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Learning and Practicing Law

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ABF researchers explore all aspects of legal education, from the financing of law schools to diversity and inclusion in the legal academy. Working on one of our fundamental research projects, After the JD researchers continue to mine our unique data set on the career trajectory and satisfaction of legal professionals.

Criminal Defense in China
Research Group on Legal Diversity
World Justice Project
The Hero and the Monsignor: Law, Sexual Violence, and the Catholic Church
The Future of Latinos in the United States: Law, Opportunity, and Mobility
After the JD: A National Study of Lawyer Careers
The Language of Law Professors
Portrait Project 2.0: Asian Americans in the Legal Profession
Alternative Legal Professionals
The Financing of Legal Education
Senior Status, Gender, and Race in the Legal and Liberal Arts Academies

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Diversity in Practice: Race, Gender, and Class in Legal and Professional Careers

April 2016
Robert L. Nelson, Ronit Dinovitzer, Spencer Headworth and David B. Wilkins
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Organizations and the Democratic Representation of Interests: What Does It Mean When Those Organizations Have No Members?

December 2015
Traci Burch, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Philip Edward Jones, Hye Young You, Sidney Verba and Henry E. Brady
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Tort Reform, Plaintiff's Lawyers, and Access to Justice

June 2015
Stephen Daniels and Joanne Martin
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After the JD III: Third Results from a National Study of Legal Careers

2014
Ronit Dinovitzer, Bryant Garth, Robert L. Nelson, Rebecca Sandefur, Gabriele Plickert, Joyce Sterling and David B. Wilkins
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Analyzing Carnegie's Reach: The Contingent Nature of Innovation

Summer 2014
Martin Katz and Stephen Daniels
  • Newsletters

The Fellows CLE Seminar: A Profession in Crisis? New Results from the After the JD Study of Lawyers Careers

Spring 2014
Bryant Garth and Ronit Dinovitzer
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Analyzing Carnegie's Reach: The Contingent Nature of Innovation

May 2014
Stephen Daniels, Martin Katz and William Sullivan
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Crises, Crisis Rhetoric, and Competition in Legal Education: A Sociological Perspective on the (Latest) Crisis of the Legal Profession and Legal Education

2013
Bryant Garth
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Buyers' Remorse? An Empirical Assessment of the Desirability of a Legal Career

November 2013
Bryant Garth, Ronit Dinovitzer and Joyce Sterling
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Hierarchical Structure and Gender Dissimilarity in American Legal Labor Markets

October 2013
Ronit Dinovitzer and John Hagan
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Talking about Parental Incarceration at the White House: Creating a National Dialogue Between Researchers, Practitioners and Policy Makers

Summer 2013
John Hagan
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Is it Fair? Law Professors’ Perceptions of Tenure

May 2012
Elizabeth Mertz and Katherine Barnes
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