American Bar Foundation

The American Bar Foundation (ABF) is an independent, nonprofit national research institute established in 1952 and located in Chicago, United States. Its mission is to expand knowledge and advance justice by supporting innovative, interdisciplinary and rigorous empirical research on law, legal processes and legal institutions. This program of sociolegal research is conducted by an interdisciplinary staff of Research Faculty trained in such diverse fields as law, sociology, psychology, political science, philosophy, economics, history, and anthropology.

The American Bar Foundation is located in the same building as Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in downtown Chicago.

The American Bar Foundation supports faculty research and scholarly activity that results in books, reports and essays. The American Bar Foundation Research Faculty produce ''Law and Social Inquiry'' (LSI), a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles, symposia, and review essays examining pressing sociolegal issues. ''Law and Social Inquiry'' is published by Cambridge University Press (previously Wiley-Blackwell). The American Bar Foundation publishes '' Researching Law'', a quarterly newsletter.

The American Bar Foundation is a resource for lawyers, scholars, and policy makers who seek analyses of the theory and functioning of law, legal institutions, and the legal profession. The American Bar Foundation's work is supported by the American Bar Endowment (ABE), by [http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/fellows/index.html The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation], and by grants for particular research projects from private foundations and government agencies. The entity is also affiliated with the American Bar Association. Provided by Wikipedia