Learning and Practicing Law
Projects
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.
Recent Research Publications
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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
- Articles
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
- Reports
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
- Newsletters
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
- Articles
Analyzing Carnegie's Reach: The Contingent Nature of Innovation
May 2014
Stephen Daniels, Martin Katz and William Sullivan
- Articles
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
- Articles
Buyers' Remorse? An Empirical Assessment of the Desirability of a Legal Career
November 2013
Bryant Garth, Ronit Dinovitzer and Joyce Sterling
- Articles
Hierarchical Structure and Gender Dissimilarity in American Legal Labor Markets
October 2013
Ronit Dinovitzer and John Hagan
- Newsletters
Talking about Parental Incarceration at the White House: Creating a National Dialogue Between Researchers, Practitioners and Policy Makers
Summer 2013
John Hagan
- Articles
Is it Fair? Law Professors’ Perceptions of Tenure
May 2012
Elizabeth Mertz and Katherine Barnes