American Bar Foundation(ABF) Doctoral Fellowships Program 2025

The American Bar Foundation (ABF) is offering Doctoral/Postdoctoral Fellowships to encourage original and significant empirical and interdisciplinary research in the field of law and inequality.

Eligibility for American Bar Foundation(ABF) Doctoral Fellowships Program, 2025:

• Proposed or Doctoral research must belong to the general area of sociolegal studies or include social scientific approaches to the legal processes, legal institutions, or law. 
• Significant issues in the field of Law & Inequality must be addressed in the research by the applicant.
• Doctoral or proposed research for American Bar Foundation (ABF) Doctoral Fellowships Program, 2025 must show promise of a major contribution to a social scientific understanding of law and inequality. 
• Candidates from underrepresented minority groups are encouraged to apply. 

Application procedure:

• Candidates applying for American Bar Foundation(ABF) Doctoral Fellowships Program, 2025 must include a writing sample or a dissertation proposal that briefly describes substance and methods of the research.
• A curriculum vitae of the applicant.
• Applicants must include two letters of reference of which one must be from a supervisor of the dissertation.
• In addition, students may submit a short sample of written work.

Value of the American Bar Foundation(ABF) Doctoral Fellowships Program, 2025:

• Stipend of USD 35,000 per year and can continue for up to two academic years.
• Travel Expenses.
• Health Insurance.
• Research allowance.
• Relocation expenses