Richard Abel (lawyer)

{{Short description|American lawyer}}

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| occupation = Lawyer

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 13, 1941}}

| birth_place = New York, New York

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Richard L. Abel (born September 13, 1941){{cite book|title=International directory of scholars and specialists in Third World studies|author1=Duffy, J.|author2=Hevelin, J.|author3=Osterreicher, S.|date=1981|publisher=Crossroads Press|isbn=9780918456403 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CRXAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2014-10-11}} is a professor of law (now emeritus), a specialist in African Law Studies and a renowned socio-legal scholar. He received his B.A. from Harvard University (1962), his LL.B. from Columbia University (1965) and his Ph.D. from the University of London (1974) where he was a Marshall Scholar. He has been a member of the faculty of the UCLA School of Law since 1974.[http://www.law.ucla.edu/home/index.asp?page=383 UCLA Law] He is a past president of the Law and Society Association and editor of the Law & Society Review.{{Cite web |title=Abel, Richard {{!}} UCLA Law |url=https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/richard-l-abel |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=law.ucla.edu |language=en}}