American Bar Foundation

The American Bar Foundation (ABF) is among the world's leading research i nstitutes for the empirical and interdisciplinary study of law. The ABF seeks to expand knowledge and advance justice through innovative, interdisciplinary, and rigorous empirical research on law, legal processes, and legal institutions. To further this mission the ABF will produce timely, cutting-edge research of the highest quality to inform and guide the legal profession, the academy, and society in the United States and internationally. The ABF's primary funding is provided by the American Bar Endowment and the Fellows of The American Bar Foundation . Please find the PDF of this press release here . Click to watch Rebecca Sandefur discuss her research on access to justice and civil legal needs in a video by the MacArthur Foundation.