The American Bar Foundation (ABF) is an independent, nonprofit national research institute[2] established in 1952 and located in Chicago, United States.
[4] 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.
Current projects include: The American Bar Foundation publishes news and press releases related to the publication of its faculty's research and opinions in academic journals, law reviews and major newspapers or magazines.
In 2018, the American Bar Foundation celebrated the 30th anniversary of its Undergraduate Research Diversity Program with a special dinner at the Drake Hotel in Chicago.