New Legal Realism

New NLR podcast episode! @AFaithSlaker talks with Professor Shauhin Talesh about his new book, Insuring Cyberinsecurity Insurance Companies as Symbolic Regulators: newlegalrealism.org/2026/03/02/an-…

While law schools celebrate increasing diversity, students of color face higher levels of debt, impacting their career choices. LSSSE data shed light on these crucial issues—read more here: loom.ly/_4kdLB8

🚨Applications for @ABFResearch's 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) are now open! SURF offers undergrad students considering careers in law or social science to gain a hands-on learning experience for eight weeks during the summer. bit.ly/SURF25

🚨 Seeking a doctoral or postdoctoral program? Applications are now open for @ABFResearch's doc/postdoc fellowships! These fellowships support research in law, social science, and higher education, offering the opportunity to engage with our intellectual community.

New podcast episode! Richard Ashby Wilson @richardawilson7 talks with @AFaithSlaker about his research on the enforcement of hate crimes statutes in the U.S. newlegalrealism.org/2024/12/22/an-…

Join us 10/18 at a landmark 20th-anniversary #NewLegalRealism Conference, cosponsored by @ABFResearch/@HLS_CLP, to explore inclusion, “bleached out” identity, and ethics in legal education. Register for in-person or virtual participation! #WideningTheLens bit.ly/NewLegalRealism

A new episode of the NLR podcast has just been released! @AFaithSlaker interviews Professor Amy Cohen, holder of the Robert J. Reinstein Chair in Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Listen to the interview here: An Interview with Amy Cohen – New Legal Realism

ABF has a variety of opportunities to join our community of interdisciplinary sociolegal researchers working to create research greater than the sum of its parts. Interested in joining our visiting scholars or Access to Justice cohort? Apply at the link: american-bar-foundation.breezy.hr

Would you or someone you know like to join the ABF as a doctoral or postdoctoral fellow, becoming part of a network of scholars producing innovative research in law and inequality, legal and higher ed., or access to justice? Don't delay—Apply by 1/15. 🚨 american-bar-foundation.breezy.hr

Applications being accepted for a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Berkeley Center for Private Law Theory- School of Law. For more info about the position, visit: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04161

New NLR podcast episode: @AFaithSlaker talks with Professor John Bliss @ProfJBliss about his research on lawyers’ professional identities and their public-interest values. newlegalrealism.org/2023/12/01/an-…

New on the NLR podcast, Professor Alexandra Huneeus talks with @AFaithSlaker about her current research and its connection to New Legal Realism: newlegalrealism.org/2023/07/26/an-… @WisconsinLaw @Alex_Huneeus

We also have doc/postdoc fellowship opportunities w/ partners @NSF, @AccessLexInst, @NorthwesternU, and @UChicago. We encourage you to apply and tell us how your research and perspectives would complete our team. Please share w/ your networks! Due: 1⃣/1⃣7⃣ american-bar-foundation.breezy.hr

Law and Society Review also welcomes three stellar new book review editors to the editorial team, including ABF Research Professors Jothie Rajah and Anna Reosti! lawandsociety.org/law-society-re…

Available via @SSRN, an incredible trove of resources on information posted to US law schools' websites regarding diversity and antiracism, part of a larger project on law school education by ABF Research Prof. Elizabeth Mertz and ABF Research Social Scientist Frances Tung.

10 books. 3,500+ pages. What does this #bookstack have in common you may ask? They're all written or edited by ABF faculty over the past two years. Congrats to our faculty authors and editors! Which of these new law and society books are you adding to your fall reading list?

Professor Jeffrey Omari talks with @AFaithSlaker about his recent research and its connection to New Legal Realism on the NLR podcast! newlegalrealism.org/a-conversation…

@warendenkform @richardawilson7 Okay, we have to pause to appreciate this nerd joke ... and to contemplate the always complicated realist take on theory 😄

@ashleytrubin @law_soc @law_soc a core network for today's #LawInAction empirical research

Have you guys seen the @law_soc ballot? Damn, this is 🔥🔥🔥! I'm so excited to vote!