HQ Function

Serves as the central hub for research activities, administration, fellowship programs, academic publications, and scholarly events focused on sociolegal studies.

Notable Features:

Co-located with Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, providing a rich academic environment, access to extensive library resources, and fostering collaboration with legal scholars and students.

Work Culture:

A scholarly, collaborative, and intellectually stimulating environment dedicated to rigorous empirical research and academic excellence. The ABF emphasizes mentorship for emerging scholars through its diverse fellowship programs and fosters a community of interdisciplinary researchers.

HQ Significance:

As a premier sociolegal research institute, its Chicago headquarters is pivotal to its mission of producing independent, cutting-edge research that informs legal policy, advances justice, and contributes to public understanding of law and legal institutions in the US and globally.

Values Reflected in HQ: The headquarters' location, function, and collaborative environment reflect the ABF's core values of scholarly independence, research integrity, interdisciplinary inquiry, mentorship, and the pursuit of justice and understanding through empirical research.

Location:

While headquartered in Chicago, the American Bar Foundation's influence and research collaborations are global. The ABF supports international and comparative sociolegal research, hosts international visiting scholars, and its research findings are disseminated worldwide, contributing to legal scholarship and policy discussions internationally. Many of its affiliated research faculty and fellows conduct research with a global scope, in international settings, or on transnational legal issues.

Street Address:

750 N. Lake Shore Drive, Fourth Floor

City:

Chicago

State/Province:

Illinois

Country:

USA