 4th Floor Chicago, IL

The presentation examines how and when U.S. Federal Courts intervene in the treatment of hunger strikers in Guantanamo, California State Prison, and Immigrant Detention. In each instance, defense attorneys and prosecutors debate prisoner protest and prison policy that justifies forcible intervention. Legal processes provide an airing of prisoner grievances and public communication of concealed prison…

Fellows Events at the 2023 ABA Midyear Meeting in New Orleans

ABA Midyear Meeting, New Orleans, LA 500 Canal Street, New Orleans

A $30 registration fee is required and helps cover administrative costs associated with the Midyear Meeting Early registration: Tickets are 15% off through January 20 ABF Fellows On-Site Registration Hours: Sheraton New Orleans 500 Canal St, New Orleans, LA Please stop by The Fellows registration desk to pick up your complimentary Fellows ribbons and visit the…