Past Officers, Directors & Committees

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2023

PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
President: Michael Willrich, Brandeis University
President-Elect: Barbara Welke, University of Minnesota
Secretary: Ari Bryen, Vanderbilt University
Treasurer: David Tanenhaus, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

SPECIAL OFFICERS
Memorialists, Laura Kalman (2020), University of California, Santa Barbara and Sarah Barringer Gordon (2020) University of Pennsylvania

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Laura Edwards (2021), Princeton University
Maggie Blackhawk (2021), New York University
Michael Lobban (2021), London School of Economics
Sarah Seo (2020), Columbia University Law School
Taja-Nia Y. Henderson (2020), Rutgers Law School*
Lucy Salyer (2021), University of New Hampshire*
Lisa Ford (2020), University of New South Wales
Lauren Benton (ex officio — Immediate Past president), Yale University
Mary Ziegler (2020), Florida State University College of Law
Kelly Kennington (2020), Auburn University
Daniel Hulsebosch (2021), New York University
Michelle McKinley (2022), University of Oregon*
Sam Erman (2022), University of Michigan
Elizabeth Katz (2022), University of Florida
Catherine Evans (2022), University of Toronto
Jelani Hayes (2022), Yale University, Graduate Student Member

* Executive Committee Member

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS
 
ACLS Delegate 
Rayman L. Solomon (2020), Rutgers University, Camden

Standing Committee on the Annual Meeting
Joanna Grisinger, Chair, Northwestern
Justin Simard (2022), Michigan State University
Geneva Smith (graduate student representative, 2021), Yale University
Barbara Welke (ex-officio, President-Elect), University of Minnesota
Myisha S. Eatmon (2020), Harvard University
Hardeep Dhillon (2022), University of Pennsylvania/American Bar Foundation

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, 2023)
Catherine Evans, co-chair, University of Toronto
Kyle Volk, co-chair, University of Montana
Rabiat Akande, York University
Evelyn Atkinson, University of Chicago
Jon Connolly, University of Illinois, Chicago
Jenny Huangfu Day, Skidmore College
Aaron Hall, University of Minnesota
Doug Kiel, Northwestern University
Ivon Padilla-Rodriguez, University of Illinois, Chicago
K-Sue Park, Georgetown University
Kalyani Ramnath, University of Georgia
Govind Sreenivasan, Brandeis University

Local Arrangements Committee for the Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, 2023)
Karen Tani, co-chair, University of Pennsylvania
Craig Green, co-chair, Temple University
Jane Manners, Temple University
Shaun Ossei-Owusu, University of Pennsylvania
Margot Canaday, Princeton University

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2020), University of Pennsylvania, co-chair
Robert W. Gordon (2020), Stanford University, co-chair
Rabia Belt (2021), Stanford University
Intisar Rabb (2021), Harvard University
Christopher Schmidt (2021), Chicago-Kent College of Law
Emily Kadens (2021), Northwestern University
Rayman L. Solomon (ex-officio, Chair, Finance Committee), Rutgers University, Camden

Hurst Institute Selection Committee (2023)
Thomas J. McSweeney, William and Mary Law School, chair
Rabia Belt, Stanford University
Myisha S. Eatmon, Harvard University
Daniel LaChance, Emory University

Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
Juandrea Bates (2020), Winona State University, Chair
Gregory Ablavsky (2022), Stanford University
Gautham Rao (ex officio, Editor, Law and History Review), American University
Cornelia Dayton (2020), University of Connecticut
Ari Schriber (2022), University of Toronto
Binyamin Blum (2021), University of California, Hastings

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Peter Reich (2020), Chair, University of California, Los Angeles

Finance Committee
members of this committee serve six-year terms
Rayman L. Solomon (2020), Chair, Rutgers University, Camden
Michael Willrich (ex-officio, President), Brandeis University
Constance Backhouse (2017), University of Ottawa
Lauren A. Benton (ex-officio, immediate past president), Yale University
Charles Donahue (2021), Harvard University
Malick Ghachem (2018), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael Grossberg (2017), Indiana University
Ajay Mehrota (2021), Northwestern University
David Tanenhaus (ex officio, Treasurer), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Philip Thai (2019), Northeastern University
Alison Tirres (ex-officio, Chair, Projects and proposals Commitee), DePaul College of Law
Barbara Welke (ex-officio, president-elect): University of Minnesota
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2021), University of Pennsylvania

Graduate Student Outreach Committee
John Wertheimer (2022), Chair, Davidson College
Nicole Breault (2020), University of Connecticut
Holly Brewer (ex officio, Membership Committee), University of Maryland
Lauren Feldman (2022), Johns Hopkins University
Jelani Hayes (2022, ex-officio as grad representative on board), Yale University
Chao Ren (2021), University of Michigan
Katharina Schmidt (Max Planck Institute)
Laurie Wood (2021), Florida State University
Chao Ren (2021), University of Michigan
Ari Bryen (ex-officio, Secretary), Vanderbilt University

Honors Committee
Bruce Mann (2022), Harvard University, Chair
John Witt (2022), Yale University
Jane Burbank (2021), New York University
Rebecca Scott (2021), University of Michigan

Wallace Johnson First Book Program Committee
Sam Erman (2021), University of Michigan, Chair
Laura Kalman (2021), University of California at Santa Barbara
Kurt Graham (2021), National Archives and Records Administration
Lisa Ford (2020), University of New South Wales
Nate Holdren (2020), Drake University
Rohit De (2022), Yale University
Christopher Schmidt (2023), Chicago-Kent Law School

Membership Committee
Holly Brewer (2021), Chair, University of Maryland
Victoria Saker Woeste (2022), Indiana University
Catherine MacMillan (2022) King’s College London
Clara Altman (2022), Federal Judicial Center
Alyssa Penick (2022), University of Virginia
Anne Twitty (2022) University of Missouri
Timo McGregor (2021) Yale University
Sam Erman (2023), University of Michigan
Ari Bryen (ex officio, Secretary), Vanderbilt University

Nominating Committee
John Wertheimer (2021), Davidson College, Co-chair
Lyndsay Campbell (2020), University of Calgary, Co-Chair
Nurfadzilah Yahaya (2021), National University of Singapore
Sophia Lee (2022), University of Pennsylvania
Ada Maria Kuskowski (2022), University of Pennsylvania

Projects and Proposals Committee
Alison Tirres (2020), Chair, DePaul College of Law
Barbara Welke (ex-officio, President-Elect), University of Minnesota
Andrew Wender Cohen (2021), Syracuse University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio, Chair, Hurst Committee), University of Pennsylvania Law School
Sarah L.H. Gronningsater (2022), University of Pennsylvania
Felicia Kornbluh (2022), University of Vermont
Trina Hogg (2020), Oregon State University
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio, Chair, Finance Committee) Rutgers University, Camden
Malick Ghachem (2021), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lauren Benton (ex-officio, immediate past President), Yale University

Publications Committee
Daniel Ernst (2022),co-chair, Georgetown Law Center
Catherine Fisk (2022), co-chair, University of California, Berkeley
Siobahn Barco (2022), Princeton University
Joshua Tate (2020), Southern Methodist University
Kellen Funk (2022), Columbia University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Pennsylvania
Lisa Ford (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of New South Wales
Craig Joyce (ex officio, Co-chair, History of the Society Project), University of Houston
Sarah Gronningsater (2020), University of Pennsylvania
Gautham Rao (ex officio, Editor, Law & History Review), American University
Reuel Schiller (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of California, Hastings College of Law
David Tanenhaus (ex officio, Treasurer), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Charles Zelden (ex officio, Co-chair, History of the Society Project), Nova Southeastern University
Thomas McSweeney (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), William and Mary

Editors, Law and History Review
Gautham Rao, Editor, American University
Nate Holdren, Associate Editor (Book Reviews, Americas), Drake University
Elizabeth Papp Kamali, Associate Editor (Book Reviews Europe), Harvard University
Jed Kroncke, Associate Editor (Book Reviews non-Americas), University of Hong Kong

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Lisa Ford, University of New South Wales
Thomas McSweeney, William and Mary
Taisu Zhang, Yale University
Reuel Schiller, University of California, Hastings College of Law

Jane Burbank Legal History Article Prize
Lauren Benton (2022), Chair, Yale University
Nandini Chatterjee (2022), University of Exeter
Victor Uribe (2022), Florida International University
Fei-Hsien Wang (2022), Indiana Univeristy

Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
John D. Gordan III (2019), Chair, William Nelson Cromwell Foundation
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal (2022), University of Southern California
Cynthia Nicoletti (2022), University of Virginia
David Rabban (2022), University of Texas
Kimberly Welch (2020), Vanderbilt University
Allison Madar (2020), University of Oregon
Mary X. Mitchell (2021), University of Toronto
Daniel Farbman (2022), Boston College
Jane Dailey (2022), University of Chicago
Doris Morgan Rueda (2022), Stanford University
Jane Manners (2021), Temple University
Evan Taparata (2021), University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Marie-Amelie George (2020), Wake Forest Law School

Cromwell Book Prize Subcommittee
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal (2022), University of Southern California
Cynthia Nicoletti (2022), Chair, University of Virginia
Sara Mayeux (2022), Vanderbilt University
David Rabban (2022), University of Texas

Cromwell Article Prize Subcommittee
Kimberly Welch (2020), Chair, Vanderbilt University
Allison Madar (2020), University of Oregon
Mary X. Mitchell (2021), University of Toronto
Daniel Farbman (2022), Boston College

Cromwell Dissertation Prize Subcommittee
Emily Prifogle (2022), University of Michigan
Maeve Glass (2022), Columbia University
Victoria Woeste (2020), Chair, Independent Scholar
Lee B. Wilson (2021), Clemson University

Committee on Cromwell Fellowships
Jane Dailey (2022), Chair, University of Chicago
Doris Morgan Rueda (2022), Stanford University
Jane Manners (2021), Temple University
Evan Taparata (2021), Harvard University
Marie-Amelie George (2020), Wake Forest Law School

Mary Dudziak Prize Committee
David Tanenhaus (2021), University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Chair
Barbara Welke (ex officio, President-elect), University of Minnesota
Katrina Jagodinsky (2021), University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kellen Funk (2021), Columbia Law School

Anne Fleming Prize Committee
Editors of Law and History Review and Enterprise and Society

Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
Amalia Kessler (2020), Chair, Stanford University
Kunal Parker (2021), University of Miami
Eliga Gould (2020), University of New Hampshire
Kate Masur (2022), Northwestern University
Mary Dudziak (2022), Emory University

Committee on the Peter Gonville Stein Book Award
Stuart Banner (2020), University of California Los Angeles, Chair
Sueann Caulfield (2021), University of Michigan
Elizabeth Thornberry (2020), Johns Hopkins University
James Whitman (2020), Yale University

Surrency Prize Committee
Deborah Dinner (2021), Cornell University, Chair
Anna di Robilant (2020) Boston University School of Law
Christian Burset (2020), Notre Dame School of Law
Fahad Bishara (2020), University of Virginia

Sutherland Prize Committee
Cynthia Herrup (2020), University of Southern California, Chair
Hannah Weiss Muller (2021), Brandeis University
Julia Randolph (2022), North Carolina State University

Student Research Colloquium Faculty Directors
Daniel Sharfstein, Vanderbilt University
Bhavani Raman, University of Toronto

Professional Liaison Committee
Michael Willrich, Brandeis University (ex officio, President)
Barbara Welke, University of Minnesota (ex officio, President Elect)

Conference Resource Team (for the Philadelphia 2023 Annual Meeting)*
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania (sbgordon@law.upenn.edu)
Zachary Herz, University of Colorado (zachary.herz@colorado.edu)
Catherine Fisk, University of California, Berkeley (cfisk@berkeley.edu)
Myisha S. Eatmon, Harvard University (myishaeatmon@fas.harvard.edu)
Jared Berkowitz, University of Chicago ( jsberkowitz@uchicago.edu)

2022
PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
President: Michael Willrich, Brandeis University
President-Elect: Barbara Welke, University of Minnesota
Secretary: Ari Bryen, Vanderbilt University
Treasurer: David Tanenhaus, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

SPECIAL OFFICERS
Archivist, Arthur Mitchell Fraas (2019), University of Pennsylvania
Memorialists, Laura Kalman (2020), University of California, Santa Barbara and Sarah Barringer Gordon (2020) University of Pennsylvania

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Laura Edwards (2021), Princeton University
Maggie Blackhawk (2021), New York University
Rabia Belt (2019), Stanford Law School
Michael Lobban (2021), London School of Economics
Sarah Seo (2020), Columbia University Law School
Katharina Schmidt (graduate student representative, 2019)
Taja-Nia Y. Henderson (2020), Rutgers Law School*
Lucy Salyer (2021), University of New Hampshire*
Ariela Gross (2019), University of Southern California School of Law*
Elizabeth Thornberry (2019), Johns Hopkins University
Lisa Ford (2020), University of New South Wales
Lauren Benton (ex officio — Immediate Past president), Yale University
Richard J. Ross (2019), University of Illinois
Mary Ziegler (2020), Florida State University College of Law
Kelly Kennington (2020), Auburn University
Daniel Hulsebosch (2021), New York University
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio — Finance Committee Chair), Rutgers University, Camden*

* Executive Committee Member

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS
Members of all committees except the Finance Committee, the Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee, and the Local Arrangements Committee, serve three-year terms. Members of the Finance Committee and the Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee serve six-year terms. Members of the Local Arrangements Committee serve one-year terms. The date of appointment is indicated in parens.

 
ACLS Delegate 
Rayman L. Solomon (2020), Rutgers University, Camden

Standing Committee on the Annual Meeting
Joanna Grisinger, Chair, Northwestern
Geneva Smith (graduate student representative, 2021), Yale University
Barbara Welke (ex-officio, President-Elect), University of Minnesota
Myisha S. Eatmon (2020), Harvard University
Lyndsay Campbell (2019), University of Calgary
Lucy Salyer (2019), New Hampshire

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Chicago, 2022)
Sophia Z. Lee, co-chair, University of Pennsylvania
Fahad Bishara, co-chair, University of Virginia
Nora Barakat, Stanford University
Nikolas Bowie, Harvard University
Sara Butler, Ohio State University
Nandini Chatterjee, University of Exeter
Adriana Chira, Emory University
Samuel F. C. Daly, Duke University
Catherine Evans, University of Toronto
Rui Hua, University of British Columbia
Jessica Marglin, University of Southern California
Kyle Volk, University of Montana

Local Arrangements Committee for the Annual Meeting (Chicago, 2022)
Christopher Schmidt, Co-Chair
Allison Tirres, DePaul University, Co-Chair
Tera Agyepong, DePaul University
Jane Dailey, University of Chicago
Alison Lacroix, University of Chicago
Kate Masur, Northwestern University
James Pfander, Northwestern University
Beatrix Hoffman, Northern Illinois University

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2020), University of Pennsylvania, co-chair
Robert W. Gordon (2020), Stanford University, co-chair
Rabia Belt (2021), Stanford University
Intisar Rabb (2021), Harvard University
Christopher Schmidt (2021), Chicago-Kent College of Law
Emily Kadens (2021), Northwestern University

Hurst Institute Selection Committee (2023)
Thomas J. MacSweeney, William and Mary Law School, chair
Rabia Belt, Stanford University
Myisha S. Eatmon, Harvard University
Daniel LaChance, Emory University

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Randi Flaherty (2019), University of Virginia
Glenn Tiffert (2019), Stanford University
Peter Reich (2020), Chair, University of California, Los Angeles

Finance Committee
members of this committee serve six-year terms
Rayman L. Solomon (2020), Chair, Rutgers University, Camden
Michael Willrich (ex-officio, President), Brandeis University
Constance Backhouse (2017), University of Ottawa
Lauren A. Benton (ex-officio, immediate past president), Yale University
Charles Donahue (2021), Harvard University
Malick Ghachem (2018), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael Willrich (ex officio, President-elect), Brandeis University
Michael Grossberg (2017), Indiana University
Ajay Mehrota (2021), Northwestern University
David Tanenhaus (ex officio, Treasurer), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Philip Thai (2019), Northeastern University
Alison Tirres (ex-officio, Chair, Projects and proposals Commitee), DePaul College of Law
Barbara Welke (ex-officio, president-elect): University of Minnesota
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2021), University of Pennsylvania

Graduate Student Outreach Committee
John Wertheimer (2019), Chair, Davidson College
Nicole Breault (2020), University of Connecticut
Holly Brewer (ex officio, Membership Committee), University of Maryland
Doris Morgan Rueda (2019), University of Nevada Las Vegas
Katharina Schmidt (ex-officio as graduate student representative on Board, 2019)
Laurie Wood (2021), Florida State University
Chao Ren (2021), University of Michigan
Mariana Armond Dias Paes, (2019), Max Planck Institute for European Legal History
Ari Bryen (ex-officio, Secretary), Vanderbilt University

Honors Committee
Bruce Mann (2019) chair, Harvard University
Amalia Kessler, (2019), Stanford University
Jane Burbank (2021), New York University
Rebecca Scott (2021), University of Michigan

Wallace Johnson First Book Program Committee
Sam Erman (2021), University of Southern California, Chair
Laura Kalman (2021), University of California at Santa Barbara
Kurt Graham (2021), National Archives and Records Administration
Timothy Lovelace (2019), Duke Law School
Intisar Rabb (2019), Harvard University Law School
Lisa Ford (2020), University of New South Wales
Nate Holdren (2020), Drake University

Membership Committee
Holly Brewer (2021), Co-Chair, University of Maryland
Sam Erman (2019), Co-Chair, University of Southern California
Catherine MacMillan (2019) King’s College London
Jamie Grischkan (2019) Boston University
Andrew Walker (2019), Wesleyan University
Lisa Ford (2019), University of New South Wales
Timo McGregor (2021) Yale University
Ari Bryen (ex officio, Secretary), Vanderbilt University

Nominating Committee
John Wertheimer (2021), Davidson College, co-chair
Lyndsay Campbell (2020), University of Calgary
Nurfadzilah Yahaya (2021), National University of Singapore
Elizabeth Papp Kamali (2019), Harvard University, Co-chair
David Lieberman (2019), University of California-Berkeley

Projects and Proposals Committee
Sara Mayeux (2019), Vanderbilt University, Chair
Alison Tirres, DePaul College of Law (2020)
Barbara Welke (ex-officio, President-Elect), University of Minnesota
Andrew Wender Cohen (2021), Syracuse University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio, Chair, Hurst Committee), University of Pennsylvania Law School
Trina Hogg (2020), Oregon State University
Kalyani Ramnath (2019), Harvard University
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio, Chair, Finance Committee) Rutgers University, Camden
Malick Ghachem (2021), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lauren Benton (ex-officio, immediate past President), Yale University

Publications Committee
Daniel Ernst (2018), Chair, Georgetown Law Center
Gregory Ablavsky (2018), Stanford University
Siobahn Barco (2022), Princeton University
Joshua Tate (2020), Southern Methodist University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Pennsylvania
Lisa Ford (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of New South Wales
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal (2019), University of Southern California
Craig Joyce (ex officio, Co-chair, History of the Society Project), University of Houston
Michael Lobban (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), London School of Economics, University of London
Sarah Gronningsater (2020), University of Pennsylvania
Gautham Rao (ex officio, Editor, Law & History Review), American University
Reuel Schiller (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of California, Hastings College of Law
Nuradzilah Yahaya (2019), National University of Singapore
David Tanenhaus (ex officio, Treasurer), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Charles Zelden (ex officio, Co-chair, History of the Society Project), Nova Southeastern University

Editors, Law and History Review
Gautham Rao, Editor, American University
Angela Fernandez, Associate Editor (Book Reviews Americas), University of Toronto
Elizabeth Papp Kamali, Associate Editor (Book Reviews Europe), Harvard University
Jed Kroncke, Associate Editor (Book Reviews non-Americas), University of Hong Kong

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Lisa Ford, University of New South Wales
Thomas McSweeney, William and Mary
Taisu Zhang, Yale University
Reuel Schiller, University of California, Hastings College of Law

Jane Burbank Legal History Article Prize
Michelle McKinley (2019), University of Oregon, Chair
Miranda Spieler (2019), American University in Paris
Taisu Zhang (2019), Yale University
Shaunnagh Dorsett (2019) University of Technology Sydney

Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
John D. Gordan III (2019), Chair, William Nelson Cromwell Foundation
Laura Edwards (2019), Duke University
Catherine Fisk (2019) University of California Berkeley
Daniel Hulsebosch (2019), New York University
Susanna Blumenthal (2019), University of Minnesota
Timothy Lovelace (2019), Duke Law School
Victoria Woeste (2020), Independent Scholar
Kimberly Welch (2020), Vanderbilt University
Allison Madar (2020), University of Oregon
Lee B. Wilson (2021), Clemson University
Anne Kornhauser (2019), City College of New York
Serena Mayeri (2019), University of Pennsylvania
Dylan Penningroth (2019), University of California, Berkeley
Mary X. Mitchell (2021), University of Toronto

Cromwell Book Prize Subcommittee
Serena Mayeri (2019), University of Pennsylvania, Chair
Catherine Fisk (2019), University of California Berkeley
Daniel Hulsebosch (2019), New York University
Susanna Blumenthal (2019), University of Minnesota

Cromwell Article Prize Subcommittee
Laura Edwards (2019), Duke University, Chair
Kimberly Welch (2020), Vanderbilt University
Allison Madar (2020), University of Oregon
Mary X. Mitchell (2021), University of Toronto

Cromwell Dissertation Prize Subcommittee
Anne Kornhauser (2019), City College of New York, Chair
Timothy Lovelace (2019), Duke Law School
Victoria Woeste (2020), Independent Scholar
Lee B. Wilson (2021), Clemson University
Dylan Penningroth (2019), University of California, Berkeley

Committee on Cromwell Fellowships
Felice Batlan (2019), Chair, Kent Law School
Angela Fernandez (2019), University of Toronto
Jane Manners (2021), Temple University
Evan Taparata (2021), Harvard University
Marie-Amelie George (2020), Wake Forest Law School
Robert Baker (2019), Georgia State University

Mary Dudziak Prize Committee
David Tanenhaus (2021), University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Chair
Barbara Welke (ex officio, President-elect), University of Minnesota
Katrina Jagodinsky (2021), University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kellen Funk (2021), Columbia Law School

Anne Fleming Prize Committee
Editors of Law and History Review and Enterprise and Society

Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
Amalia Kessler (2020), Stanford University, Chair
Kunal Parker (2021), University of Miami
John Witt (2019), Yale University
Eliga Gould (2020), University of New Hampshire
Margot Canaday (2019), Princeton University

Committee on the Peter Gonville Stein Book Award
Stuart Banner (2020), University of California Los Angeles, Chair
Sueann Caulfield (2021), University of Michigan
Rohit De (2019), Yale University
Richard Roberts (2019), Stanford University
Elizabeth Thornberry (2020), Johns Hopkins University
James Whitman (2020), Yale University
Li Chen (2019), University of Toronto

Surrency Prize Committee
Deborah Dinner (2021), Cornell University, Chair
Anna di Robilant (2020) Boston University School of Law
Bianca Premo (2020), Florida International University
Christian Burset (2020), Notre Dame School of Law
Fahad Bishara (2020), University of Virginia

Sutherland Prize Committee
Philip Stern (2019), Duke University, Chair
Matthew Mirow (2020), Florida International University
Cynthia Herrup (2020), University of Southern California
Hannah Weiss Muller (2021), Brandeis University

Student Research Colloquium Faculty Directors
Daniel Sharfstein, Vanderbilt University
Bhavani Raman, University of Toronto

Professional Liaison Committee
Michael Willrich, Brandeis University (ex officio, President)
Barbara Welke, University of Minnesota (ex officio, President Elect)
Ariela Gross, University of Southern California (Board Representative)

Conference Resource Team (for the Chicago 2022 Annual Meeting)
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania (sbgordon@law.upenn.edu)
Zachary Herz, University of Colorado (zachary.herz@colorado.edu)
Catherine Fisk, University of California, Berkeley (cfisk@berkeley.edu)
Myisha S. Eatmon, Harvard University (myishaeatmon@fas.harvard.edu)
Jared Berkowitz, Brandeis University (Graduate Student Representative, jsberkowitz@brandeis.edu)


2020
PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
President: Lauren Benton, Vanderbilt University
President-Elect, Michael Willrich, Brandeis University
Secretary: Anne Twitty, University of Mississippi
Treasurer: David Tanenhaus, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

SPECIAL OFFICERS
Outreach Director, Trina Hogg, Oregon State University
Archivist, Arthur Mitchell Fraas, University of Pennsylvania
Memorialist, Josh Tate, Southern Methodist University

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Binyamin Blum (2018), University of California, Hastings College of Law
Rohit De (2018), Yale University
Rabia Belt (2019), Stanford University
Catherine Fisk (2018), University of California, Berkeley
Joanna Grisinger (2017), Northwestern University
Katharina Schmidt (graduate student representative, 2019)
Cynthia Herrup (2017), University of Southern California
Katrina Jagodinsky (2018), University of Nebraska
Ariela Gross (2019), University of Southern California*
Elizabeth Thornberry (2019), Johns Hopkins University
Intisar Rabb (2017), Harvard University*
Sarrah Barringer Gordon (ex officio, Immediate Past President), University of Pennsylvania
Richard J. Ross (2019), University of Illinois
Daniel J. Sharfstein (2017), Vanderbilt University*
Laura Weinrib (2017), Harvard Law School
Laurie Wood (2018), Florida State University
Trina Hogg (ex officio, Outreach Director), Oregon State University

* Executive Committee Member

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS
The dates in parentheses after each name indicate when the person’s term began. Members of all committees except the Finance Committee, the Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee, and the Local Arrangements Committee, serve three-year terms. Members of the Finance Committee and the Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee serve six-year terms. Members of the Local Arrangements Committee serve one-year terms.

ACLS Delegate 
Constance Backhouse (2018), University of Ottowa

Standing Committee on the Annual Meeting
Joanna Grisinger (2020), Chair, Northwestern
Amber Armstrong (graduate student representative, 2018), University of Pennsylvania
Michael Willrich, (ex officio, President-elect), Brandeis University
Myisha S. Eatmon (2020), University of South Carolina
Lyndsay Campbell (2019), University of Calgary
Lucy Salyer (2019), New Hampshire

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Chicago, 2020)
Kristin Collins, co-chair, Boston University
Ari Bryen, co-chair, Vanderbilt University
Alison Lefkowitz, NJIT and Rutgers University
Eliga Gould, University of New Hampshire
Cynthia Nicolletti, University of Virginia
Sophia Lee, University of Pennsylvania
Fashad Bashara, University of Virginia
Simon Stern, University of Toronto
Bhavani Raman, University of Toronto
Victor Uribe, Florida International University
Karl Shoemaker, University of Wisconsin
Tahirih Lee, Florida State University

Local Arrangements Committee for the Annual Meeting (Chicago, 2020)
Allison Tirres, co-chair, DePaul Law School
Christopher Schmidt. co-chair, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Tera Agyepong, DePaul History
Charlotte Crane, Northwestern Law
Jane Dailey, University of Chicago
Alison Lacroix, University of Chicago Law
Kate Masur, Northwestern History
Richard Ross, University of Illinois Law
James D. Schmidt, Northern Illinois History

Committee on Web and Social Media
Christopher Beauchamp (2017), Chair, Brooklyn Law School
Michael Willrich (ex officio, President-elect), Brandeis University
Holly Brewer (2017), University of Maryland
Daniel Ernst (2017), Georgetown Law Center
Trina Hogg, (ex officio, Outreach Director), Oregon State University
Alison Tirres (2017), DePaul University
Anne Twitty (2017), University of Mississippi
Charles Zelden (2017), Nova Southeastern

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Randi Flaherty, University of Virginia
Glenn Tiffert, Stanford University
Peter Reich (2017), Chair, University of California, Los Angeles

Finance Committee
Rayman L. Solomon (2014), Chair, Rutgers University, Camden
Lauren A. Benton (ex officio, President), Vanderbilt University
Constance Backhouse (2017), University of Ottawa
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio, immediate past President), University of Pennsylvania
Laura Weinrib (ex officio, Chair, Projects and Proposals Committee), Harvard Law School
Charles Donahue (2015), Harvard University
Malick Ghachem (2018), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael Willrich (ex officio, President-elect), Brandeis University
Michael Grossberg (2017), Indiana University
Nick Parillo (2015), Yale University
David Tanenhaus (ex officio, Treasurer), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Philip Thai (2019), Northeastern University
Laura Weinrib (ex officio, Chair, Projects and Proposals Committee), Harvard Law School

Graduate Student Outreach Committee
John Wertheimer (2019), Chair, Davidson College
Trina Hogg (ex officio, Outreach Director), Oregon State University
Holly Brewer (ex officio, Membership Committee), University of Maryland
Doris Morgan Rueda (2019), University of Nevada Las Vegas
Katharina Schmidt (ex officio as graduate student representative on Board, 2019)
Jonathan Gienapp (2018), Stanford University
Emily Prifogle (2018), Princeton University
Mariana Armond Dias Paes, (2019), Max Planck Institute for European Legal History
Anne Twitty (ex officio, Secretary), University of Mississippi

Honors Committee
Bruce Mann (2019) chair, Harvard University
Amalia Kessler, (2019), Stanford University
Constance Backhouse (2017), University of Ottawa

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee 
members of this committee serve six-year terms
Robert W. Gordon (2014), Chair, Stanford University
Ari Bryen (2015), Vanderbilt University
Stanley Katz (2015), Princeton University
Dylan Penningroth (2015), University of California, Berkeley
Mitra Sharafi (2017), (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Wisconsin
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio, Chair, Finance Committee), Rutgers University, Camden
Karen Tani (2015), University of California, Berkeley

Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
Laura Kalman (2018), Chair, University of California, Santa Barbara
Anders Walker (2019), St. Louis University
Anne Fleming (2017), Georgetown University
Gautham Rao (ex officio, Editor, Law & History Review), American University
Elizabeth Katz (2019), Washington University
Will Smiley (2017), University of New Hampshire

Membership Committee
Holly Brewer (2018), Co-Chair, University of Maryland
Sam Erman (2019), Co-Chair, University of Southern California
Catherine MacMillan (2019) King’s College London
Jamie Grischkan (2019) Boston University
Andrew Walker (2019), Wesleyan University
Lisa Ford (2019), University of New South Wales
Patricia Minter (2017), Western Kentucky University
Anne Twitty (ex officio, Secretary), University of Mississippi

Nominating Committee
Serena Mayeri (2018), Co-Chair, University of Pennsylvania
Barbara Welke (2017), Co-Chair, University of Minnesota
Annette Gordon-Reed (2018), Harvard University
Elizabeth Papp Kamali (2019), Harvard University
David Lieberman (2019), University of California-Berkeley

Projects and Proposals Committee
Laura Weinrib (2017), Chair, Harvard Law School
Michael Willrich (ex officio, President-elect), Brandeis University
Sam Erman (2018), USC Gould School of Law
Robert W. Gordon (ex officio, Chair, Hurst Committee), Stanford University
Sara Mayeux (2019), Vanderbilt University
Dylan Penningroth (2017), University of California, Berkeley
Kalyani Ramnath (2019), Harvard University
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio, Chair, Finance Committee) Rutgers University, Camden
Joshua Tate (2018), Southern Methodist University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio, immediate past President) University of Pennsylvania

Publications Committee
Daniel Ernst (2018), Chair, Georgetown Law Center
Gregory Ablavsky (2018), Stanford University
Binyamin Blum (2017), University of California, Hastings
Holly Brewer (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Maryland
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Pennsylvania
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal (2019), University of Southern California
Craig Joyce (ex officio, Co-chair, History of the Society Project), University of Houston
Michael Lobban (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), London School of Economics, University of London
Cynthia Nicoletti (2017), University of Virginia
Gautham Rao (ex officio, Editor, Law & History Review), American University
Reuel Schiller, (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of California, Hastings College of Law
Nuradzilah Yahaya (2019), National University of Singapore
David Tanenhaus (ex officio, Treasurer), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Charles Zelden (ex officio, Co-chair, History of the Society Project), Nova Southeastern University

Editors, Law and History Review
Gautham Rao, Editor, American University
Angela Fernandez, Associate Editor (Book Reviews Americas), University of Toronto
Elizabeth Papp Kamali, Associate Editor (Book Reviews Europe), Harvard University
Jed Kroncke, Associate Editor (Book Reviews non-Americas), University of Hong Kong
Michan Connor, Associate Editor for Digital Projects, Independent Scholar

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Holly Brewer, University of Maryland
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania
Michael Lobban, London School of Economics, University of London
Reuel Schiller, University of California, Hastings College of Law

Committee on Cromwell Fellowships
Felice Batlan (2019), Chair, Kent Law School
Angela Fernandez (2019), University of Toronto
Thomas J. McSweeney (2018), College of William & Mary
Yvonne Pitts (2018), Purdue University
Tracy Steffes (2017), Brown University
H. Robert Baker (2019), Georgia State University

Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
John D. Gordan III (2019), Chair, William Nelson Cromwell Foundation
Laura Edwards (2019), Duke University
Catherine Fisk (2019) University of California Berkeley
Daniel Hulsebosch (2019), New York University
Susanna Blumenthal (2019), University of Minnesota
Timothy Lovelace (2019), Indiana University
Mary Sarah Bilder (2017), Boston College
H. Tomas Gomez-Arostegui (2017), Lewis and Clark
David Konig (2018), Washington University
Sarah Seo (2018), University of Iowa
Anne Kornhauser (2019), City College of New York
Serena Mayeri (2019), University of Pennsylvania
Dylan Penningroth (2015), University of California, Berkeley
Deborah Dinner (2018), Emory University

Cromwell Book Prize Subcommittee
Susanna Blumenthal (2019), University of Minnesota
Catherine Fisk (2019), Chair, University of California Berkeley
Daniel Hulsebosch (2019), New York University
Serena Mayeri (2019), University of Pennsylvania

Cromwell Article Prize Subcommittee
David Konig (2018), Chair, Washington University
H. Tomas Gomez-Arostegui (2017), Lewis and Clark
Laura Edwards (2019), Duke University
Deborah Dinner (2018), Emory University

Cromwell Dissertation Prize Subcommittee
Timothy Lovelace (2019), Indiana University
Anne Kornhauser (2019), City College of New York
Mary Sarah Bilder (2017), Chair, Boston College
Sarah Seo (2018), University of Iowa
Dylan Penningroth (2015), University of California, Berkeley

Mary Dudziak Prize Committee
David Tanenhaus (2018), Chair, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Michael Willrich (ex officio, President-elect), Brandeis University
Deborah Dinner (2018), Emory University School of Law
Kellan Funk (2018), Columbia Law School

Jane Burbank Legal History Article Prize
Miranda Spieler (2019), American University in Paris
Michelle McKinley (2019), Chair, University of Oregon
Taisu Zhang (2019), Yale University
Shaunnagh Dorsett (2019) University of Technology Sydney

Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
Richard Ross (2017), Chair, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Margot Canaday (2019), Princeton University
Deborah Rosen (2017), Lafayette College
Steven Wilf (2020), University of Connecticut
John Witt (2019), Yale University

Committee on the Peter Gonville Stein Book Award
Matthew Mirow (2017), Chair, Florida International University
Jessica Marglin (2017), University of Southern California
Rohit De (2019), Yale University
Richard Roberts (2019), Stanford University
Daniel Lord Smail (2017), Harvard University
David V. Williams (2017), University of Auckland
Li Chen (2019), University of Toronto

Surrency Prize Committee
Cornelia Dayton (2017), Chair, University of Connecticut
Alison LaCroix (2017), University of Chicago
Kunal Parker (2017), University of Miami
Christopher Tomlins (2018), University of California, Berkeley
Laurie Wood (2017), Florida State University

Sutherland Prize Committee
P.G. McHugh (2017), University of Cambridge
Allyson May (2017), University of Western Ontario
Paul Halliday (2017), University of Virginia
Michael Lobban (2018), Chair, London School of Economics, University of London
Philip Stern (2019), Duke University

Society Liaison Committee (ad hoc)
Hendrik Hartog (2019), Chair, Princeton University
Jon Connolly (2019), University of Illinois at Chicago
Wes Chaney (2019), Bates College
Lauren Feldman (2019), Johns Hopkins University


2019
OFFICERS
President: Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania
President-Elect: Lauren A. Benton, Vanderbilt University
Secretary: Anne Twitty, University of Mississippi
Treasurer: David Tanenhaus, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Binyamin Blum (2018), University of California, Hastings College of Law
Rohit De (2018), Yale University
Angela Fernandez (2016*), University of Toronto
Catherine Fisk (2018), University of California, Berkeley
Joanna Grisinger (2017), Northwestern University
Alexandra Havrylyshyn (graduate student representative, 2016), University of California, Berkeley
Cynthia Herrup (2017), University of Southern California
Katrina Jagodinsky (2018), University of Nebraska
Catharine Macmillan (2016), King’s College London
Kunal Parker (2016*), University of Miami
Intisar Rabb (2017*), Harvard University
Rebecca J. Scott, (ex-officio, Immediate Past President), University of Michigan
Christopher Schmidt (2016), American Bar Foundation and Chicago-Kent College of Law
Daniel J. Sharfstein (2017), Vanderbilt University
Laura Weinrib (2017), Harvard Law School
Laurie Wood (2018), Florida State University

* Executive Committee Member

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS
Members of all committees except the Finance Committee, the Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee, and the Local Arrangements Committee, serve three-year terms. Members of the Finance Committee and the Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee serve six-year terms. Members of the Local Arrangements Committee serve one-year terms. The date of appointment is indicated in parens.

ACLS Delegate 
Constance Backhouse (2018), University of Ottowa

Standing Committee on the Annual Meeting
Joanna Grisinger (2016), Chair, Northwestern University
Amber Armstrong (graduate student representative, 2018), University of Pennsylvania
Lauren Benton (ex officio, President-elect), Vanderbilt University
Lyndsay Campbell (2016), University of Calgary
Catherine Fisk (2016), University of California, Berkley

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Boston, 2019)
Michelle McKinley, Co-Chair, University of Oregon
Daniel J. Sharfstein, Co-Chair, Vanderbilt University
Ari Bryen, Vanderbilt University
Lyndsay Campbell, University of Calgary
Li Chen, University of Toronto, Scarborough
Kristin Collins, Boston University School of Law
Hendrik Hartog, Princeton University
Kenneth Mack, Harvard Law School
Renisa Mawani, University of British Columbia
Sara McDougall, John Jay College and the CUNY Graduate Center
Richard Ross, University of Illinois College of Law
Michael Willrich, Brandeis University

Local Arrangements Committee for the Annual Meeting (Boston, 2019)
Lucy Salyer, University of New Hampshire
Michael Willrich, Co-Chair, Brandeis University
Jared Berkowitz, Brandeis University
Daniel Farbman, Boston College Law School
Elizabeth Kamali, Harvard Law School
Gerald Leonard, Boston University School of Law
Lila Teeters, University of New Hampshire

Committee on Media & Web Presence
Christopher Beauchamp (2017), Chair, Brooklyn Law School
Lauren Benton (ex officio, President-elect), Vanderbilt University
Holly Brewer (2017), University of Maryland
Daniel Ernst (2017), Georgetown Law Center
David Tanenhaus (ex officio, Treasurer), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Alison Tirres (2017), DePaul University
Anne Twitty (2017), University of Mississippi
Charles Zelden (2017), Nova Southeastern

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (2016), Chair, University of Texas
Kurt Graham (2016), The Truman Presidential Library
Peter Reich (2017), University of California, Los Angeles

Finance Committee
members of this committee serve six-year terms
Rayman L. Solomon (2014), Chair, Rutgers University, Camden
Constance Backhouse (2017), University of Ottawa
Lauren A. Benton (ex officio, President-elect), Vanderbilt University
Al Brophy (2015), University of Alabama
Charles Donahue (2015), Harvard University
Malick Ghachem (2018), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio, President), University of Pennsylvania
Michael Grossberg (2017), Indiana University
Nick Parillo (2015), Yale University
David Tanenhaus (ex officio, Treasurer), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Philip Thai (2019), Northeastern University
Rebecca J. Scott (ex officio, Immediate Past President), University of Michigan
Laura Weinrib (ex officio, Chair, Projects and Proposals Committee), Harvard Law School

Graduate Student Outreach Committee
John Wertheimer (2015), Co-Chair, Davidson College
Holly Brewer (ex officio, Co-Chair, Membership Committee), University of Maryland
Jacqueline Briggs (2016), University of Toronto
Jonathan Gienapp (2018), Stanford University
Emily Prifogle (2018), Princeton University
Alexandra Havrylyshyn (2016), University of California, Berkeley
Anne Twitty (ex officio, Secretary), University of Mississippi

Honors Committee
Bruce H. Mann (2016), Chair, Harvard University
Constance Backhouse (2017), University of Ottawa
Lauren Benton (2016), Vanderbilt University
Hendrik Hartog (2018), Princeton University

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee 
members of this committee serve six-year terms
Robert W. Gordon (2014), Chair, Stanford University
Ari Bryan (2015), Vanderbilt University
Stanley Katz (2015), Princeton University
Dylan Penningroth (2015), University of California, Berkeley
Mitra Sharafi (2017), (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Wisconsin
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio, Chair, Finance Committee), Rutgers University, Camden
Karen Tani (2015), University of California, Berkeley
David Tannenhouse (ex officio, Treasurer), University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
Laura Kalman (2018), Chair, University of California, Santa Barbara
Rabia Belt (2016), Stanford University
Anne Fleming (2017), Georgetown University
Gautham Rao (ex officio, Editor, Law & History Review), American University
Jed Shugerman (2016), Fordham University
Will Smiley (2017), Reed College

Membership Committee
Holly Brewer (2018), Co-Chair, University of Maryland
Sam Erman (2019), Co-Chair, USC Gould School of Law
Leonardo Barbosa (2016), CEFOR/Câmara dos Deputados, Brazil
Kelly Kennington (2016), Auburn University
Adam J. Kosto (2016), Columbia University
Tahirih Lee (2016), Florida State University
Patricia Minter (2017), Western Kentucky University
Anne Twitty (ex officio, Secretary), University of Mississippi

Nominating Committee
Serena Mayeri (2018), Co-Chair, University of Pennsylvania
Barbara Welke (2017), Co-Chair, University of Minnesota
Annette Gordon-Reed (2018), Harvard University
Karen Tani (2016), University of California, Berkeley
Mitra Sharafi (2016), University of Wisconsin

Projects and Proposals Committee
Laura Weinrib (2017), Chair, Harvard Law School
Lauren Benton (ex officio, President-elect), Vanderbilt University
Sam Erman (2018), USC Gould School of Law
Robert W. Gordon (ex officio, Chair, Hurst Committee), Stanford University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio, President), University of Pennsylvania
Dylan Penningroth (2017), University of California, Berkeley
Gautham Rao (2016), American University
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio, Chair, Finance Committee) Rutgers University, Camden
Joshua Tate (2018), Southern Methodist University
Glenn Tiffert (2016), University of Michigan

Publications Committee
Daniel Ernst (2018), Chair, Georgetown Law Center
Gregory Ablavsky (2018), Stanford University
Binyamin Blum (2017), University of California, Hastings
Holly Brewer (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Maryland
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Pennsylvania
Thomas A. Green (2016), University of Michigan
Craig Joyce (ex officio, Co-chair, History of the Society Project), University of Houston
Michael Lobban (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), London School of Economics, University of London
Cynthia Nicoletti (2017), University of Virginia
Gautham Rao (ex officio, Editor, Law & History Review), American University
Reuel Schiller, (ex officio, Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of California, Hastings College of Law
David Tanenhaus (ex officio, Treasurer), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Kimberly Welch (2016), Vanderbilt University
Charles Zelden (ex officio, Co-chair, History of the Society Project), Nova Southeastern University

Editors, Law and History Review
Gautham Rao, Editor, American University
Angela Fernandez, Associate Editor (Book Reviews Americas), University of Toronto
Elizabeth Papp Kamali, Associate Editor (Book Reviews Europe), Harvard University
Jed Kroncke, Associate Editor (Book Reviews non-Americas), University of Hong Kong
Michan Connor, Associate Editor for Digital Projects, Independent Scholar

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Holly Brewer, University of Maryland
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania
Michael Lobban, London School of Economics, University of London
Reuel Schiller, University of California, Hastings College of Law

Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
John D. Gordan III (2016), Chair, William Nelson Cromwell Foundation
H. Robert Baker (2016), Georgia State University
Felice Batlan (2016), Chicago-Kent College of Law
Mary Sarah Bilder (2017), Boston College
Lisa Ford, (2016) University of New South Wales
H. Tomas Gomez-Arostegui (2017), Lewis and Clark
David Konig (2018), Washington University
Sophia Lee (2016), University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Levy (2016), University of Chicago
Thomas Mackey (2016), University of Louisville
Erika Pani (2016), Colegio de México
Sarah Seo (2018), University of Iowa
Laura Weinrib (2016), Harvard Law School

Book prize subcommittee
Felice Batlan (2016), Chair, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Sophia Lee (2016), University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Levy (2016), University of Chicago
Thomas Mackey (2016), University of Louisville

Article prize subcommittee
David Konig (2018), Chair, Washington University
H. Tomas Gomez-Arostegui (2017), Lewis and Clark
Erika Pani (2016), Colegio de México

Dissertation prize subcommittee
H. Robert Baker (2016), Chair, Georgia State University
Lisa Ford (2016), University of New South Wales
Mary Sarah Bilder (2017), Boston College
Sarah Seo (2018), University of Iowa
Laura Weinrib (2016), Harvard Law School

Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
Laura Edwards (2016), Chair, Duke University
Susan Carle (2016), American University
Christian McMillen (2017), University of Virginia
Deborah Rosen (2017), Lafayette College
Richard Ross (2017), University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

Committee on the Peter Gonville Stein Book Award
Matthew Mirow (2017), Chair, Florida International University
Rachel Jean-Baptiste (2018), University of California, Davis
Jisoo Kim (2017), The George Washington University
Jessica Marglin (2017), University of Southern California
Daniel Lord Smail (2017), Harvard University
David V. Williams (2017), University of Auckland

Surrency Prize Committee
Cornelia Dayton (2017), Chair, University of Connecticut
Alison LaCroix (2017), University of Chicago
Kunal Parker (2017), University of Miami
Christopher Tomlins (2018), University of California, Berkeley
Laurie Wood (2017), Florida State University

Sutherland Prize Committee
Rebecca Probert (2016), Chair, University of Exeter
Paul Halliday (2017), University of Virginia
Michael Lobban (2018), London School of Economics, University of London
Allyson May (2017), University of Western Ontario
P.G. McHugh (2017), University of Cambridge

Dudziak Prize Committee
David Tanenhaus (2018), Chair, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Lauren Benton (ex officio, President-elect), Vanderbilt University
Deborah Dinner (2018), Emory University School of Law
Kellan Funk (2018), Columbia Law School

Committee on Cromwell Fellowships
Serena Mayeri (2016), Chair, University of Pennsylvania
Kenneth Mack (2016), Harvard University
Thomas J. McSweeney (2018), College of William & Mary
Yvonne Pitts (2018), Purdue University
Tracy Steffes (2017), Brown University
Katherine Turk (2016), University of North Carolina


2018
OFFICERS
President: Sarah Barringer Gordon*, University of Pennsylvania
President-Elect: Lauren A. Benton*, Vanderbilt University
Secretary: Sally Hadden*, Western Michigan University
Treasurer: Craig Evan Klafter*, American University of Myanmar

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Angela Fernandez*, University of Toronto
Malick W. Ghachem*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Philip Girard, York University
Joanna Grisinger, Northwestern University
Alexandra Havrylyshyn, University of California, Berkeley
Cynthia Herrup, University of Southern California
Sophia Lee, University of Pennsylvania
Sara MacDougall, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center
Catharine Macmillan, King’s College London
Kunal Parker, University of Miami
Intisar Rabb*, Harvard University
Gautham Rao, American University
Rebecca J. Scott, (ex-officio , Immediate Past President), University of Michigan
Christopher Schmidt, American Bar Foundation and Chicago-Kent College of Law
Daniel J. Sharfstein, Vanderbilt University
Laura Weinrib, The University of Chicago

* Executive Committee Member

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS

ACLS Delegate
Constance Backhouse, University of Ottawa

Standing Committee on the Annual Meeting
Joanna Grisinger, Chair, Northwestern University
Lauren Benton (ex officio) (President-elect), Vanderbilt University
Lyndsay Campbell, University of Calgary
Catherine Fisk, University of California, Berkley
Elizabeth Katz, Harvard University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar

Ad Hoc Committee on Archives and Archival Policy
Felice Batlan, Co-chair, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Craig Joyce, Co-chair, University of Houston
Mike Widener, Yale University
Anne Twitty, University of Mississippi
Kara Swanson, Northeastern University
Chuck Zelden (ex officio), Nova Southeastern University
Ad Hoc Committee on Future Annual Meetings
Bruce Mann, Chair, Harvard University
Lauren Benton (ex officio) (President-elect), Vanderbilt University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (President), University of Pennsylvania
Joanna Grisinger, Northwestern University
Cynthia Herrup, University of Southern California
Craig Evan Klafter, American University of Myanmar
Michelle McKinley, University of Oregon
Rayman L. Solomon, Rutgers University, Camden
John Wertheimer, Davidson College

Ad Hoc Committee on Media & Web Presence
Christopher Beauchamp, Brooklyn Law School, Chair
Holly Brewer, University of Maryland
Daniel Ernst, Georgetown Law Center
Alison Tirres, DePaul University
Anne Twitty, University of Mississippi
Charles Zelden, Nova Southeastern University

Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
John D. Gordan III, Chair, William Nelson Cromwell Foundation
H. Robert Baker, Georgia State University
Felice Batlan, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Mary Sarah Bilder, Boston College
Lisa Ford, University of New South Wales
H. Tomas Gomez-Arostegui, Lewis and Clark College
Sophia Lee, University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Levy, The University of Chicago
Thomas Mackey, University of Louisville
Erika Pani, Colegio de México
Daniel Sharfstein, Vanderbilt University
Laura Weinrib, The University of Chicago
John Witt, Yale Law School

Book prize subcommittee
Sophia Lee, Chair; Felice Batlan, Jonathan Levy, Thomas Mackey

Article prize subcommittee
Daniel Sharfstein, Chair; H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui, Erika Pani, John Witt

Dissertation prize subcommittee
Lisa Ford, Chair; H. Robert Baker, Mary Sarah Bilder, Laura Weinrib

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin, Chair, University of Texas
Mary Sarah Bilder, Boston College
Kurt Graham, The Truman Presidential Library
Peter Reich, University of California, Los Angeles
Michael Widener, Yale University

Finance Committee
Rayman L. Solomon, Chair, Rutgers University, Camden
Constance Backhouse, University of Ottawa
Lauren A. Benton (ex officio) (President-elect), Vanderbilt University
Al Brophy, University of Alabama
Charles Donahue, Jr., Harvard University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (President), University of Pennsylvania
Michael Grossberg, Indiana University
Hendrik Hartog (ex officio) (Chair, Projects and Proposals Committee), Princeton University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Nicholas Parrillo, Yale University
Rebecca J. Scott (ex officio) (Immediate Past President), University of Michigan

Graduate Student Outreach Committee
John Wertheimer, Chair, Davidson College
Jacqueline Briggs, University of Toronto
Brooke Depenbusch, University of Minnesota
Alexandra Havrylyshyn, University of California, Berkeley
Sophia Lee, University of Pennsylvania
Patricia H. Minter (ex officio) (Chair, Membership Committee), Western Kentucky University

H-Law Moderators
Charles L. Zelden, Nova Southeastern University, Lead Editor and Book Review Editor
Michael Pfeifer, City University of New York, Book Review Editor
Laurent Corbel, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Book Review Editor
Siobhan Barco, Podcaster
Fadzilah Yahaya, National University of Singapore, Blogger

Honors Committee
Bruce H. Mann, Chair, Harvard University
Constance Backhouse, University of Ottawa
Michael Grossberg, Indiana University
Lauren Benton, Vanderbilt University

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Robert W. Gordon, Chair, Stanford University
Ari Bryen, Vanderbilt University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio), University of Pennsylvania
Stanley Katz, Princeton University
Dylan Penningroth, University of California, Berkeley
Mitra Sharafi, (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Wisconsin
Karen Tani, University of California, Berkeley
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio), Rutgers University, Camden

Johnson Program for First Book Authors, Selection Committee
Barbara Young Welke, Chair, University of Minnesota
Lauren Benton, Vanderbilt University
Sam Erman, University of Southern California, Gould School of Law
Kurt Graham, National Archives and Records Administration
Reuel Schiller, University of California, Hastings College of Law
Rayman Solomon, Rutgers University, Camden
Matthew Sommer, Stanford University

Editors, Law and History Review
Gautham Rao, Editor, American University
Angela Fernandez, Associate Editor (Book Reviews Americas), University of Toronto
Elizabeth Papp Kamali, Associate Editor (Book Reviews Europe), Harvard University
Jed Kroncke, Associate Editor (Book Reviews non-Americas), University of Hong Kong
Michan Connor, Associate Editor (Digital Projects), Independent Scholar

Local Arrangements Committee (Houston, 2018)
Craig Joyce (chair), University of Houston
Allen Austin, University of Houston
Peter C. Caldwell, Rice University
Dave Fagundes, University of Houston
Randal L. Hall, Rice University
Susan Kellogg, University of Houston
John Moretta, Houston Community College and University of Houston
Laura E. Oren, University of Houston
Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal, Chief Judge, U.S. D.C. for the Southern District of Texas
Robert C. Palmer, University of Houston
James W. Paulsen, South Texas College of Law
Mark E. Steiner, South Texas College of Law
William Suarez-Potts, Rice University
Cary D. Wintz, Texas Southern University

Membership Committee
Patricia Minter, Chair, Western Kentucky University
Leonardo Barbosa, CEFOR/Câmara dos Deputados, Brazil
Aaron Hall, University of California, Berkeley
Tim Huebner, Rhodes College
Kelly Kennington, Auburn University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Adam J. Kosto, Columbia University
Tahirih Lee, Florida State University
Michelle McKinley, University of Oregon
Logan E. Sawyer III, University of Georgia

Nominating Committee
Karen Tani, Chair, University of California, Berkeley
Amalia Kessler, Stanford University
Mitra Sharafi, University of Wisconsin
Barbara Welke, University of Minnesota
James Q. Whitman, Yale University
Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
Jed Shugerman, Chair, Fordham University
Rabia Belt, Stanford University
Anne Fleming, Georgetown University
Laura Kalman, University of California, Santa Barbara
Gautham Rao (ex officio) (Editor, Law & History Review ), American University
Will Smiley, Reed College

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Houston, 2018)
Catharine Macmillan, King’s College, London (co-Chair)
Matthew Mirow, Florida International University (co-Chair)
Angela Fernandez, University of Toronto
Katrina Jagodinsky, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Emily Kadens, Northwestern University
H. Timothy Lovelace, Indiana University
Michelle McKinley, University of Oregon
Daniel J. Sharfstein, Vanderbilt University
Joshua C. Tate, Southern Methodist University
John Wertheimer, Davidson College

Projects and Proposals Committee
Hendrik Hartog, Chair, Princeton University
Lauren Benton (ex officio) (President-elect), Vanderbilt University
Catherine Evans, Harvard University
Smita Ghosh, University of Pennsylvania
Robert W. Gordon (ex officio) (Chair, Hurst Committee), Stanford University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (President), University of Pennsylvania
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
David Lieberman, University of California, Berkeley
H. Timothy Lovelace, Indiana University
Dylan Penningroth, University of California, Berkeley
Gautham Rao, American University
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio) (Chair, Finance Committee) Rutgers University, Camden
Glenn Tiffert, University of Michigan
Laura Weinrib, The University of Chicago

Publications Committee
Dan Ernst, Chair, Georgetown University
Binyamin Blum, University of California, Hastings College of Law
Holly Brewer (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Maryland
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Pennsylvania
Thomas A. Green, University of Michigan
Craig Joyce (ex officio) (Co-chair, History of the Society), University of Houston
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Michael Lobban (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History ), London School of Economics
Michelle McKinley, University of Oregon
Cynthia Nicoletti, University of Virginia
Gautham Rao (ex officio) (Editor, Law & History Review ), American University
David Tanenhaus, University of Nevada
Kimberly Welch, Vanderbilt University
Charles L. Zelden (ex officio) (Lead Moderator, H-Law/Co-chair, History of the Society), Nova Southeastern University

Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
Richard Ross, Chair, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Deborah Rosen, Lafayette College
Susan Carle, American University
Laura Edwards, Duke University
Christian McMillen, University of Virginia

Committee on Research Fellowships and Awards
Serena Mayeri, Chair, University of Pennsylvania
Leonardo Barbosa, Master’s Program in Legislative Affairs, CEFOR/Câmara dos Deputados, Brazil
Kenneth Mack, Harvard University
Tracy Steffes, Brown University
Katherine Turk, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Sandra VanBurkleo, Wayne State University

Committee on the Peter Gonville Stein Book Award
Mitra Sharafi, Chair, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Michael Grossberg, Indiana University
Jisoo Kim, The George Washington University
Kristin Mann, Emory University
Jessica Marglin, University of Southern California
Matthew Mirow, Florida International University
Daniel Lord Smail, Harvard University
David V. Williams, University of Auckland

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Holly Brewer, University of Maryland
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania
Michael Lobban, London School of Economics
Reuel Schiller, University of California, Hastings College of Law

Surrency Prize Committee
Shaunnagh Dorsett, Chair, University of Technology, Sydney
Cornelia Dayton, University of Connecticut
Alison LaCroix, The University of Chicago
Kunal Parker, University of Miami
Laurie Wood, Florida State University

Sutherland Prize Committee
Rebecca Probert, Chair, University of Exeter
Thomas P. Gallanis, University of Iowa
Paul Halliday, University of Virginia
Allyson May, University of Western Ontario
P.G. McHugh, University of Cambridge


2017
OFFICERS
President: Rebecca J. Scott, University of Michigan
President-Elect: Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania
Secretary: Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University
Treasurer: Craig Evan Klafter, American University of Myanmar

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Angela Fernandez (2016*), University of Toronto
Malick W. Ghachem (2015*), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Philip Girard (2015), York University
Michael Grossberg (Immediate Past President) (2015), Indiana University
Alexandra Havrylyshyn (graduate student representative) (2016), University of California, Berkeley
Alison LaCroix (2014), University of Chicago
Sophia Lee (2015), University of Pennsylvania
Sara MacDougall (2015), John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center
Catharine Macmillan (2016), King’s College London
Ajay Mehrotra (2014), American Bar Foundation and Indiana University
Patricia H. Minter (2014), Western Kentucky University
Kunal Parker (2016), University of Miami
Polly J. Price (2014*), Emory University
Gautham Rao (2015), American University
Christopher Schmidt (2016), American Bar Foundation and Chicago-Kent College of Law
Karl Shoemaker (2014), University of Wisconsin

* Executive Committee Member

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS

ACLS Delegate
Constance Backhouse (2015), University of Ottawa

Standing Committee on the Annual Meeting
Joanna Grisinger (2016), Chair, Northwestern University
R. B. Bernstein (2016), City College of New York
Lyndsay Campbell (2016), University of Calgary
Josiah Daniel III (2014), Vinson & Elkins LLP
Catherine Fisk (2016), University of California, Berkley
Elizabeth Katz (2015), Harvard University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Rebecca J. Scott (ex officio) (President), University of Michigan

Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
John D. Gordan III (2016), Chair, William Nelson Cromwell Foundation
H. Robert Baker (2016), Georgia State University
Felice Batlan (2016), Chicago-Kent College of Law
Lisa Ford (2016), University of New South Wales
Sophia Lee (2016), University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Levy (2016), University of Chicago
Thomas Mackey (2016), University of Louisville
Erika Pani (2016), Colegio de México
Daniel Sharfstein (2015), Vanderbilt University
Anders Walker (2014), St. Louis University
Laura Weinrib (2016), University of Chicago
John Witt (2015), Yale Law School
Mary Ziegler (2014), Florida State University

Book prize subcommittee
Thomas Mackey, Chair; Felice Batlan, Sophia Lee, Jonathan Levy

Article prize subcommittee
Mary Ziegler, Chair; Erika Pani, Daniel Sharfstein, John Witt

Dissertation prize subcommittee
Anders Walker, Chair; H. Robert Baker, Lisa Ford, Laura Weinrib

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (2016), Chair, University of Texas
Mary Sarah Bilder (2015), Boston College
Georgia Chadwick (2014), Law Library of Louisiana
Michael Griffith (2013), Santa Clara County Archivist, retired
Kurt Graham (2016), The Truman Presidential Library
Keith Ann Stiverson (2014), ITT Chicago-Kent
Michael Widener (2015), Yale University

Finance Committee
Rayman L. Solomon (2014), Chair, Rutgers University, Camden
Constance Backhouse (2012), University of Ottawa (Canada)
Al Brophy (2015), University of Alabama
Charles Donahue, Jr. (2015), Harvard University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (President-elect), University of Pennsylvania
Michael Grossberg (ex officio) (Immediate Past President), Indiana University
Hendrik Hartog (ex officio) (Chair, Projects and Proposals Committee), Princeton University
Laura Kalman (2012), University of California, Santa Barbara
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Bruce H. Mann (2015), Harvard University
Nicholas Parrillo (2015), Yale University
Rebecca J. Scott (ex officio) (President), University of Michigan

Graduate Student Outreach Committee
John Wertheimer (2015), Chair, Davidson College
Jacqueline Briggs (2016), University of Toronto
Brooke Depenbusch (2015), University of Minnesota
Alexandra Havrylyshyn (2016), University of California, Berkeley
Sophia Lee (2015) University of Pennsylvania
Patricia H. Minter (ex officio) (Chair, Membership Committee), Western Kentucky University

H-Law Moderators
Charles L. Zelden, Lead Moderator, Nova Southeastern University
Kenneth E. Aldous, Moderator, Independent Scholar
Jerome S. Arkenberg, Moderator, Independent Scholar
R. B. Bernstein, Moderator, New York Law School
Jonathan Lurie, Moderator, Rutgers University, Newark
Carla Spivack, Moderator, Oklahoma City University
Ethan Zadoff, Book Review Editor, City University of New York
John Acevedo, Web Editor, University of Chicago

Honors Committee
Bruce H. Mann (2016), Chair, Harvard University
Constance Backhouse (2014), University of Ottawa
Michael Grossberg (2015), Indiana University
Lauren Benton (2016), Vanderbilt University

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Robert W. Gordon (2014), Chair, Stanford University
Ari Bryen (2015), Vanderbilt University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2015), University of Pennsylvania
Stanley Katz (2015), Princeton University
Dylan Penningroth (2015), University of California at Berkeley
Mitra Sharafi (2015), (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Wisconsin
Karen Tani (2015), University of California, Berkeley
Barbara Welke (2013), (ex officio) (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Minnesota

Editors, Law and History Review
Elizabeth Dale, Editor-in-Chief, University of Florida
Gautham Rao, Editor-in-Chief-elect, American University
Felice Batlan, Associate Editor (Book Reviews Americas), IIT Chicago-Kent
Will Hanley, Associate Editor (Book Reviews non-Americas), Florida State University

Local Arrangements Committee (Las Vegas, 2017)
Michael S. Green (co-chair), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
David Tanenhaus (co-chair), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Rachel J. Anderson, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
John R. Bailey, Managing Partner, Bailey Kennedy
Richard H. Bryan, Director, Fennemore Craig, U.S. Senator (1989-2001), former Governor (1983-1989)
Maria Raquel Casas, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Daniel W. Hamilton, Dean of the Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Mary LaFrance, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Philip M. Pro, Nevada Gaming Commissioner, U.S. Federal District Court Judge (retired)
Nancy B. Rapoport, Special Counsel to the President, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Addie Rolnick, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Marketa Trimble, University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
Jonathan Ullman, Executive Director and CEO of The Mob Museum
Claytee D. White, Director of Oral History Research Center, UNLV Libraries
John Valery White, Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor

Membership Committee
Patricia Minter (2014), Chair, Western Kentucky University
Leonardo Barbosa (2016), CEFOR/Câmara dos Deputados, Brazil
Thomas J. Davis (2014), Arizona State University
Aaron Hall (2015), University of California, Berkeley
Tim Huebner (2016), Rhodes College
Kelly Kennington (2016), Auburn University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Adam J. Kosto (2016), Columbia University
Tahirih Lee (2016), Florida State University
Michelle McKinley (2015), University of Oregon
Logan E. Sawyer III (2015), University of Georgia

Nominating Committee
Amalia Kessler (2015), Chair, Stanford University
Martha Jones (2014), Johns Hopkins University
Mitra Sharafi (2016), University of Wisconsin
Karen Tani (2016), University of California, Berkeley
James Q. Whitman (2015), Yale University

Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
H. Timothy Lovelace (2014), Chair, Indiana University
Rabia Belt (2016), Stanford University
Melissa Hayes (2014), Independent Scholar
Michael Hoeflich (2014), University of Kansas
Jed Shugerman (2016), Fordham University

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Las Vegas, 2017)
Taja-Nia Henderson, Co-chair, Rutgers University
Cynthia Herrup, Co-chair, University of Southern California
Molly Brady, University of Virginia
Chris Briggs, University of Cambridge
Pedro Cantisano, University of Michigan
Rohit De, Yale University
Rowan Dorin, Harvard University
Aimee Genell, University of California Berkeley
Philippa Hetherington, University College London
Amalia Kessler, Stanford University
Sophia Lee, University of Pennsylvania
David Lemmings, University of Adelaide
Sarah Levine-Gronningsater, California Institute of Technology
Sara Ludin, University of California, Berkeley
Matthew Mirow, Florida International University
Richard J. Ross, University of Illinois
Charlotte Walker-Said, City University of New York
Taisu Zhang, Yale University
Mary Ziegler, Florida State University

Projects and Proposals Committee
Hendrik Hartog (2013), Chair, Princeton University
Catherine Evans (2015), Harvard University
Smita Ghosh (2015), University of Pennsylvania
Robert W. Gordon (ex officio) (Chair, Hurst Committee), Stanford University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (President-Elect), University of Pennsylvania
Sally Hadden (2014), Western Michigan University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
David Lieberman (2015), University of California, Berkeley
H. Timothy Lovelace (2015), Indiana University
Gautham Rao (2016), American University
Rebecca J. Scott (ex officio) (President) University of Michigan
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio) (Chair, Finance Committee) Rutgers University, Camden
Glenn Tiffert, University of Michigan

Publications Committee
Dan Ernst (2016), Chair, Georgetown University
Holly Brewer (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Maryland
Elizabeth Dale (ex officio) (Editor-in-Chief, Law & History Review), University of Florida
Marie-Amelie George (2014), Yale University
Thomas A. Green (2016), University of Michigan
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Pennsylvania
Craig Joyce (ex officio) (co-chair, History of the Society), University of Houston
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Michael Lobban (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), London School of Economics
Rebecca Rix (2014), Princeton University
Charles L. Zelden (ex officio) (Lead Moderator, H-Law/co-chair, History of the Society), Nova Southeastern University

Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
Brad Snyder (2014), Chair, University of Wisconsin
Deborah Dinner (2014), Emory University
Catherine Fisk (2014), University of California, Berkley
Stuart Banner (2016), University of California, Los Angeles
Christian McMillen (2016), University of Virginia
Laura Edwards (2016), Duke University

Committee on Research Fellowships and Awards
Joanna Grisinger (2014), Chair, Northwestern University
Leonardo Barbosa (2015), Master’s Program in Legislative Affairs, CEFOR/Câmara dos Deputados,
Brazil Sandra VanBurkleo (2015), Wayne State University
Kenneth Mack (2016), Harvard University
Serena Mayeri (2016), University of Pennsylvania
Katherine Turk (2016), University of North Carolina

Committee on the Peter Gonville Stein Book Award
Mitra Sharafi (2015), chair, University of Wisconsin
Sally Gordon (2015), University of Pennsylvania
Paul du Plessis (2016), University of Edinburgh
Michael Grossberg (2015), Indiana University
Kristin Mann (2015), Emory University
Sara McDougall (2015), John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Bianca Premo (2016), Florida International University
Taisu Zhang (2016), Yale Law School

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Holly Brewer, University of Maryland
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania
Michael Lobban, London School of Economics, University of London
Reuel Schiller, University of California, Hastings College of Law

Surrency Prize Committee
Kenneth F. Ledford (2013), Chair, Case Western Reserve
University Shaunnagh Dorsett (2014), University of Technology,
Sydney Malick W. Ghachem (2014), Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Maribel Morey (2013), Clemson University
Reva Siegel (2014), Yale University

Sutherland Prize Committee
Neil Jones (2014), Chair, Cambridge University
Thomas P. Gallanis (2015), University of Iowa
Rebecca Probert (2016), University of Exeter


2016
OFFICERS
President: Rebecca J. Scott, University of Michigan
President-Elect:
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania
Secretary: Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University
Treasurer: Craig Evan Klafter, American University of Myanmar

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Angela Fernandez (2016*), University of Toronto
Malick W. Ghachem (2015*), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Philip Girard (2015), York University
Rebecca J. Scott, (Immediate Past President) (2017), University of Michigan
Alexandra Havrylyshyn (graduate student representative) (2016), University of California, Berkeley
Alison LaCroix (2014), University of Chicago
Sophia Lee (2015), University of Pennsylvania
Sara MacDougall (2015), John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center
Catharine Macmillan (2016), King’s College London
Ajay Mehrotra (2014), American Bar Foundation and Indiana University
Patricia H. Minter (2014), Western Kentucky University
Kunal Parker (2016), University of Miami
Polly Price (2014*), Emory University
Gautham Rao (2015), American University
Christopher Schmidt (2016), American Bar Foundation and Chicago-Kent College of Law
Karl Shoemaker (2014), University of Wisconsin

* Executive Committee Member

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS
The appointments for 2016 are listed below.

ACLS Delegate 
Constance Backhouse (2015), University of Ottawa

Standing Committee on the Annual Meeting
Joanna Grisinger (2016), Chair, Northwestern University
R. B. Bernstein (2016), City College of New York
Lyndsay Campbell (2016), University of Calgary
Josiah Daniel III (2014), Vinson & Elkins LLP
Catherine Fisk (2016), University of California – Berkley
Elizabeth Katz (2015), Harvard University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Rebecca J. Scott (ex officio) (President), University of Michigan

Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
John D. Gordan III (2016), Chair, William Nelson Cromwell Foundation
H. Robert Baker (2016), Georgia State University
Felice Batlan (2016), Chicago-Kent College of Law
Lisa Ford, University of New South Wales
Sophia Lee (2016), University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Levy (2016), University of Chicago
Thomas Mackey (2016), University of Louisville
Erika Pani (2016), Colegio de México
Daniel Sharfstein (2015), Vanderbilt University
Anders Walker (2014), St. Louis University
Laura Weinrib (2016), University of Chicago
John Witt (2015), Yale Law School
Mary Ziegler (2014), Florida State University

Book prize subcommittee
Thomas Mackey, Chair; Felice Batlan, Sophia Lee, Jonathan Levy
Article prize subcommittee
Mary Ziegler, Chair; Erika Pani, Daniel Sharfstein, John Witt
Dissertation prize subcommittee
Anders Walker, Chair;  H. Robert Baker, Lisa Ford, Laura Weinrib

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (2016), Chair, University of Texas
Mary Sarah Bilder (2015), Boston College
Georgia Chadwick (2014), Law Library of Louisiana
Michael Griffith (2013), Santa Clara County Archivist, retired
Kurt Graham (2016), The Truman Presidential Library
Peter Reich (2017), University of California, Los Angeles
Keith Ann Stiverson (2014), ITT Chicago-Kent
Michael Widener (2015), Yale University

Finance Committee
Rayman L. Solomon (2014), Chair, Rutgers University, Camden
Constance Backhouse (2012), University of Ottawa (Canada)
Al Brophy (2015), University of Alabama
Charles Donahue, Jr. (2015), Harvard University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (President-elect), University of Pennsylvania
Michael Grossberg (ex officio) (Immediate Past President), Indiana University
Hendrik Hartog (ex officio) (Chair, Projects and Proposals Committee), Princeton University
Laura Kalman (2012), University of California, Santa Barbara
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Bruce H. Mann (2015), Harvard University
Nicholas Parrillo (2015), Yale University
Rebecca J. Scott (ex officio) (President), University of Michigan

Graduate Student Outreach Committee
John Wertheimer (2015), Chair, Davidson College
Jacqueline Briggs (2016), University of Toronto
Brooke Depenbusch (2015), University of Minnesota
Alexandra Havrylyshyn (2016), University of California, Berkeley
Sophia Lee (2015) University of Pennsylvania
Patricia H. Minter (ex officio) (Chair, Membership Committee), Western Kentucky University

H-Law Moderators 
Charles L. Zelden, Lead Moderator, Nova Southeastern University
Kenneth E. Aldous, Moderator, Independent Scholar
Jerome S. Arkenberg, Moderator, Independent Scholar
R. B. Bernstein, Moderator, New York Law School
Jonathan Lurie, Moderator, Rutgers University, Newark
Carla Spivack, Moderator, Oklahoma City University
Ethan Zadoff, Book Review Editor, City University of New York
John Acevedo, Web Editor, University of Chicago

Honors Committee
Bruce H. Mann (2016), Chair, Harvard University
Constance Backhouse (2014), University of Ottawa
Michael Grossberg (2015), Indiana University
Lauren Benton (2016), Vanderbilt University

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee 
Robert W. Gordon (2014), Chair, Stanford University
Ari Bryen (2015), Vanderbilt University
Sally Gordon (2015), University of Pennsylvania
Stanley Katz (2015), Princeton University
Dylan Penningroth (2015), University of California, Berkeley
Mitra Sharafi (2015), (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Wisconsin
Karen Tani (2015), University of California, Berkeley
Barbara Welke (2016), (ex officio) (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Minnesota

Editors, Law and History Review
Gautham Rao, Editor, American University
Felice Batlan, Associate Editor (Book Reviews Americas), IIT Chicago-Kent
Will Hanley, Associate Editor (Book Reviews non-Americas), Florida State University

Local Arrangements Committee (Houston, 2018)
The Local Arrangements Committee for the Annual Meeting in Las Vegas is chaired by:
Craig Joyce, University of Houston

Membership Committee
Patricia Minter (2014), Chair, Western Kentucky University
Leonardo Barbosa (2016), CEFOR/Câmara dos Deputados, Brazil
Thomas J. Davis (2014), Arizona State University
Aaron Hall (2015), University of California, Berkeley
Tim Huebner (2016), Rhodes College
Kelly Kennington (2016), Auburn University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Adam J. Kosto (2016), Columbia University
Tahirih Lee (2016), Florida State University
Michelle McKinley (2015), University of Oregon
Logan E. Sawyer III (2015), University of Georgia

Nominating Committee
Amalia Kessler (2015), Chair, Stanford University
Martha Jones (2014), Johns Hopkins University
Mitra Sharafi (2016), University of Wisconsin
Karen Tani (2016), University of California, Berkeley
James Q. Whitman (2015), Yale University

Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
H. Timothy Lovelace (2014), Chair, Indiana University
Rabia Belt (2016), Stanford University
Melissa Hayes (2014), Independent Scholar
Michael Hoeflich (2014), University of Kansas
Jed Shugerman (2016), Fordham University

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Houston, 2018)
Matthew Mirow, Florida International University

Projects and Proposals Committee
Hendrik Hartog (2013), Chair, Princeton University
Catherine Evans (2015), Harvard University
Smita Ghosh (2015), University of Pennsylvania
Robert W. Gordon (ex officio) (Chair, Hurst Committee), Stanford University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (President-Elect), University of Pennsylvania
Sally Hadden (2014), Western Michigan University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
David Lieberman (2015), University of California, Berkeley
H. Timothy Lovelace (2015), Indiana University
Gautham Rao (2016), American University
Rebecca J. Scott (ex offico) (President) University of Michigan
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio) (Chair, Finance Committee) Rutgers University, Camden
Glenn Tiffert, University of Michigan

Publications Committee
Dan Ernst (2015), Chair, Georgetown University
Holly Brewer (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Maryland
Elizabeth Dale (ex officio) (Editor, Law & History Review), University of Florida
Marie-Amelie George (2014), Yale University
Thomas A. Green (2016), University of Michigan
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Pennsylvania
Craig Joyce (ex officio) (Co-chair, History of the Society), University of Houston
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Michael Lobban (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), London School of Economics, University of London (UK)
Michelle McKinley (2015)
David Tanenhaus (2016), University of Nevada
Kimberly Welch (2016), Vanderbilt University
Rebecca Rix (2014), Princeton University
Charles L. Zelden (ex officio) (Lead Moderator, H-Law/Co-chair, History of the Society), Nova Southeastern University

Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
Brad Snyder (2014), Chair, University of Wisconsin
Stuart Banner (2016), University of California, Los Angeles
Susan Carle (2016), American University
Laura Edwards (2016), Duke University
Christian McMillen (2016), University of Virginia

Committee on Research Fellowships and Awards
Joanna Grisinger (2014), Chair, Northwestern University
Leonardo Barbosa (2015), Masters Program in Legislative Affairs, CEFOR/Câmara dos Deputados, Brazil
Sandra VanBurkleo (2015), Wayne State University
Kenneth Mack (2016), Harvard University
Serena Mayeri (2016), University of Pennsylvania
Katherine Turk (2016), University of North Carolina

Committee on the Peter Gonville Stein Book Award
Mitra Sharafi (2015), chair, University of Wisconsin
Sally Gordon (2015), University of Pennsylvania
Paul du Plessis (2016), University of Edinburgh
Michael Grossberg (2015), Indiana University
Kristin Mann (2015), Emory University
Sara McDougall (2015), John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Bianca Premo (2016), Florida International University
Taisu Zhang (2016), Yale Law School

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Holly Brewer, University of Maryland
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania
Michael Lobban, London School of Economics, University of London
Reuel Schiller, University of California, Hastings College of Law

Surrency Prize Committee
Shaunnagh Dorsett (2014), Chair, University of Technology, Sydney
Malick W. Ghachem (2014), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kenneth F. Ledford (2014), Chair, Case Western Reserve University
Reva Siegel (2014), Yale University

Sutherland Prize Committee
Neil Jones (2014), Chair, Cambridge University
Thomas P. Gallanis (2015), University of Iowa
Rebecca Probert (2016), University of Exeter

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2015

OFFICERS
President: Rebecca J. Scott, University of Michigan
President-Elect: Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania
Secretary: Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University
Treasurer: Craig Evan Klafter, American University of Myanmar


BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Susanna Blumenthal (2013), University of Minnesota
Jane Dailey (2013), University of Chicago
Cornelia Dayton (2013), University of Connecticut
Malick W. Ghachem (2015*), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Philip Girard (2015), York University
Michael Grossberg (Immediate Past President) (2015), Indiana University
Jeremy Kessler, (graduate student representative) (2013), Yale University
Alison LaCroix (2014), University of Chicago
Sophia Lee (2015), University of Pennsylvania
Michael Lobban (2013*), London School of Economics
Sara MacDougall (2015), John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center
Ajay Mehrotra (2014), American Bar Foundation and Indiana University
Patricia H. Minter (2014), Western Kentucky University
Polly Price (2014*), Emory University
Gautham Rao (2015), American University
Karl Shoemaker (2014), University of Wisconsin

* Executive Committee Member

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS

The appointments for 2015 are listed below.

ACLS Delegate
Constance Backhouse (2015), University of Ottawa

Standing Committee on the Annual Meeting
Craig Joyce (2014), Chair, University of Houston
R. B. Bernstein (2013), City College of New York
Lyndsay Campbell (2013), University of Calgary
Josiah Daniel III (2014), Vinson & Elkins LLP
Elizabeth Katz (2015), Harvard University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Polly J. Price (2015), Emory University
Rebecca Scott (ex officio) (President-elect), University of Michigan

Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
John D. Gordan III (2013), Chair, William Nelson Cromwell Foundation
Andrew Cohen (2013), Syracuse University
Alison LaCroix (2013), University of Chicago
Thomas Mackey (2013), University of Louisville
Catherine MacMillan (2013), Queen Mary College, University of London
Michelle McKinley (2013), University of Oregon
Christina Duffy Ponsa (2014), Columbia University
Reuel Schiller (2015), University of California Hastings
Christopher W. Schmidt (2013), Chicago-Kent College of Law
Daniel Sharfstein (2015), Vanderbilt University
Anders Walker (2014), St. Louis University
John Witt (2015), Yale Law School
Mary Ziegler (2014), Florida State University

Book prize subcommittee
Thomas Mackey, Chair; Andrew Cohen, Christina Duffy Ponsa, Reuel Schiller
Article prize subcommittee
Mary Ziegler, Chair; Michelle McKinley, Daniel Sharfstein, John Witt
Dissertation prize subcommittee
Anders Walker, Chair; Alison LaCroix, Catherine MacMillan, Christopher W. Schmidt

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (2014), Chair, University of Texas
Mary Sarah Bilder (2015), Boston College
Georgia Chadwick (2014), Law Library of Louisiana
Michael Griffith (2013), Santa Clara County Archivist, retired
Peter L. Reich (2013), Whittier College
Keith Ann Stiverson (2014), ITT Chicago-Kent
Michael Widener (2015), Yale University

Finance Committee
Rayman L. Solomon (2014), Chair, Rutgers University, Camden
Constance Backhouse (2012), University of Ottawa (Canada)
Al Brophy (2015), University of North Carolina
Charles Donahue, Jr. (2015), Harvard University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (President-elect), University of Pennsylvania
Michael Grossberg (ex officio) (Immediate Past President), Indiana University
Hendrik Hartog (ex officio) (Chair, Projects and Proposals Committee), Princeton University
Laura Kalman (2012), University of California, Santa Barbara
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Bruce H. Mann (2015), Harvard University
Nicholas Parrillo (2015), Yale University
Rebecca Scott (ex officio) (President), University of Michigan

Graduate Student Outreach Committee
John Wertheimer (2015), Chair, Davidson College
Ananda Burra (2015), University of Michigan
Brooke Depenbusch (2015), University of Minnesota
Sophia Lee (2015) University of Pennsylvania
Patricia Minter (ex officio) (Chair, Membership Committee), Western Kentucky University

H-Law Moderators
Charles L. Zelden, Lead Moderator, Nova Southeastern University
Kenneth E. Aldous, Moderator, Independent Scholar
Jerome S. Arkenberg, Moderator, Independent Scholar
R. B. Bernstein, Moderator, New York Law School
Jonathan Lurie, Moderator, Rutgers University, Newark
Carla Spivack, Moderator, Oklahoma City University
Ethan Zadoff, Book Review Editor, City University of New York
John Acevedo, Web Editor, University of Chicago

Honors Committee
Laura Kalman (2013), Chair, University of California, Santa Barbara
Constance Backhouse (2014), University of Ottawa
Michael Grossberg (2015), Indiana University
Bruce H. Mann (2013), Harvard University

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Robert W. Gordon (2014), Chair, Stanford University
Ari Bryen (2015), Vanderbilt University
Sally Gordon (2015), University of Pennsylvania
Stanley Katz (2015), Princeton University
Dylan Penningroth (2015), University of California at Berkeley
Mitra Sharafi (2015), (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Wisconsin
Karen Tani (2015), University of California, Berkeley
Barbara Welke (2013), (ex officio) (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Minnesota

Editors, Law and History Review
Elizabeth Dale, Editor, University of Florida
Felice Batlan, Associate Editor (Book Reviews Americas), IIT Chicago-Kent
Will Hanley, Associate Editor (Book Reviews non-Americas), Florida State University

Local Arrangements Committee (Toronto, 2016)
The Local Arrangements Committee for the Annual Meeting in Toronto is co-chaired by:
Professor Philip Girard, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, and
Professor Jim Phillips, Faculty of Law and Department of History, University of Toronto.

Committee members are:
Jacqueline Briggs, PhD Student, Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto
Professor Angela Fernandez, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Professor Shelley Gavigan, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Mary Stokes, PhD Student, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Membership Committee
Patricia Minter (2014), Chair, Western Kentucky University
Thomas J. Davis (2014), Arizona State University
Aaron Hall (2015), University of California at Berkeley
Tim Huebner (2013), Rhodes College
Kelly Kennington (2013), Auburn University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Adam J. Kosto (2013), Columbia University
Tahirih Lee (2013), Florida State University
Michelle McKinley (2015), University of Oregon
Logan E. Sawyer III (2015), University of Georgia
Reuel Schiller (2013), University of California, Hastings

Nominating Committee
Daniel R. Ernst (2013), Chair, Georgetown University
Martha Jones (2014), University of Michigan
Amalia Kessler (2015), Stanford University
Daniel Sharfstein (2013), Vanderbilt University
James Q. Whitman (2015), Yale University

Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
Serena Mayeri, (2013), Chair, University of Pennsylvania
Sam Erman (2013), University of Southern California
Melissa Hayes (2014), Independent Scholar
Michael Hoeflich (2014), University of Kansas
H. Timothy Lovelace (2014), Indiana University

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Toronto, 2016)
Bethany Berger, Co-chair, University of Connecticut
Victor Uribe, Co-chair, Florida International University
Angela Fernandez, University of Toronto
Smita Ghosh, University of Pennsylvania
Karl Harter, Max Planck Institute for European Legal History
Taja-Nia Henderson, Rutgers University-Newark
George Karekwaivanane, Cambridge University
Sherally Munshi, Princeton University
Kunal Parker, University of Miami
Edgardo Pérez-Morales, New York University
Arthur Ray, University of British Columbia
Teemu Ruskola, Emory University
Glenn Tiffert, University of Michigan

Projects and Proposals Committee
Hendrik Hartog (2013), Chair, Princeton University
Catherine Evans (2015), Harvard University
Smita Ghosh (2015), University of Pennsylvania
Robert W. Gordon (ex officio) (Chair, Hurst Committee), Stanford University
Sally Gordon (ex officio) (President-Elect), University of Pennsylvania
Sally Hadden (2014), Western Michigan University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
David Lieberman (2015), UC Berkeley
Timothy Lovelace (2015), Indiana University
Kenneth Mack (2013), Harvard University
Rebecca J. Scott (ex offico) (President) University of Michigan
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio) (Chair, Finance Committee) Rutgers University, Camden
Glenn Tiffert, University of Michigan

Publications Committee
Laura Edwards (2013), Chair, Duke University
Holly Brewer (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Maryland
Li Chen (2013), University of Toronto
Elizabeth Dale (ex officio) (Editor, Law & History Review), University of Florida
Daniel Ernst (2015), Georgetown University
Marie-Amelie George (2014), Yale University
Thomas A. Green (2013), University of Michigan
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Pennsylvania
Craig Joyce (ex officio) (co-chair, History of the Society), University of Houston
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Michael Lobban (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), London School of Economics, University of London (UK)
Jim Phillips (2013), University of Toronto
Rebecca Rix (2014), Princeton University
Charles L. Zelden (ex officio) (Lead Moderator, H-Law/co-chair, History of the Society), Nova Southeastern University

Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
Richard J. Ross (2015) Chair, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Deborah Dinner (2014), Emory University
Catherine Fisk (2014), University of California, Irvine
Nicholas Parrillo (2013), Yale University
Brad Snyder (2014), University of Wisconsin

Committee on Research Fellowships and Awards
Cornelia Hughes Dayton (2013), Chair, University of Connecticut
Leonardo Barbosa (2015), CEFOR/Câmara dos Deputados, Brazil
Joanna Grisinger (2014), Northwestern University
Yvonne Pitts (2013), Purdue University
Sandra VanBurkleo (2015), Wayne State University
Michael Vorenberg (2013), Brown University

Committee on the Peter Gonville Stein Book Award
Mitra Sharafi (2016), Chair, University of Wisconsin
Li Chen (2016), University of Toronto
Sally Gordon (2016), University of Pennsylvania
Michael Grossberg (2016), Indiana University
Sara McDougall (2016), John Jay College, CUNY
Kristin Mann (2016), Emory University
Matthew Mirow (2016), Florida International University

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Holly Brewer, University of Maryland
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania
Michael Lobban, London School of Economics, University of London

Surrency Prize Committee
Kenneth F. Ledford (2013), Chair, Case Western Reserve University
Shaunnagh Dorsett (2014), University of Technology, Sydney
Malick Ghachem (2014), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maribel Morey (2013), Clemson University
Reva Siegel (2014), Yale University

Sutherland Prize Committee
Neil Jones (2014), Chair, Cambridge University
Thomas P. Gallanis (2015), University of Iowa
Daniel M. Klerman (2012), University of Southern California

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2014

OFFICERS
President: Michael Grossberg, Indiana University
President-Elect: Rebecca J. Scott, University of Michigan
Immediate Past President: Bruce H. Mann. Harvard University
Secretary: Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University
Treasurer: Craig Evan Klafter


BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Susanna Blumenthal (2013), University of Minnesota
Margot Canaday (2012), Princeton University
Jane Dailey (2013), University of Chicago
Cornelia Dayton (2013), University of Connecticut
Jeremy Kessler, (graduate student representative) (2013), Yale University
Alison LaCroix (2014), University of Chicago
Michael Lobban (2013*), London School of Economics
Bruce H. Mann (2013) (Immediate Past President), Harvard University
Ajay Mehrotra (2014), Indiana University
Patricia H. Minter (2014), Western Kentucky University
Polly Price (2014), Emory University
Reuel Schiller (2012), Univeristy of California, Hastings
Mitra Sharafi (2012), University of Wisconsin
Karl Shoemaker (2014), University of Wisconsin
David S. Tanenhaus (2012*), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Karen Tani (2012), University of California, Berkeley

* Executive Committee Member

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS

The appointments for 2014 are listed below.

ACLS Delegate
Constance Backhouse (2012), University of Ottawa

Standing Committee on the Annual Meeting
Craig Joyce (2014), Chair, University of Houston
Kevin Arlyck (2012), New York University
R. B. Bernstein (2013), City College of New York
Lyndsay Campbell (2013), University of Calgary
Josiah Daniel III (2014), Vinson & Elkins LLP
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Polly J. Price (2012), Emory University
Rebecca Scott (ex officio) (President-elect), University of Michigan

Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
John D. Gordan III (2013), Chair, William Nelson Cromwell Foundation
Andrew Cohen (2013), Syracuse University
Jane Dailey (2012), University of Chicago
Daniel W. Hamilton (2012), University of Illinois
Alison LaCroix (2013), University of Chicago
Thomas Mackey, University of Louisville (2013)
Catherine MacMillan (2013), Queen Mary College, University of London
Michelle McKinley (2013), University of Oregon
Kristin A. Olbertson (2012), Alma College
Christina Duffy Ponsa (2014), Columbia University
Christopher W. Schmidt (2013), Chicago-Kent College of Law
Anders Walker (2014), St. Louis University
Mary Ziegler (2014), Florida State University

Book prize subcommittee
Jane Dailey, Chair; Andrew Cohen, Thomas Mackey, Christina Duffy Ponza
Article prize subcommittee
Kristin A. Olbertson, Chair; Daniel W. Hamilton, Michelle McKinley, Mary Ziegler
Dissertation prize subcommittee
Christopher W. Schmidt, Chair; Catherine MacMillan, Alison LaCroix, Anders Walker

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (2014), Chair, University of Texas
Mary Sarah Bilder (2012), Boston College
Georgia Chadwick (2014), Law Library of Louisiana
Michael Griffith (2013), Santa Clara County Archivist, retired
Peter L. Reich (2013), Whittier College
Keith Ann Stiverson (2014), ITT Chicago-Kent
Michael Widener (2012), Yale University

Finance Committee
Rayman L. Solomon (2014), Chair, Rutgers University, Camden
Thomas P. Gallanis (2010), University of Iowa
Constance Backhouse (2012), University of Ottawa (Canada)
Barbara Aronstein Black (2010), Columbia University
Charles Donahue, Jr. (2010), Harvard University
Michael Grossberg (ex officio) (President), Indiana University
Hendrik Hartog (ex officio) (Chair, Projects and Proposals Committee), Princeton University
Laura Kalman (2012), University of California, Santa Barbara
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Carl Landauer (2010), General Counsel LOYAL3
Bruce H. Mann (ex officio) (Immediate Past President), Harvard University
Rebecca Scott (ex officio) (President-elect), University of Michigan
Rayman L. Solomon (2013), Rutgers University, Camden

Graduate Student Outreach Committee
John Wertheimer (2012), Chair, Davidson College
Ananda Burra (2012), University of Michigan
Catherine L. Evans (2012), Princeton University
Patricia Minter (ex officio) (Chair, Membership Committee), Western Kentucky University
Barbara Y. Welke (2012), University of Minnesota

H-Law Moderators
Charles L. Zelden, Lead Moderator, Nova Southeastern University
Kenneth E. Aldous, Moderator, Independent Scholar
Jerome S. Arkenberg, Moderator, Independent Scholar
R. B. Bernstein, Moderator, New York Law School
Jonathan Lurie, Moderator, Rutgers University, Newark
Carla Spivack, Moderator, Oklahoma City University
Ethan Zadoff, Book Review Editor, City University of New York
John Acevedo, Web Editor, University of Chicago

Honors Committee
Laura Kalman (2013), Chair, University of California, Santa Barbara
Constance Backhouse (2011), University of Ottawa
Kenneth F. Ledford (2012), Case Western Reserve University
Bruce H. Mann (2013), Harvard University

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Robert W. Gordon (2014), Chair, Stanford University
Lauren Benton (2012), New York University
Fahad Bishara (2012), Harvard University
Rebecca Mclennan (2012), University of California, Berkeley
Dylan Penningroth (2012), Northwestern University
Mitra Sharafi (2011), University of Wisconsin
Barbara Welke (2013), (ex officio) (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Minnesota

Editors, Law and History Review
Elizabeth Dale, Editor, University of Florida
Felice Batlan, Associate Editor (Book Reviews Americas), IIT Chicago-Kent
Will Hanley, Associate Editor (Book Reviews non-Americas), Florida State University

Local Arrangements Committee (Washington, 2015)
Renee Lerner, Chair, George Washington University Law School
Holly Brewer, University of Maryland
Robert Cottrol, George Washington University Law School
Daniel Ernst, Georgetown University Law Center
Anne Fleming, Georgetown University Law Center
Lewis Grossman, American University, Washington College of Law
Daniel Holt, Federal Judicial Center
James Oldham, Georgetown University Law Center
Scott Pagel, George Washington University Law School

Membership Committee
Patricia Minter (2014), Chair, Western Kentucky University
Thomas J. Davis (2014), Arizona State University
Tim Huebner (2013), Rhodes College
Kelly Kennington (2013), Auburn University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Adam J. Kosto (2013), Columbia University
Tahirih Lee (2013), Florida State University
Sarah L. H. Gronningsater (2012), McNeil Center for Early American Studies/California Institute of Technology
Cynthia Nicoletti (2012), University of Virginia
Logan E. Sawyer III (2012), University of Georgia
Reuel Schiller (2013), University of California, Hastings

Nominating Committee
Michael Willrich (2012), Chair, Brandeis University
Daniel R. Ernst (2013), Georgetown University
Ariela Gross (2012), University of Southern California
Martha Jones (2014), University of Michigan
Daniel Sharfstein (2013), Vanderbilt University

Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
Serena Mayeri, (2013) Chair, University of Pennsylvania
Sam Erman (2013), University of Southern California
Melissa Hayes (2014), Independent Scholar
Michael Hoeflich (2014), University of Kansas
H. Timothy Lovelace (2014), Indiana University

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Washington, 2015)
Martha S. Jones, Co-chair, University of Michigan
Charlotte Walker-Said, Co-chair, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Bethany Berger, University of Connecticut
Omar Cheta, Bard College
Malick Ghachem, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
D. Wendy Greene, Samford University
Bruce Hall, Duke University
H. Timothy Lovelace, Indiana University
Beatriz Mamigonian, Universidade Federal de Sanata Catarina
Sara McDougall, CUNY-John Jay College
Michelle McKinley, University of Oregon
Kristin A. Olbertson, Alma College
Will Smiley, Princeton University
Nurfadzilah Yahay, Washington University in St. Louis

Projects and Proposals Committee
Hendrik Hartog (2013), Chair, Princeton University
Peter C. Caldwell (2012), Rice University
Margot Canaday (2012), Princeton University
Philip Girard (2012), Dalhousie University (Canada)
Robert W. Gordon (ex officio) (Chair, Hurst Committee), Stanford University
Michael Grossberg (ex officio) (President), Indiana University
Sally Hadden (2014), Western Michigan University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Kenneth Mack (2013), Harvard University
Emily Margolis (2012), Duke University
Rebecca J. Scott (ex offico) (President-Elect) University of Michigan
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio) (Chair, Finance Committee) Rutgers University, Camden
Christopher L. Tomlins (2012), University of California, Irvine

Publications Committee
Laura Edwards (2013), Chair, Duke University
Simon Baatz (2012), John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Holly Brewer (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Maryland
Li Chen (2013), University of Toronto
Elizabeth Dale (ex officio) (Editor, Law & History Review), University of Florida
Marie-Amelie George (2014), Yale University
Thomas A. Green (2013), University of Michigan
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Pennsylvania
Martha S. Jones (2011), University of Michigan
Craig Joyce (ex officio) (Chair, History of the Society), University of Houston
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), American University of Myanmar
Michael Lobban (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), London School of Economics, University of London (UK)
Jim Phillips (2013), University of Toronto
Rebecca Rix (2014), Princeton University
Charles L. Zelden (ex officio) (Lead Moderator, H-Law), Nova Southeastern University

Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
Richard J. Ross (2012) Chair, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Deborah Dinner (2014), Washington University, St. Louis
Catherine Fisk (2014), University of California, Irvine
Nicholas Parrillo (2013), Yale University
Brad Snyder (2014), University of Wisconsin

Committee on Research Fellowships and Awards
Cornelia Hughes Dayton (2010), Chair, University of Connecticut
Joanna Grisinger (2014), Northwestern University
Victoria D. List (2012), Washington and Jefferson College
Yvonne Pitts (2013), Purdue University
Michael Vorenberg (2013), Brown University
Victoria Saker Woeste (2012), American Bar Foundation

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Holly Brewer, University of Maryland
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania
Michael Lobban, London School of Economics, University of London

Surrency Prize Committee
Kenneth F. Ledford (2013), Chair, Case Western Reserve University
Shaunnagh Dorsett (2014), University of Technology, Sydney
Malick Ghachem (2014), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maribel Morey (2013), Clemson University
Reva Siegel (2014), Yale University

Sutherland Prize Committee
Daniel M. Klerman (2012), Chair, University of Southern California
James Oldham (2013), Georgetown University
Neil Jones (2014), Cambridge University

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2013

OFFICERS
President: Michael Grossberg, Indiana University
President-Elect: Rebecca J. Scott, University of Michigan
Immediate Past President: Bruce H. Mann. Harvard University
Secretary: Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University
Treasurer: Craig Evan Klafter

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
R. B. Bernstein (2011), New York Law School
Susanna Blumenthal (2013), University of Minnesota
Margot Canaday (2012), Princeton University
Jane Dailey (2013), University of Chicago
Cornelia Dayton (2013), University of Connecticut
Christian G. Fritz (2011), University of New Mexico
Daniel W. Hamilton (2011), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Linda K. Kerber (2011), University of Iowa
Amalia Kessler (2011*), Stanford University
Jeremy Kessler, (graduate student representative) (2013), Yale University
Michael Lobban (2013*), London School of Economics, University of London
Bruce H. Mann (2013) (Immediate Past President), Harvard University
Reuel Schiller (2012), Univeristy of California, Hastings
Mitra Sharafi (2012), University of Wisconsin
David S. Tanenhaus (2012*), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Karen Tani (2012), University of California, Berkeley
* Executive Committee Member
() Indicates year elected. Terms of elected members of the Board are for three years. The terms expire at the end of the annual meeting.

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS

The appointments for 2013 are listed below.
ACLS Delegate  Constance Backhouse (2012), University of Ottawa

Standing Committee on Conferences and the Annual Meeting
Craig Joyce (2011), Chair, University of Houston
Kevin Arlyck (2012), New York University
R. B. Bernstein (2013), New York Law School
Lyndsay Campbell (2013), University of Calgary
Josiah Daniel III (2011), Vinson & Elkins LLP
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Polly J. Price (2012), Emory University
Rebecca Scott (ex officio) (President-elect), University of Michigan

Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
John D. Gordan III (2013), Chair, William Nelson Cromwell Foundation
Alfred L. Brophy (2011), University of North Carolina
Andrew Cohen (2013), Syracuse University
Jane Dailey (2012), University of Chicago
Laura Edwards (2011), Duke University
Christian Fritz (2011), University of New Mexico
Daniel W. Hamilton (2012), University of Illinois
Alison LaCroix (2013), University of Chicago
Thomas Mackey, University of Louisville (2013)
Catherine MacMillan (2013), University of Reading
Michelle McKinley (2013), University of Oregon
Kristin A. Olbertson (2012), Alma College
Christopher W. Schmidt (2013), Chicago-Kent College of Law

Book prize subcommittee Jane Dailey, Chair, Andrew Cohen; Laura Edwards, Thomas Mackey
Article prize subcommittee Alfred L. Brophy, Chair; Daniel W. Hamilton, Kristin A. Olbertson, Michelle McKinley (2013), University of Oregon
Dissertation prize subcommittee Christian Fritz, Chair; Catherine MacMillan; Christopher W. Schmidt; Alison LaCroix

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (2011), Chair, University of Texas
Mary Sarah Bilder (2012), Boston College
Georgia Chadwick (2011), Law Library of Louisiana
Michael Griffith (2013), Santa Clara County Archivist, retired
Peter L. Reich (2013), Whittier College
Keith Ann Stiverson (2011), ITT Chicago-Kent
Michael Widener (2012), Yale University

Finance Committee
Thomas P. Gallanis (2010), Chair, University of Iowa
Constance Backhouse (2012), University of Ottawa (Canada)
Barbara Aronstein Black (2010), Columbia University
Charles Donahue, Jr. (2010), Harvard University
Michael Grossberg (ex officio) (President), Indiana University
Hendrik Hartog (ex officio) (Chair, Projects and Proposals Committee), Princeton University
Laura Kalman (2012), University of California, Santa Barbara
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Carl Landauer (2010), General Counsel LOYAL3
Bruce H. Mann (ex officio) (Immediate Past President), Harvard University
Rebecca Scott (ex officio) (President-elect), University of Michigan
Rayman L. Solomon (2013), Rutgers University, Camden

Graduate Student Outreach Committee
John Wertheimer (2012), Chair, Davidson College
Ananda Burra (2012), University of Michigan
Catherine L. Evans (2012), Princeton University
Patricia Minter (ex officio) (Chair, Membership Committee), Western Kentucky University
Barbara Y. Welke (2012), University of Minnesota

H-Law Moderators 
Charles L. Zelden, Lead Moderator, Nova Southeastern University
Kenneth E. Aldous, Moderator, Independent Scholar
Jerome S. Arkenberg, Moderator, Independent Scholar
R. B. Bernstein, Moderator, New York Law School
Jonathan Lurie, Moderator, Rutgers University, Newark
Carla Spivack, Moderator, Oklahoma City University
Ethan Zadoff, Book Review Editor, City University of New York
John Acevedo, Web Editor, University of Chicago

Honors Committee
Laura Kalman (2013), Chair, University of California, Santa Barbara
Constance Backhouse (2011), University of Ottawa
Robert W. Gordon (2011), Stanford University
Kenneth F. Ledford (2012), Case Western Reserve University
Bruce H. Mann (2013), Harvard University

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee 
Elizabeth Hillman (2011), Chair, University of California, Hastings
Lauren Benton (2012), New York University
Fahad Bishara (2012), Harvard University
Rebecca Mclennan (2012), University of California, Berkeley
Dylan Penningroth (2012), Northwestern University
Mitra Sharafi (2011), University of Wisconsin
Barbara Welke (2013), (ex officio) (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Minnesota

Editors, Law and History Review
Elizabeth Dale, Editor, University of Florida
Felice Batlan, Associate Editor (Book Reviews Americas), IIT Chicago-Kent
Will Hanley, Associate Editor (Book Reviews non-Americas), Florida State University

Local Arrangements Committee (Denver, 2014)
Tom Romero, II, Chair, University of Denver
Carolyn Ramsey, University of Colorado
Mithi Mikherjee, University of Colorado
Susan Schulten, University of Denver
Dan Cordova, Colorado Supreme Court Library
Gregory Kerwin, 10th Circuit Historical Society

Membership Committee
Patricia Minter (2011), Chair, Western Kentucky University
Thomas J. Davis (2011), Arizona State University
Tim Huebner (2013), Rhodes College
Kelly Kennington (2013), Auburn University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Adam J. Kosto (2013), Columbia University
Tahirih Lee (2013), Florida State University
Sarah L. H. Gronningsater (2012), McNeil Center for Early American Studies/California Institute of Technology
Cynthia Nicoletti (2012), Mississippi College
Logan E. Sawyer III (2012), University of Georgia
Reuel Schiller (2013), University of California, Hastings

Nominating Committee
Michael Willrich (2012), Chair, Brandeis University
Daniel R. Ernst (2013), Georgetown University
Ariela Gross (2012), University of Southern California
Lucy Salyer (2011), University of New Hampshire
Daniel Sharfstein (2013), Vanderbilt University

Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
Gautham Rao (2011), Chair, American University
Sam Erman (2013), University of Southern California
Serena Meyeri (2013), University of Pennsylvania
Michael A. Schoeppner (2011), California Institute of Technology
Karen Tani (2011), University of California, Berkeley

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Denver, 2014)
Joanna Grisinger, Co-chair, Northwestern University
Mitra Sharafi, Co-chair, University of Wisconsin
Ari Bryen, West Virginia University
Amy Chazkel, CUNY Graduate Center
Adam Hofri-Winogradow, Hebrew University
Katrina Jagondinsky, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Tom McSweeney, William and Mary
Carolyn Ramsey, University of Colorado
Sarah Staszak, CUNY
Charlotte Walker-Said, John Jay College
Fei-Hsien Wang, Cambridge University
Nurfadzilah Yahaya, Washington University

Projects and Proposals Committee
Hendrik Hartog (2013), Chair, Princeton University
Peter C. Caldwell (2012), Rice University
Margot Canaday (2012), Princeton University
Thomas P. Gallanis (ex officio) (Chair, Finance Committee), University of Iowa
Philip Girard (2012), Dalhousie University (Canada)
Michael Grossberg (ex officio) (President), Indiana University
Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University
Elizabeth Hillman (ex officio) (Chair, Hurst Committee), University of California, Hastings
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Kenneth Mack (2013), Harvard University
Emily Margolis (2012), Duke University
Rebecca J. Scott (ex offico) (President-Elect) University of Michigan
Daniel J. Sharfstein (2011), Vanderbilt University
Christopher L. Tomlins (2012), University of California, Irvine

Publications Committee
Laura Edwards (2013), Chair, Duke University
Simon Baatz (2012), John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Stuart Banner (2011), University of California, Los Angeles
Holly Brewer (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Maryland
Li Chen (2013), University of Toronto
Elizabeth Dale (ex officio) (Editor, Law & History Review), University of Florida
Thomas A. Green (2013), University of Michigan
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Pennsylvania
Martha S. Jones (2011), University of Michigan
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Michael Lobban (ex officio) (Co-editor, Studies in Legal History), London School of Economics, University of London (UK)
Jim Phillips (2013), University of Toronto
Lena Salaymeh (2011), University of California, Berkeley
Charles L. Zelden (ex officio) (Lead Moderator, H-Law), Nova Southeastern University

Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
Sophia Z. Lee (2011), Chair, University of Pennsylvania
Nicholas Parrillo (2013), Yale University
Richard J. Ross (2012), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Laura Weinrib (2011), University of Chicago
Steven Wilf (2011), University of Connecticut

Committee on Research Fellowships and Awards
Cornelia Hughes Dayton (2010), Chair, University of Connecticut
Victoria D. List (2012), Washington and Jefferson College
Kunal Parker, University of Miami (2011)
Yvonne Pitts (2013), Purdue University
Michael Vorenberg (2013), Brown University
Victoria Saker Woeste (2012), American Bar Foundation

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Holly Brewer, University of Maryland
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania
Michael Lobban, London School of Economics, University of London

Surrency Prize Committee
Kenneth F. Ledford (2013), Chair, Case Western Reserve University
David Abraham (2011), University of Miami
Kristin A. Collins (2011), Boston University
Elizabeth Kolsky (2011), Villanova University
Matthew P. Harrington (2011), University of Montreal

Sutherland Prize Committee
Daniel M. Klerman (2012), Chair, University of Southern California
James Oldham (2013), Georgetown University
Joshua C. Tate (2011), Southern Methodist University

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2012

Officers

President: Bruce H. Mann, Harvard University
President-Elect: Michael Grossberg, Indiana University
Secretary: Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University
Treasurer: Craig Evan Klafter

Board of Directors
Gregory Ablavsky (graduate student representative) (2010), University of Pennsylvania
Constance Backhouse (Immediate Past President), University of Ottawa (Canada)
R. B. Bernstein (2011), New York Law School
Mary Sarah Bilder (2009), Boston College
Tomiko Brown-Nagin (2010), University of Virginia
Holly Brewer (2009), University of Maryland
Lyndsay Campbell (2010*), University of Calgary (Canada)
Christian G. Fritz (2011), University of New Mexico
Risa L. Goluboff (2009*), University of Virginia
Daniel W. Hamilton (2011), University of Illinois
Linda K. Kerber (2011), University of Iowa
Amalia Kessler (2011), Stanford University
David Lieberman (2010), University of California, Berkeley
Dylan C. Penningroth (2009), Northwestern University
Victoria Saker Woeste (2009), American Bar Foundation
Charles Zelden (2010), Nova Southeastern University
* Executive Committee Member

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS

ACLS Delegate  Maeva Marcus (2008), George Washington University

Standing Committee on Conferences and the Annual Meeting

Craig Joyce (2011), Chair, University of Houston
Kevin Arlyck (2009), New York University
R. B. Bernstein (2010), New York Law School
Josiah Daniel III (2011), Vinson & Elkins LLP
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Michael Grossberg (ex officio) (President-elect), Harvard University
William Suarez-Potts (2010), Kenyon College
Joshua Tate (2009), Southern Methodist University

Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
John D. Gordan III (2010), Chair, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (retired)
Mary Sarah Bilder (2010), Boston College
Alfred L. Brophy (2011), University of North Carolina
Laura Edwards (2011), Duke University
Daniel R. Ernst (2010), Georgetown University
Christian Fritz (2011), University of New Mexico
Robert W. Gordon (2009), Stanford University
Laura Kalman (2010), University of California, Santa Barbara
Carlton Larson (2009), University of California, Davis
Renée Lettow Lerner (2009), George Washington University
Maeva Marcus (2010), George Washington University
Claire Priest (2009), Yale University
Michael Ross (2010), University of Maryland

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (2011), Chair, University of Texas
Georgia Chadwick (2011), Law Library of Louisiana
Donald Fyson (2010), Laval University
Michael Griffith (2010), Santa Clara County Archivist, retired
Elizabeth Brand Monroe (2009), Indiana University – Purdue University, Indianapolis
Keith Ann Stiverson (2011), ITT-Chicago Kent
Michael Widener (2009), Yale University

Committee on Finance
Thomas P. Gallanis (2010), Chair, University of Iowa
Bruce H. Mann (ex officio) (President), Harvard University
Barbara Aronstein Black (2010), Columbia University
Charles Donahue, Jr. (2010), Harvard University
Thomas A. Green (2009), University of Michigan
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Carl Landauer (2010), General Counsel, LOYAL3
Bruce H. Mann (ex officio) (President), Harvard University
James C. Oldham (2007), Georgetown University
Aviam Soifer (2007), University of Hawaii
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio) (Chair, Committee on Projects and Proposals), Rutgers University, Camden

Under the by-laws, the members of this committee serve for five-year terms.

Committee on the Future of the Society
William Nelson (2008), Chair, New York University
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President), University of Ottawa
Robert W. Gordon (2008), Yale University
Harold Hyman (2008), Rice University, Emeritus
Laura Kalman (2008), University of California, Santa Barbara
Bruce H. Mann (ex officio) (President-elect), Harvard University
John Phillip Reid (2008), New York University
Harry N. Scheiber (2009), University of California, Berkeley

Moderators of H-Law 
Christopher Waldrep, Lead Editor, California State University, San Francisco
Kenneth E. Aldous, Assistant Editor, Independent Scholar
Jerry Arkenberg, Independent Scholar
Williamjames Hoffer, Seton Hall University
Michael Pfeifer, Book Review Editor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Carla Spivack, Oklahoma City University
Charles Zelden, Nova Southeastern University

Committee on Honors
Christopher Tomlins (2010), Chair, University of California, Irvine
Gregory Alexander (2009), Cornell University
Constance Backhouse (2011), University of Ottawa
Robert W. Gordon (2011), Stanford University
Jim Phillips (2010), University of Toronto

Committee on the Willard Hurst Memorial Fund 
Elizabeth Hillman (2008), Chair, University of California, Hastings
Lawrence Friedman (2009), Stanford University
Jonathan Lurie (2008), Rutgers University, Newark
Reuel Schiller (2009), University of California, Hastings
Mitra Sharafi (2008), University of Wisconsin
Karl Shoemaker (2009), University of Wisconsin
Barbara Welke (ex officio) (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Minnesota

Editors, Law and History Review
David S. Tanenhaus (Editor), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Daniel W. Hamilton, (Associate Editor [Book Reviews Americas]), University of Illinois
Amalia D. Kessler (Associate Editor [Book Reviews non-Americas]), Stanford University

Committee on Local Arrangements (St. Louis 2012)
David Konig, Chair, Washington University in St. Louis
(This Committee rotates every year. Additional members will join it.)

Committee on Membership
Patricia Minter (2011), Chair, Western Kentucky University
Lyndsay Campbell (2009), University of Calgary
T. J. Davis (2011), Arizona State University
Tim Huebner (2010), Rhodes College
Kelly Kennington (2010), Auburn University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Adam Kosto (2010), Columbia University
Tahirih Lee (2010), Florida State University
Polly Price (2009), Emory University
Reuel Schiller (2010), University of California, Hastings

Committee on the Paul L. Murphy Awards 
Mary L. Dudziak (2011), Chair, University of Southern California
Robert Kaczorowski (2011), Fordham University
Serena Mayeri (2011), University of Pennsylvania
David M. Rabban (2011), University of Texas

This is an ad hoc committee, which will serve for two years.

Nominating Committee
Richard Ross (2010), Chair, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2009), University of Pennsylvania
David Thomas Konig (2009), Washington University in St. Louis
James C. Oldham (2010), Georgetown University
Lucy Salyer (2011), University of New Hampshire

Terms on the Nominating Committee are for three years.

Committee on the Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial
Gautham Rao (2011), Chair, Rutgers University, Newark, and New Jersey Institute of Technology
Sally Hadden (2010), Western Michigan University
Christopher W. Schmidt (2010), Chicago-Kent College of Law
Michael A. Schoeppner (2011), California Institute of Technology
Karen Tani (2011), University of California, Berkeley

Committee on the Program for the Annual Meeting (St. Louis, 2012)
Adriaan Lanni, Co-chair, Harvard University
Michael Willrich, Co-chair, Brandeis University
Blake Brown, St. Mary’s University, Halifax (Canada)
Christina Duffy Burnett, Columbia Law School
Peter C. Caldwell, Rice University
Margot Canaday, Princeton University
Li Chen, University of Toronto-Scarborough (Canada)
Jane Dailey, University of Chicago
Adam J. Kosto, Columbia University
Janine M. Lanza, Wayne State University
Claire Priest, Yale Law School
Rebecca Scott, University of Michigan
David Sugarman, Lancaster University (UK)

(This Committee rotates every year.)

Committee on Projects and Proposals
Ray Solomon (2010), Chair, Rutgers University, Camden
Alfred L. Brophy (2010), University of North Carolina
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President), University of Ottawa
Thomas P. Gallanis (ex officio) (Chair, Finance Committee), University of Iowa
Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University
Elizabeth Hillman (ex officio) (Chair, Hurst Committee), University of California, Hastings
Craig Joyce (2008), University of Houston
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Maeva Marcus (2009), George Washington University
William Nelson (2008), New York University
W. Wesley Pue (2009), University of British Columbia
Rebecca J. Scott (2008) University of Michigan
David Sugarman (2009), Lancaster University (UK)
Christopher L. Tomlins (2009), University of California, Irvine
John Wertheimer (2008), Davidson College

Although this was a new committee last year, the appointments were staggered so that the terms do not all come to an end in the same year.

Committee on Publications
Michael Grossberg (2011), Chair, Indiana University
Stuart Banner (2011), University of California, Los Angeles
Mary Sarah Bilder (2011), Boston College
Holly Brewer (ex officio) (Editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Maryland
Philip Girard (2010), Dalhousie University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (Editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Pennsylvania
Martha S. Jones, University of Michigan
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Kenneth F. Ledford, (2010) Case Western Reserve University
David Lieberman (2010), University of California, Berkeley
Michael Lobban (ex officio) (Editor, Studies in Legal History), Queen Mary College, University of London (UK)
David S. Tanenhaus (ex officio) (Editor, Law & History Review), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Christopher Waldrep (ex officio) (Lead Editor, H-Law), California State University, San Francisco

Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
Philip Girard (2010), Chair, Dalhousie University
Sophia Z. Lee (2011), University of Pennsylvania
Catharine MacMillan (2010), Queen Mary College, University of London (UK)
Laura Weinrib (2011), University of Chicago
Stephen Wilf (2011), University of Connecticut

Committee on Research Fellowships and Awards
Cornelia Dayton (2010), Chair, University of Connecticut
Linda Kerber (2009), University of Iowa
Felicia Kornbluh (2011), University of Vermont
Bruce Mann (ex officio) (President), Harvard University
William E. Nelson (2010), New York University
Kunal Parker, University of Miami (2011)
Christopher L. Tomlins (2009), University of California, Irvine

This committee was formerly known as the Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Fellowships and the Committee on the Paul L. Murphy Award.

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Holly Brewer, University of Maryland
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania
Michael Lobban, Queen Mary College, University of London

Committee on the Surrency Prize 
Kenneth F. Ledford (2010), Chair, Case Western Reserve University
David Abraham (2011), University of Miami
Kristin A. Collins (2011), Boston University
Elizabeth Kolsky (2011), Villanova University
Matthew P. Harrington (2011), University of Montreal

Committee on the Sutherland Prize 
Richard Helmholz (2010), Chair, University of Chicago
John Beattie (2009), University of Toronto
Joshua C. Tate (2011), Southern Methodist University

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. 2011

Officers President:
Constance Backhouse, University of Ottawa

President-Elect:
Bruce H. Mann, Harvard University

Secretary: Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University

Treasurer: Craig Evan Klafter

Board of Directors
Gregory Ablavsky (graduate student representative) (2010), University of Pennsylvania
Mary Sarah Bilder (2009), Boston College
Tomiko Brown-Nagin (2010), University of Virginia
Holly Brewer (2009), University of Maryland
Lyndsay Campbell (2010*), University of Calgary (Canada)
Risa L. Goluboff (2009*), University of Virginia
Martha S. Jones (2008), University of Michigan
David Lieberman (2010), University of California, Berkeley
Michael Lobban (2008) Queen Mary College, University of London (UK)
Maeva Marcus (Immediate Past President), George Washington University
Matthew C. Mirow (2008) Florida International University (Miami)
Dylan C. Penningroth (2009), Northwestern University
Rebecca J. Scott (2008) University of Michigan
John Wertheimer (2008*) Davidson College
Victoria Saker Woeste (2009), American Bar Foundation
Charles Zelden (2010), Nova Southeastern University

* Executive Committee Member
Terms of elected members of the Board are for three years. The terms expire at the end of the annual meeting.

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS

ACLS Delegate 
Maeva Marcus (2008), George Washington University

Standing Committee on Conferences and the Annual Meeting
Craig Joyce (2008), Chair, University of Houston
Kevin Arlyck (2009), New York University
R. B. Bernstein (2010), New York Law School
Josiah Daniel III (2010), Vinson & Elkins LLP
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Bruce Mann (ex officio) (President-elect), Harvard University
William Suarez-Potts (2010), Kenyon College
Joshua Tate (2009), Southern Methodist University

Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
John D. Gordan (2010), Chair, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mary Sarah Bilder (2010), Boston College
Daniel Ernst (2010), Georgetown University
Tony Freyer (2008), University of Alabama
Risa L. Goluboff (2007), University of Virginia
Robert W. Gordon (2009), Yale University
Laura Kalman (2010), University of California, Santa Barbara
Renee Lettow Lerner (2009), George Washington University
Maeva Marcus (2009), George Washington University
Carlton Larson (2009), University of California, Davis
Christian McMillen (2008), University of Virginia
Claire Preist (2009), Yale University
Michael Ross (2010), University of Maryland

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (2008), Chair, University of Texas
Christian G. Fritz (2008), University of New Mexico
Donald Fyson (2010), Laval University
Michael Griffith (2010), Santa Clara County Archivist, retired
Elizabeth Brand Monroe (2009), Indiana University – Purdue University, Indianapolis
Keith Ann Stiverson (2008), ITT-Chicago Kent
Michael Widener (2009), Yale University

Finance Committee
Thomas P. Gallanis (2010), Chair, University of Iowa
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President), University of Ottawa
Barbara Aronstein Black (2010), Columbia University
Charles Donahue, Jr. (2010), Harvard University
Thomas A. Green (2009), University of Michigan
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Carl Landauer (2010), General Counsel, LOYAL3
James C. Oldham (2007), Georgetown University
Aviam Soifer (2007), University of Hawaii
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio) (Chair, Projects and Proposals Committee), Rutgers University, Camden

Committee on the Future of the Society
William Nelson (2008), Chair, New York University
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President), University of Ottawa
Robert W. Gordon (2008), Yale University
Harold Hyman (2008), Rice University, Emeritus
Laura Kalman (2008), University of California, Santa Barbara
Bruce H. Mann (ex officio) (President-elect), Harvard University
John Phillip Reid (2008), New York University
Harry N. Scheiber (2009), University of California, Berkeley

H-Law Moderators
Christopher Waldrep, Lead Editor, California State University, San Francisco
Kenneth E. Aldous, Assistant Editor, Independent Scholar
Jerry Arkenberg, Independent Scholar
Williamjames Hoffer, Seton Hall University
Michael Pfeifer, Book Review Editor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Carla Spivack, Oklahoma City University
Charles Zelden, Nova Southeastern University

Honors Committee
Christopher L. Tomlins (2010), Chair, University of California, Irvine
Gregory Alexander (2009), Chair, Cornell University
Barbara A. Black (2008), Columbia University
Jim Phillips (2010), University of Toronto
Harry N. Scheiber (2008), University of California, Berkeley

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Elizabeth Hillman (2008), Chair, University of California, Hastings
Lawrence Friedman (2009), Stanford University
Jonathan Lurie (2008), Rutgers University, Newark
Reuel Schiller (2009), University of California, Hastings
Mitra Sharafi (2008), University of Wisconsin
Karl Shoemaker (2009), University of Wisconsin
Barbara Welke (ex officio) (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Minnesota

Editors, Law and History Review
David S. Tanenhaus (Editor), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Daniel W. Hamilton, (Associate Editor [Book Reviews Americas]), University of Illinois
Amalia D. Kessler (Associate Editor [Book Reviews non-Americas]), Stanford University

Local Arrangements Committee (Atlanta 2011)
Polly Price, Co-Chair, Emory University
Lynn Hogue, Co-Chair, Georgia State University
Anthony Baker, John Marshall Law School
H. Robert Baker, Georgia State University
Kathleen Burch, John Marshall Law School
James Hunt, Mercer University
Logan E. Sawyer, University of Georgia

(This Committee rotates every year.)

Membership Committee
Patricia Minter (2010), Chair, Western Kentucky University
Lyndsay Campbell (2009), University of Calgary
T. J. Davis (2008), Arizona State University
Daniel W. Hamilton (2008), University of Illinois
Williamjames Hoffer (2008), Seton Hall University
Tim Huebner (2010), Rhodes College
Stephen Jacobson (2008), King’s College London (UK)
Kelly Kennington (2010), Auburn University
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Adam Kosto (2010), Columbia University
Tahirih Lee (2010), Florida State University
Polly Price (2009), Emory University
Lucy Salyer (2008), University of New Hampshire
Reuel Schiller (2010), University of California, Hastings

Nominating Committee
David Konig (2009), Chair, Washington University in St. Louis
Christina Duffy Burnett (2008), Columbia University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2009), University of Pennsylvania
James C. Oldham (2010), Georgetown University
Richard Ross (2010), University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

Terms on the Nominating Committee are for three years.

Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
Christine Desan (2008), Chair, Harvard University
Lyndsay Campbell (2008), University of Calgary
Sally Hadden (2010), Western Michigan University
Christopher W. Schmidt (2010), Chicago-Kent College of Law
Gautham Rao (2008), Rutgers University, Newark, and New Jersey Institute of Technology

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Atlanta, 2011)
Alfred L. Brophy, Co-Chair, University of North Carolina
Amalia D. Kessler, Co-Chair, Stanford University
Mary Sarah Bilder, Boston College
Susanna Blumenthal, University of Minnesota
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, University of Virginia
Ariela J. Gross, University of Southen California
Assaf Likhovski, Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Jim Phillips, University of Toronto
Donald F. Tibbs, Drexel University
Joshua Tate, Southern Methodist University

(This Committee rotates every year.)

Projects and Proposals Committee
Ray Solomon (2010), Chair, Rutgers University, Camden
Alfred L. Brophy (2010), University of North Carolina
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President), University of Ottawa
Thomas P. Gallanis (ex officio) (Chair, Finance Committee), University of Iowa
Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University
Elizabeth Hillman (ex officio) (Chair, Hurst Committee), University of California, Hastings
Craig Joyce (2008), University of Houston
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Maeva Marcus (2009), George Washington University
William Nelson (2008), New York University
W. Wesley Pue (2009), University of British Columbia
Rebecca J. Scott (2008) University of Michigan
David Sugarman (2009), Lancaster University (UK)
Christopher L. Tomlins (2009), University of California, Irvine
John Wertheimer (2008), Davidson College

Although this is a new committee, the appointments were staggered so that the terms do not all come to an end in the same year.

Publications Committee
Bruce H. Mann (2007), Chair, Harvard University
Holly Brewer (ex officio) (Editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Maryland
Philip Girard (2010), Dalhousie University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (Editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Pennsylvania
Cynthia Herrup (2008), University of Southern California
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Kenneth F. Ledford, (2010) Case Western Reserve University
David Lieberman (2010), University of California, Berkeley
Michael Lobban (ex officio) (Editor, Studies in Legal History), Queen Mary College, University of London (UK)
Linda Przybyszewski (2008), University of Notre Dame
David S. Tanenhaus (ex officio) (Editor, Law & History Review), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Christopher Waldrep (ex officio) (Lead Editor, H-Law), California State University, San Francisco

Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
Gerald Leonard (2008), Chair, Boston University
Catharine MacMillan (2010), Queen Mary College, University of London (UK)
Susanna Blumenthal (2008), University of Minnesota
Philip Girard (2010), Dalhousie University
Reva Siegel (2008), Yale University

Committee on Research Fellowships and Awards
Michael Grossberg (2008), Chair, Indiana University
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President), University of Ottawa
Cornelia Dayton (2010), University of Connecticut
Linda Kerber (2009), University of Iowa
William E. Nelson (2010), New York University
Christopher L. Tomlins (2009), University of California, Irvine

This committee was formerly known as the Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Fellowships and the Committee on the Paul L. Murphy Award.

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Holly Brewer, University of Maryland
Daniel Ernst, Georgetown University
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania
Thomas A. Green, University of Michigan
Michael Lobban, Queen Mary College, University of London

Surrency Prize Committee
Stephen Siegel (2008), Chair, DePaul University
Annette Gordon-Reed (2008), Harvard University
Lewis Grossman (2008), American University
Kenneth F. Ledford (2010), Case Western Reserve University
Jed Shugerman (2008), Harvard University

Sutherland Prize Committee
Richard Helmholz (2010), Chair, University of Chicago
John Beattie (2009), University of Toronto
Jonathan Rose (2008), Arizona State University

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2010

Officers President:
Constance Backhouse, University of Ottawa

President-Elect:
Bruce H. Mann, Harvard University

Secretary:
Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University

Treasurer:
Craig Evan Klafter

Board of Directors
Mary Sarah Bilder (2009), Boston College
Holly Brewer (2009), North Carolina State University
Alfred L. Brophy (2007*), University of North Carolina
Mary Dudziak (2007), University of Southern California
Risa L. Goluboff (2009*), University of Virginia
Annette Gordon-Reed (2007), Harvard University
Martha S. Jones (2008), University of Michigan
Adam Kosto (2007), Columbia University
Michael Lobban (2008) Queen Mary College, University of London
Maeva Marcus (Immediate Past President), George Washington University
Matthew C. Mirow (2008) Florida International University (Miami)
DylanC. Penningroth (2009), Northwestern University
Rebecca J. Scott (2008) University of Michigan
Karen M. Tani (graduate student representative) (2007), University of Pennsylvania
John Wertheimer (2008*) Davidson College
Victoria Saker Woeste (2009), American Bar Foundation

* Executive Committee Member
Terms of elected members of the Board are for three years. The terms expire at the end of the annual meeting.

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS,

2010 ACLS Delegate 
Maeva Marcus (2008), George Washington University

Standing Committee on Conferences and the Annual Meeting
Craig Joyce (2008), Chair, University of Houston
Kevin Arlyck (2009), New York University
Josiah Daniel III (2007), Vinson & Elkins LLP
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Bruce Mann (ex officio) (President-elect), Harvard University
Jonathan Rose (2007), Arizona State University
Joshua Tate (2009), Southern Methodist University
Charles Zelden (2007), Nova Southeastern University

Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
Gerard Magliocca (2007), Chair, Indiana University, Indianapolis
Tony Freyer (2008), University of Alabama
Risa Goluboff (2007), University of Virginia
Robert W. Gordon (2009), Yale University
Renee Lettow Lerner (2009), George Washington University
Carlton Larson (2009), University of California, Davis
Christian McMillen (2008), University of Virginia
Claire Preist (2009), Yale University
Victoria Saker Woeste (2009), American Bar Foundation

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (2008), Chair, University of Texas
Bernard Freamon (2007), Seton Hall University
Christian G. Fritz (2008), University of New Mexico
Michael Griffith (2007), Office of the Clerk, U. S. District Court, Northern District of California
DeLloyd J. Guth (2007), University of Manitoba
Elizabeth Brand Monroe (2009), Indiana University – Purdue University, Indianapolis
Keith Ann Stiverson (2008), ITT-Chicago Kent
Michael Widener (2009), Yale University

Finance Committee
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2007), Chair, University of Pennsylvania
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President), University of Ottawa
Charles Donahue, Jr. (2007), Harvard University
Thomas A. Green (2009), University of Michigan
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
James C. Oldham (2007), Georgetown University
Aviam Soifer (2007), University of Hawaii
Rayman L. Solomon (2007), Rutgers University, Camden

Committee on the Future of the Society
Ray Solomon (2007), Chair, Rutgers University, Camden
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President), University of Ottawa
Mary Sarah Bilder (2007), Boston College
Barbara Aronstein Black (2007), Columbia University
Charles Donahue, Jr. (2007), Harvard University
Thomas P. Gallanis (2009), University of Minnesota
Robert W. Gordon (2008), Yale University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2007), University of Pennsylvania
Thomas A. Green (2007), University of Michigan
Daniel W. Hamilton (2007), University of Illinois
Richard Helmholz (2007), University of Chicago
Harold Hyman (2008), Rice University, Emeritus
Laura Kalman (2008), University of California, Santa Barbara
Stan Katz (2007), Princeton University
Craig Evan Klafter (2009)
Bruce H. Mann (ex officio) (President-elect), Harvard University
Maeva Marcus (2009), George Washington University
William Nelson (2008), New York University
W. Wesley Pue (2009), University of British Columbia
John Phillip Reid (2008), New York University
Harry N. Scheiber (2009), University of California, Berkeley
David Sugarman (2009), Lancaster University (UK)
Christopher L. Tomlins (2009), American Bar Foundation
Sandra VanBurkleo (2007), Wayne State University
Barbara Welke (2007), University of Minnesota

H-Law Moderators
Christopher Waldrep, Lead Editor, California State University, San Francisco
Kenneth E. Aldous, Assistant Editor, Independent Scholar
Jerry Arkenberg, Independent Scholar
Williamjames Hoffer, Seton Hall University
Michael Pfeifer, Book Review Editor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Carla Spivack, Oklahoma City University
Charles Zelden, Nova Southeastern University

Honors Committee
Gregory Alexander (2009), Chair, Cornell University
Barbara A. Black (2008), Columbia University
Lawrence Friedman (2007), Stanford University
Harry N. Scheiber (2008), University of California, Berkeley
James Q. Whitman (2007), Yale University

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Elizabeth Hillman (2008), Chair, University of California, Hastings
Lawrence Friedman (2009), Stanford University
Jonathan Lurie (2008), Rutgers University, Newark
Reuel Schiller (2009), University of California, Hastings
Mitra Sharafi (2008), University of Wisconsin
Karl Shoemaker (2009), University of Wisconsin
Barbara Welke (ex officio) (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Minnesota

Editors, Law and History Review
David S. Tanenhaus (Editor), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Alfred L. Brophy (Associate Editor [Book Reviews Americas]), University of North Carolina
Amalia D. Kessler (Associate Editor [Book Reviews non-Americas]), Stanford University

Local Arrangements Committee (Philadelphia 2010)
Donald F. Tibbs, Chair, Drexel University
Tabatha Abu El-Haj, Drexel University
Rocquael Gaines, Drexel University
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania
Mary McGovern, Drexel University
Tanesha Readom, Drexel University
Rayman L. Solomon, Rutgers University, Camden
Kara Swanson, Northeastern University
Harwell Wells, Temple University

Membership Committee
Patricia Minter (2007), Chair, Western Kentucky University
Lyndsay Campbell (2009), University of Calgary
T. J. Davis (2008), Arizona State University
Daniel W. Hamilton (2008), IIT-Chicago-Kent
Williamjames Hoffer (2008), Seton Hall University
Stephen Jacobson (2008), King’s College London (UK)
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Polly Price (2009), Emory University
Eric Rise (2007), University of Delaware
Alan Rogers (2007), Boston College
Lucy Salyer (2008), University of New Hampshire
Miranda Spieler (2007), University of Arizona
Carla Spivack (2007), Oklahoma City University
Mike Widener (2009), Yale University

Nominating Committee
David Konig (2009), Chair, Washington University in St. Louis
Christina Duffy Burnett (2008), Columbia University
Amalia Kessler (2007), Stanford University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2009), University of Pennsylvania
Barbara Welke (2007), University of Minnesota

Terms on the Nominating Committee are for three years.

Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
Aviam Soifer (2009), Chair, University of Hawaii
Lyndsay Campbell (2008), University of Calgary
Christine Desan (2008), Harvard University
Laura Kalman (2007), University of California, Santa Barbara
Gautham Rao (2008), Rutgers University, Newark, and New Jersey Institute of Technology

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, 2010)
Barbara Welke, Co-Chair, University of Minnesota
Kenneth F. Ledford, Co-Chair, Case Western Reserve University
Holly Brewer, North Carolina State University
Thomas P. Gallanis, University of Iowa
Amalia D. Kessler, Stanford University
Adriaan Lanni, Harvard University
Assaf Likhovski, Tel Aviv University (Israel)
Christian McMillen, University of Virginia
Dylan C. Penningroth, Northwestern University
Jim Phillips, University of Toronto
Gautham Rao, Rutgers University, Newark, and New Jersey Institute of Technology
Victor M. Uribe-Uran, Florida International University
James Q. Whitman, Yale University

(This Committee rotates every year.)

Publications Committee
Bruce H. Mann (2007), Chair, Harvard University
Cornelia Dayton (2007), University of Connecticut
Daniel Ernst (ex officio) (Editor, Studies in Legal History), Georgetown University
Cynthia Herrup (2008), University of Southern California
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer)
Gerald Leonard (2007), Boston University
David Lieberman (2007), University of California, Berkeley
Linda Przybyszewski (2008), University of Notre Dame
David S. Tanenhaus (ex officio) (Editor, Law & History Review), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Christopher Waldrep (ex officio) (Lead Editor, H-Law), California State University, San Francisco

Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
Gerald Leonard (2008), Chair, Boston University
Michael Les Benedict (2007), Ohio State University
Susanna Blumenthal (2008), University of Minnesota
Philip Girard (2010), Dalhousie University
Reva Siegel (2008), Yale University

Committee on Research Fellowships and Awards
Michael Grossberg (2008), Chair, Indiana University
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President), University of Ottawa
Robert W. Gordon (2007), Yale University
Linda Kerber (2009), University of Iowa
Amy Dru Stanley (2007), University of Chicago
Christopher L. Tomlins (2009), American Bar Foundation

This committee was formerly known as the Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Fellowships and the Committee on the Paul L. Murphy Award.

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Daniel Ernst, Georgetown University
Thomas A. Green, University of Michigan

Surrency Prize Committee
Annette Gordon-Reed (2008), Chair, Harvard University
Lewis Grossman (2008), American University
Edward A. Purcell, Jr. (2007), New York Law School
Jed Shugerman (2008), Harvard University
Stephen Siegel (2008), DePaul University

Sutherland Prize Committee
James C. Oldham (2007), Chair, Georgetown University
John Beattie (2009), University of Toronto
Jonathan Rose (2008), Arizona State University

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.2009

President:
Maeva Marcus, George Washington University

President-Elect:
Constance Backhouse, University of Ottawa

Secretary:
Thomas P. Gallanis, University of Iowa

Treasurer:
Craig Evan Klafter, Oxford Brookes University
Board of Directors Lauren Benton (2009), New York University
Alfred L. Brophy (2010*), University of Alabama
Christine Desan (2009), Harvard University
Charles Donahue, Jr. (Immediate Past-President), Harvard University
Mary Dudziak (2010), University of Southern California
William Forbath (2009), University of Texas
Annette Gordon-Reed (2010), New York Law School
Sally Hadden (2009*), Florida State University
Martha S. Jones (2011), University of Michigan
Adam Kosto (2010), Columbia University
Michael Lobban (2011) Queen Mary College, University of London
Matthew C. Mirow (2011) Florida International University (Miami)
Robin Chapman Stacey (2009), University of Washington
Rebecca J. Scott (2011) University of Michigan
Karen M. Tani (graduate student representative) (2010), University of Pennsylvania
John Wertheimer (2011*) Davidson College

* Executive Committee Member

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS, 2009

ACLS Delegate 
Maeva Marcus (2007), George Washington University

Standing Committee on Conferences and the Annual Meeting
Craig Joyce (2009), Chair, University of Houston
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President-elect), University of Ottawa
Josiah Daniel III (2008), Vinson & Elkins LLP
Craig Evan Klafter, Oxford Brookes University
Jonathan Rose (2008), Arizona State University
Lena Salaymeh (2007), University of California, Berkeley
Charles Zelden (2008), Nova Southeastern University

Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
Richard Ross (2009), Chair, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Holly Brewer (2007), North Carolina State University
Tony Freyer (2009), University of Alabama
Risa Goluboff (2008), University of Virginia
Philip Hamburger (2007), Columbia University
Gerard Magliocca (2008), Indiana University, Indianapolis
Christian McMillen (2009), University of Virginia

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (2009), Chair, University of Texas
Bernard Freamon (2008), Seton Hall University
Christian G. Fritz (2009), University of New Mexico
Michael Griffith (2008), Office of the Clerk, U. S. District Court, Northern District of California
DeLloyd J. Guth (2008), University of Manitoba
Rayman L. Solomon (2007), Rutgers University, Camden
Keith Ann Stiverson (2009), ITT-Chicago Kent
Michael Widener (2007), Yale University

Finance Committee
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2008), Chair, University of Pennsylvania
Charles Donahue, Jr. (2008), Harvard University
Maeva Marcus (ex officio) (President), George Washington University
James C. Oldham (2008), Georgetown University Law Center
Aviam Soifer (2008), University of Hawaii
Rayman L. Solomon (2008), Rutgers University, Camden
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), Oxford Brookes University

Committee on the Future of the Society
Harry N. Scheiber (2007), Chair, University of California, Berkeley
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President-elect), University of Ottawa
Mary Sarah Bilder (2008), Boston College
Barbara Aronstein Black (2008), Columbia University
Charles Donahue, Jr. (2008), Harvard University
Thomas P. Gallanis (2007), University of Minnesota
Robert W. Gordon (2009), Yale University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2008), University of Pennsylvania
Thomas A. Green (2008), University of Michigan
Daniel W. Hamilton (2008), University of Illinois
Richard Helmholz (2008), University of Chicago
Harold Hyman (2009), Rice University, Emeritus
Laura Kalman (2009), University of California, Santa Barbara
Stan Katz (2008), Princeton University
Maeva Marcus (ex officio) (President), George Washington University
William Nelson (2009), New York University
John Phillip Reid (2009), New York University
Ray Solomon (2008), Rutgers (Camden)
Sandra VanBurkleo (2008), Wayne State University
Barbara Welke (2008), University of Minnesota

H-Law Moderators
Christopher Waldrep, Lead Editor, California State University, San Francisco
Kenneth E. Aldous, Assistant Editor, Independent Scholar
Jerry Arkenberg, Independent Scholar
Williamjames Hoffer, Seton Hall University
Michael Pfeifer, Book Review Editor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Carla Spivack, Oklahoma City University Law School
Charles Zelden, Nova Southeastern University

Honors Committee
Gregory Alexander (2007), Chair, Cornell University
Barbara A. Black (2009), Columbia University
Lawrence Friedman (2008), Stanford Law School
Harry N. Scheiber (2009), University of California, Berkeley
James Q. Whitman (2008), Yale University

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Elizabeth Hillman (2009), Co-Chair, Rutgers University
Rayman L. Solomon (2009), Co-Chair, Rutgers University
Edward Balleisen (2008), Duke University
Lawrence Friedman (2007), Stanford University
Robert W. Gordon (2007), Yale University
Michael Grossberg (2008), Indiana University
Laura Kalman (2008), University of California, Santa Barbara
Jonathan Lurie (2009), Rutgers Newark
Arthur J. McEvoy (2008), Southwestern Law School
Mitra Sharafi (2009), University of Wisconsin
Aviam Soifer (2007), University of Hawaii
Barbara Welke (ex officio) (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Minnesota

Editors, Law and History Review
David S. Tanenhaus (Editor), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Alfred L. Brophy (Associate Editor [Book Reviews Americas]), University of Alabama
Amalia D. Kessler (Associate Editor [Book Reviews non-Americas]), Stanford University

Local Arrangements Committee (Dallas 2009)
Joshua Tate, Co-Chair, Southern Methodist University
Josiah Daniel, Co-Chair, Vinson & Elkins
Elisabeth Cawthon, University of Texas at Arlington
Jason Gillmer, Texas Wesleyan University
Joseph McKnight, Southern Methodist University
Peter Winship, Southern Methodist University
Rebekah Bell, Southern Methodist University

(This Committee rotates every year.)

Membership Committee
Sally Hadden (2009), Chair, Florida State University
T. J. Davis (2009), Arizona State University
Daniel W. Hamilton (2009), IIT-Chicago-Kent
Williamjames Hoffer (2009), Seton Hall University
Stephen Jacobson (2009), King’s College London (UK)
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), Oxford Brookes University
Carl Landauer (2007), Charles Schwab & Co.
Patricia Minter (2008), Western Kentucky University
Polly Price (2007), Emory University
Eric Rise (2008), University of Delaware
Alan Rogers (2008), Boston College
Lucy Salyer (2009), University of New Hampshire
Miranda Spieler (2008), University of Arizona
Carla Spivack (2008), Oklahoma City University
Laura Stern (2007), North Texas University
Mike Widener (2007), Yale University

() Indicates year appointed

Editor, The Newsletter
Richard B. Bernstein, New York Law School

Nominating Committee
Barbara Welke (2010), Chair, University of Minnesota
Christina Duffy Burnett (2011), Columbia University
Christopher Capozzola (2009), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Amalia Kessler (2010), Stanford University
David S. Tanenhaus (2009), University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
David Konig (2007), Chair, Washington University in St. Louis
Lyndsay Campbell (2009), University of California, Berkeley
Christine Desan (2009), Harvard University
Laura Kalman (2008), University of California, Santa Barbara
Gautham Rao (2009), Rutgers University (Newark) and New Jersey Institute of Technology

() Indicates year appointed

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Dallas, 2009)
Stuart Banner, Co-Chair, University of California, Los Angeles
Victoria List, Co-Chair, Washington & Jefferson College
Kif Augustine-Adams, Brigham Young University
Daniel Ernst, Georgetown University
Daniel Hamilton, University of Illinois
Adriaan Lanni, Harvard University
Kenneth F. Ledford, Case Western Reserve University
Tahirah Lee, Florida State University
Janet Loengard, Moravian University
Mitra Sharafi, University of Wisconsin
Peter Winship, Southern Methodist University

(This Committee rotates every year.)

Publications Committee
Bruce H. Mann (2008), Chair, Harvard University
Cornelia Dayton (2008), University of Connecticut
Daniel Ernst (ex officio) (Editor, Studies in Legal History), Georgetown University
Cynthia Herrup (2009), University of Southern California
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer), Oxford Brookes University
Gerald Leonard (2008), Boston University
David Lieberman (2008), University of California, Berkeley
Linda Przybyszewski (2009), University of Notre Dame
David S. Tanenhaus (ex officio) (Editor, Law & History Review), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Christopher Waldrep (ex officio) (Lead Editor, H-Law), California State University, San Francisco

Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
Gerald Leonard (2009), Chair, Boston University
Michael Les Benedict (2008), Ohio State University
Susanna Blumenthal (2009), University of Minnesota Law School
Richard Helmholz (2007), University of Chicago
Reva Siegel (2009), Yale Law School

Committee on Research Fellowships and Awards
Michael Grossberg (2009), Chair, Indiana University
Robert W. Gordon (2008), Yale University
Maeva Marcus (ex officio) (President), George Washington University
Amy Dru Stanley (2008), University of Chicago
Chris Tomlins (2008), American Bar Foundation
Sandra Van Burkleo (2007), Wayne State University

This committee was formerly known as the Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Fellowships and the Committee on the Paul L. Murphy Award.

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Daniel Ernst, Georgetown University
Hendrik Hartog, Princeton University
Thomas A. Green, University of Michigan

Surrency Prize Committee
Annette Gordon-Reed (2009), Chair, New York Law School
Lewis Grossman (2009), American University
Edward A. Purcell, Jr. (2008), New York Law School
Jed Shugerman (2009), Harvard Law School
Stephen Siegel (2009), DePaul University College of Law

Sutherland Prize Committee
James C. Oldham (2008), Chair, Georgetown University Law Center
Jonathan Rose (2009), Arizona State University
David Sugarman (2007), Lancaster University (UK)

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2008

President: Maeva Marcus, George Washington University

President-Elect: Constance Backhouse, University of Ottawa

Secretary: Thomas P. Gallanis, University of Minnesota

Treasurer: William P. LaPiana, New York Law School

Treasurer-elect: Craig Klafter, University of British Columbia

Board of Directors
Lauren Benton (2009), New York University
Alfred L. Brophy (2010*), University of Alabama
Christine Desan (2009), Harvard University
Charles Donahue, Jr. (Immediate Past-President), Harvard University
Mary Dudziak (2010), University of Southern California
William Forbath (2009), University of Texas
Annette Gordon-Reed (2005), New York Law School
Michael Grossberg (2008), Indiana University
Sally Hadden (2009*), Florida State University
Adam Kosto (2010), Columbia University
Kenneth F. Ledford (2008), Case Western Reserve University
Linda Przybyszewski (2008), University of Notre Dame
Robin Chapman Stacey (2009), University of Washington
David Sugarman (2008), Lancaster University (UK
Karen M. Tani (graduate student representative) (2010), University of Pennsylvania
Emily Zack Tabuteau (2008*), Michigan State University

* Executive Committee Member () Indicates year term expires

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS, 2007-2008

ACLS Delegate 
Maeva Marcus (2007), George Washington University

Standing Committee on Conferences and the Annual Meeting
Craig Joyce (2006), Chair, University of Houston
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President-elect), University of Ottawa
Josiah Daniel III (2008), Vinson & Elkins LLP
William P. LaPiana (ex officio) (Treasurer), New York Law School
Craig Klafter (ex officio) (treasurer-elect), University of British Columbia
Jonathan Rose (2008), Arizona State University
Lena Salaymeh (2007), University of California, Berkeley
Charles Zelden (2008), Nova Southeastern University

Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
Charles McCurdy (2008), Chair, University of Virginia
Holly Brewer (2007), North Carolina State University
Tony Freyer (2006), University of Alabama
Risa Goluboff (2008), University of Virginia
Philip Hamburger (2007), Columbia University
Gerard Magliocca (2008), Indiana University, Indianapolis
Richard Ross (2006), University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (2006), Chair, University of Texas
Bernard Freamon (2008), Seton Hall University
Michael Griffith (2008), Office of the Clerk, U. S. District Court, Northern District of California
DeLloyd J. Guth (2008), University of Manitoba
Eric L. Muller (2006), University of North Carolina
Rayman L. Solomon (2007), Rutgers University, Camden
Keith Ann Stiverson (2006), ITT-Chicago Kent
Michael Widener (2007), Yale University

Finance Committee
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2008), Chair, University of Pennsylvania
Charles Donahue, Jr. (2008), Harvard University
Maeva Marcus (ex officio) (President), George Washington University
James C. Oldham (2008), Georgetown University Law Center
Aviam Soifer (2008), University of Hawaii
Rayman L. Solomon (2008), Rutgers University, Camden
William P. LaPiana (ex officio) (Treasurer), New York Law School
Craig Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer-elect), University of British Columbia

Committee on the Future of the Society
Harry N. Scheiber (chair), University of California, Berkeley
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President-elect), University of Ottawa
Mary Sarah Bilder (2008), Boston College
Barbara Aronstein Black (2008), Columbia University
Morris Cohen (2005), Yale University
Charles Donahue, Jr. (2008), Harvard University
Thomas P. Gallanis (2007), University of Minnesota
Robert W. Gordon (2004), Yale University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2008), University of Pennsylvania
Thomas A. Green (2008), University of Michigan
Daniel W. Hamilton (2008), Chicago Kent College of Law
Richard Helmholz (2008), University of Chicago
Harold Hyman (2005), Rice University, Emeritus
Laura Kalman (2004), University of California, Santa Barbara
Stan Katz (2008), Princeton University
Maeva Marcus (ex officio) (President), George Washington University
William Nelson (2004), New York University
Russell Osgood (2005), Grinnell College
John Phillip Reid (2004), New York University
Ray Solomon (2008), Rutgers (Camden)
Sandra VanBurkleo (2008), Wayne State University
Barbara Welke (2008), University of Minnesota

H-Law Moderators
Christopher Waldrep, Lead Editor, California State University, San Francisco
Kenneth E. Aldous, Assistant Editor, Proskauer Rose LLP
Jerry Arkenberg, Independent Scholar
Williamjames Hoffer, Seton Hall University
Michael Pfeifer, Book Review Editor, Evergreen State College
Charles Zelden, Nova Southeastern University
Honors Committee Gregory Alexander (2007), Chair, Cornell University
Barbara A. Black (2006), Columbia University
Lawrence Friedman (2008), Stanford Law School
Harry N. Scheiber (2006), University of California, Berkeley
James Q. Whitman (2008), Yale University

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Rayman L. Solomon (2006), Chair, Rutgers University
Edward Balleisen (2008), Duke University
Lawrence Friedman (2007), Stanford University
Robert W. Gordon (2007), Yale University
Hendrik Hartog (2006), Princeton University
Laura Kalman (2008), University of California, Santa Barbara
Jonathan Lurie (2006), Rutgers Newark
Arthur J. McEvoy (2008), University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Aviam Soifer (2007), University of Hawaii
Barbara Welke (ex officio) (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Minnesota

Law and History Review
David S. Tanenhaus (Editor), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Alfred L. Brophy (Associate Editor [Book Reviews Americas]), University of Alabama
Amalia D. Kessler (Associate Editor [Book Reviews non-Americas]), Stanford University

Local Arrangements Committee (Ottawa 2008)
Constance Backhouse, Co-Chair, University of Ottawa
DeLloyd J. Guth, Co-Chair, University of Manitoba

(This Committee rotates every year.)

Membership Committee
Sally Hadden (2006), Chair, Florida State University
T. J. Davis (2006), Arizona State University
Daniel W. Hamilton (2006), IIT-Chicago-Kent
Williamjames Hoffer (2006), Seton Hall University
Stephen Jacobson (2006), King’s College London (UK)
Craig Klafter (ex officio) (treasurer-elect), University of British Columbia
Carl Landauer (2007), Charles Schwab & Co.
William P. LaPiana (ex officio) (Treasurer), New York Law School
Patricia Minter (2008), Western Kentucky University
Polly Price (2007), Emory University
Eric Rise (2008), University of Delaware
Alan Rogers (2008), Boston College
Lucy Salyer (2006), University of New Hampshire
Miranda Spieler (2008), University of Arizona
Carla Spivack (2008), Oklahoma City University
Laura Stern (2007), North Texas University
Mike Widener (2007), Yale University

Editor, The Newsletter
Richard B. Bernstein, New York Law School

Nominating Committee
Barbara Welke (2010), Chair, University of Minnesota
Chris Tomlins (2008), American Bar Foundation
Christopher Capozzola (2009), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Amalia Kessler (2010), Stanford University
David S. Tanenhaus (2009), University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
Laura Kalman (2008), Chair, University of California, Santa Barbara
Lyndsay Campbell (2006), University of California, Berkeley
Christine Desan (2006), Harvard University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2008), University of Pennsylvania
David Konig (2007), Washington University in St. Louis

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Ottawa, 2008)
Laura Edwards, Duke University, Co-Chair
David Seipp, Co-Chair, Boston University
Margot Canaday, Princeton University
Adrienne Davis, University of North Carolina
Angela Fernandez, University of Toronto
DeLloyd J. Guth, University of Manitoba
Benjamin Hett, Hunter College, City University of New York
Jonathan Lurie, Rutgers University
William Suarez-Potts, Kenyon College

(This Committee rotates every year.)

Publications Committee
Bruce H. Mann (2008), Harvard University, Chair
Cornelia Dayton (2008), University of Connecticut
Daniel Ernst (ex officio) (Editor, Studies in Legal History), Georgetown University
Cynthia Herrup (2006), University of Southern California
Craig Klafter (ex officio) (treasurer-elect), University of British Columbia
William P. LaPiana (ex officio) (Treasurer), New York Law School
Gerald Leonard (2008), Boston University
David Lieberman (2008), University of California, Berkeley
Linda Przybyszewski (2006), University of Notre Dame
David S. Tanenhaus (ex officio) (Editor, Law & History Review), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Christopher Waldrep (ex officio) (Lead Editor, H-Law), California State University, San Francisco

Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
William Nelson (2006), Chair, New York University
Christian G. Fritz (2006), University of New Mexico
Michael Les Benedict (2008), Ohio State University
Richard Helmholz (2007), University of Chicago

Committee on Research Fellowships and Awards
(formerly the Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Fellowships and the Committee on the Paul L. Murphy Award)
Dirk Hartog (2006), Chair, Princeton University
Robert W. Gordon (2008), Yale University
Maeva Marcus (ex officio) (President), George Washington University
Amy Dru Stanley (2008), University of Chicago
Chris Tomlins (2008), American Bar Foundation
Sandra Van Burkleo (2007), Wayne State University

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Daniel Ernst, Georgetown University
Hendrik Hartog, Princeton University
Thomas A. Green, University of Michigan

Surrency Prize Committee
Victoria Saker Woeste (2006), chair, American Bar Foundation
Annette Gordon-Reed (2008), New York Law School
Michael Grossberg (2008), Indiana University
Edward A. Purcell, Jr. (2008), New York Law School
Richard Ross (2006), University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

Sutherland Prize Committee
James C. Oldham (2008), Chair, Georgetown University Law Center
Joseph Biancalana (2006), University of Cincinnati
David Sugarman (2007), Lancaster University (UK)

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2007

President: Charles Donahue, Jr., Harvard University

President-Elect: Maeva Marcus, George Washington University

Secretary: Thomas P. Gallanis, University of Minnesota

Treasurer: William P. LaPiana, New York Law School

Board of Directors
Lauren Benton (2009), New York University
Richard B. Bernstein (2007), New York Law School
Lyndsay Campbell (graduate student representative) (2007), University of California, Berkeley
Christine Desan (2009), Harvard University
William Forbath (2009), University of Texas
Thomas P. Gallanis (2007*), University of Minnesota
Michael Grossberg (2008), University of Indiana
Sally Hadden (2009*), Florida State University
James Oldham (2007*), Georgetown University
Kenneth F. Ledford (2008), Case Western Reserve University
Linda Przybyszewski (2008), University of Notre Dame
Harry N. Scheiber (Immediate Past-President), University of California, Berkeley
Reva Siegel (2007), Yale University
Robin Chapman Stacey (2009), University of Washington
David Sugarman (2008), Lancaster University (UK)
Emily Zack Tabuteau (2008*), Michigan State University

* Executive Committee Member () Indicates year term expires

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS, 2007

ACLS Delegate
Maeva Marcus (2007), George Washington University

Standing Committee on Conferences and the Annual Meeting
Craig Joyce (2006), Chair, University of Houston
Josiah Daniel III (2005), Vinson & Elkins LLP
William P. LaPiana (ex officio) (Treasurer), New York Law School
Maeva Marcus (ex officio) (President-elect), George Washington University
Lena Salaymeh (2007), University of California, Berkeley

Advisory Commitee on the Cromwell Prizes
Tony Freyer (2006), Chair, University of Alabama
Barbara A. Black (2005), Columbia University
Holly Brewer (2007), North Carolina State University
Cornelia Dayton (2007), University of Connecticut
Philip Hamburger (2007), Columbia University
Charles McCurdy (2005), University of Virginia
Richard Ross (2006), University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (2006), Chair, University of Texas
Michael Griffith (2005), Office of the Clerk, U. S. District Court, Northern District of California
DeLloyd J. Guth (2005), University of Manitoba
Eric L. Muller (2006), University of North Carolina
Rayman L. Solomon (2007), Rutgers University, Camden
Keith Ann Stiverson (2006), ITT-Chicago Kent
Michael Widener (2007), Yale University

Finance Committee
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2005), Chair, University of Pennsylvania
Charles Donahue, Jr. (ex officio) (President), Harvard University
Maeva Marcus (ex officio) (President-elect), George Washington University
Aviam Soifer (2005), University of Hawaii
Rayman L. Solomon (2005), Rutgers University, Camden
William P. LaPiana (ex officio) (Treasurer), New York Law School

Committee on the Future of the Society
Harry N. Scheiber (chair), University of California, Berkeley
Barbara Aronstein Black (2005), Columbia University
Morris Cohen (2005), Yale University
Charles Donahue, Jr. (ex officio) (President), Harvard University
Thomas P. Gallanis (2007), University of Minnesota
Robert W. Gordon (2004), Yale University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2004), University of Pennsylvania
Thomas A. Green (2004), University of Michigan
Richard Helmholz (2004), University of Chicago
Harold Hyman (2005), Rice University, Emeritus
Laura Kalman (2004), University of California, Santa Barbara
Stan Katz (2004), Princeton University
Maeva Marcus (ex officio) (President-elect), George Washington University
William Nelson (2004), New York University
Russell Osgood (2005), Grinnell College
John Phillip Reid (2004), New York University
Ray Solomon (2004), Rutgers (Camden)
Sandra VanBurkleo (2005), Wayne State University

H-Law Moderators
Christopher Waldrep, Lead Editor, California State University, San Francisco
Kenneth E. Aldous, Assistant Editor, Proskauer Rose LLP
Jerry Arkenberg, Independent Scholar
Williamjames Hoffer, Seton Hall University
Michael Pfeifer, Book Review Editor, Evergreen State College
Charles Zelden, Nova Southeastern University

Honors Committee
Gregory Alexander (2007), Chair, Cornell University
Barbara A. Black (2006), Columbia University
Lawrence Friedman (2005), Stanford Law School
Harry N. Scheiber (2006), University of California, Berkeley
James Q. Whitman (2005), Yale University

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Rayman L. Solomon (2006), Chair, Rutgers University
Lawrence Friedman (2007), Stanford University
Robert W. Gordon (2007), Yale University
Hendrik Hartog (2006), Princeton University
Laura Kalman (2005), University of California, Santa Barbara
Jonathan Lurie (2006), Rutgers Newark
Arthur J. McEvoy (2005), University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Chris Tomlins (2005), American Bar Foundation
Aviam Soifer (2007), University of Hawaii
Barbara Welke (ex officio) (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Minnesota

Editors, Law and History Review
David S. Tanenhaus (Editor), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Alfred L. Brophy (Associate Editor [Book Reviews]), University of Alabama
Local Arrangements Committee (Tempe 2007) Jonathan Rose, Chair, Arizona State University
Marianne Alcorn, Arizona State University
Amanda Breaux, Arizona State University
Adam S. Chodorow, Arizona State University
Judith Karen Nichols, Arizona State University
Victoria Kimberley Trotta, Arizona State University

(This Committee rotates every year.)

Membership Committee
Sally Hadden (2006), Chair, Florida State University
T. J. Davis (2006), Arizona State University
Mary Dudziak (2005), University of Southern California
Daniel W. Hamilton (2006), IIT-Chicago-Kent
Williamjames Hoffer (2006), Seton Hall University
Stephen Jacobson (2006), King’s College London (UK)
Alison LaCroix (2005), University of Chicago
Carl Landauer (2007), Charles Schwab & Co.
William P. LaPiana (ex officio) (Treasurer), New York Law School
Gregory Mark (2005), Rutgers University
Polly Price (2007), Emory University
Alan Rogers (2005), Boston College
Lucy Salyer (2006), University of New Hampshire
Laura Stern (2007), North Texas University
Mike Widener (2007), Yale University

Editor, The Newsletter
Richard B. Bernstein (2007), New York Law School

Nominating Committee
Chris Tomlins (2008), Chair, American Bar Foundation
Christopher Capozzola (2009), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kenneth Mack (2007), Harvard University
Wesley Pue (2007), University of British Columbia
David S. Tanenhaus (2009), University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
Laura Kalman (2005), Chair, University of California, Santa Barbara
Lyndsay Campbell (2006), University of California, Berkeley
Christine Desan (2006), Harvard University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2005), University of Pennsylvania
David Konig (2007), Washington University in St. Louis

Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Tempe, 2007)
Risa Goluboff, University of Virginia, Chair
Jonathan Rose, Co-Chair, Arizona State University
Stuart Banner, University of California at Los Angeles
Mary Sarah Bilder, Boston College
Andrew Cohen, Syracuse University
Ariela Dubler, Columbia University
Daniel Hulsebosch, New York University
Matthew Mirow, Florida International University
Kunal M. Parker, Cleveland State University
Mortimer Sellers, University of Baltimore

(This Committee rotates every year.)

Publications Committee
Bruce H. Mann (2005), Harvard University, Chair
Adrienne Davis (2005), University of North Carolina
Daniel Ernst (ex officio) (Editor, Studies in Legal History), Georgetown University
Cynthia Herrup (2006), University of Southern California
William P. LaPiana (ex officio) (Treasurer), New York Law School
David Lieberman (2005), University of California, Berkeley
Linda Przybyszewski (2006), University of Notre Dame
David S. Tanenhaus (ex officio) (Editor, Law & History Review), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Christopher Waldrep (ex officio) (Lead Editor, H-Law), California State University, San Francisco

Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
William Nelson (2006), Chair, New York University
Christian G. Fritz (2006), University of New Mexico
Annette Gordon-Reed (2005), New York Law School
Richard Helmholz (2004), University of Chicago

Committee on Research Fellowships and Awards (formerly the Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Fellowships and the Committee on the Paul L. Murphy Award)
Dirk Hartog (2006), Chair, Princeton University
Barbara A. Black (2005), Columbia University
Robert W. Gordon (2004), Yale University
Maeva Marcus (ex officio) (President-elect), George Washington University
Chris Tomlins (2005), American Bar Foundation
Sandra Van Burkleo (2007), Wayne State University

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Daniel Ernst, Georgetown University
Hendrik Hartog, Princeton University
Thomas A. Green, University of Michigan

Surrency Prize Committee
Lauren Benton (2005), Chair, New York University
Philip Girard (2005), Dalhousie University
Dylan C. Penningroth, (2005), Northwestern University
Richard Ross (2006), University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Victoria Saker Woeste (2006), American Bar Foundation

Sutherland Prize Committee
David Lemmings (2005), Chair, University of Newcastle, Australia
Joseph Biancalana (2006), University of Cincinnati
David Sugarman (2008), Lancaster University (UK)

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.2006

President: Charles Donahue, Jr., Harvard University

President-Elect: Maeva Marcus, George Washington University

Secretary-Treasurer: William P. LaPiana, New York Law School

Board of Directors:
Stuart Banner (2006), University of California, Los Angeles
Richard B. Bernstein (2007), New York Law School
Lyndsay Campbell (graduate student representative) (2007), University of California, Berkeley
Thomas P. Gallanis (2007*), Washington and Lee University
Michael Grossberg (2008), University of Indiana
Philip Hamburger (2006), Columbia University
Victoria D. List (2006*), Washington & Jefferson College
James Oldham (2007), Georgetown University
Kenneth F. Ledford (2008), Case Western Reserve University
Linda Przybyszewski (2008), University of Notre Dame
Harry N. Scheiber (Immediate Past-President), University of California, Berkeley
David Seipp (2006), Boston University
Reva Siegel (2007), Yale University
David Sugarman (2008), Lancaster University (UK)
Emily Zack Tabuteau (2008*), Michigan State University
James Q. Whitman (2006), Yale University

* Executive Committee Member

COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS

2006 ACLS Delegate
Harry N. Scheiber (2005), University of California, Berkeley

Standing Committee on Conferences and the Annual Meeting
Craig Joyce (2006), Chair, University of Houston
Josiah Daniel III (2005), Vinson & Elkins LLP
William P. LaPiana ( ex-officio ) (Secretary-Treasurer), New York Law School
Maeva Marcus ( ex-officio ) (President-elect), George Washington University
Lena Salaymeh (2004), University of California, Berkeley

Cromwell Prize Advisory Committee
Barbara Welke (2004), Chair, University of Minnesota
Barbara A. Black (2005), Columbia University
Tony Freyer (2006), University of Alabama
David Konig (2004), Washington University in St. Louis
Charles McCurdy (2005), University of Virginia
Richard Ross (2006), University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

Cromwell Fellowships Advisory Committee
Dirk Hartog (2006), Chair, Princeton University
Barbara A. Black (2005), Columbia University
Charles Donahue, Jr. ( ex-officio ) (President), Harvard University
Robert W. Gordon (2004), Yale University
Chris Tomlins (2005), American Bar Foundation

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (2006), Chair, University of Texas
Michael Griffith (2005), Office of the Clerk, U. S. District Court, Northern District of California DeLloyd J. Guth (2005), University of Manitoba
Maeva Marcus (2004), George Washington University
Eric L. Muller (2006), University of North Carolina
Rayman L. Solomon (2004), Rutgers University, Camden
Keith Ann Stiverson (2006), ITT-Chicago Kent

Finance Committee
Sandra VanBurkleo (2006), Chair, Wayne State University
Charles Donahue, Jr. ( ex-officio ) (President), Harvard University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2005), University of Pennsylvania
Maeva Marcus ( ex-officio ) (President-elect), George Washington University
Aviam Soifer (2005), University of Hawaii
Rayman L. Solomon (2005), Rutgers University, Camden
William P. LaPiana ( ex-officio ) (Secretary-Treasurer), New York Law School

Committee on the Future of the Society
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2004), Chair, University of Pennsylvania
Barbara Aronstein Black (2005), Columbia University
Morris Cohen (2005), Yale University
Charles Donahue, Jr. ( ex-officio ) (President), Harvard University
Robert W. Gordon (2004), Yale University
Thomas A. Green (2004), University of Michigan
Richard Helmholz (2004), University of Chicago
Harold Hyman (2005), Rice University, Emeritus
Laura Kalman (2004), University of California, Santa Barbara
Stan Katz (2004), Princeton University
Maeva Marcus ( ex-officio ) (President-elect), George Washington University
William Nelson (2004), New York University
Russell Osgood (2005), Grinnell College
John Philip Reid (2004), New York University
Harry N. Scheiber ( ex-officio ) (immediate past President), University of California, Berkeley
Ray Solomon (2004), Rutgers (Camden)>
Sandra VanBurkleo (2005), Wayne State University

H-Law Moderators
Christopher Waldrep, Lead Editor, California State University, San Francisco
Kenneth E. Aldous, Assistant Editor, Proskauer Rose LLP
Jerry Arkenberg, Independent Scholar
Ian Mylchreest, Web Journalist
Michael Pfeifer, Book Review Editor, Evergreen State College
Cheri Wilson, Independent Scholar

Honors Committee
Gregory Alexander (2004), Chair, Cornell University
Barbara A. Black (2006), Columbia University
Lawrence Friedman (2005), Stanford Law School
Harry N. Scheiber (2006), University of California, Berkeley
James Q. Whitman (2005), Yale University

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Rayman L. Solomon (2006), Rutgers University, Chair
Lawrence Friedman ( ex officio ) (Hurst Program Leader), Stanford University
Robert W. Gordon ( ex officio ) (Hurst Program Leader), Yale University
Hendrik Hartog (2006), Princeton University
Laura Kalman (2005), University of California, Santa Barbara
Stanley Kutler (2004), University of Wisconsin
Jonathan Lurie (2006), Rutgers Newark
Maeva Marcus (2004), George Washington University
Arthur J. McEvoy (2005), University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Chris Tomlins (2005), American Bar Foundation
Aviam Soifer (2004), University of Hawaii

Editors, Law and History Review 
David S. Tanenhaus (Editor), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Alfred L. Brophy (Associate Editor [Book Reviews]), University of Alabama
Membership Committee Sally Hadden (2006), Chair, Florida State University
Charles Donahue, Jr. ( ex-officio ) (President), Harvard University
Daniel W. Hamilton (2005), IIT-Chicago-Kent
William P. LaPiana ( ex-officio ) (Secretary-Treasurer), New York Law School
John Witt ( ex officio ) (co-chair, 2006 Program Committee), Columbia University
Constance Backhouse, U Ottawa
T. J. Davis, Arizona State U
Mary Dudziak, U Southern California
Dan Hamilton, Chicago-Kent
Williamjames Hoffer, Seton Hall
Stephen Jacobson, King’s College, UCL
Alison LaCroix, UChicago
Carl Landauer, Schwab
Gregory Mark, Rutgers
Polly Price, Emory U
Alan Rogers, Boston College
Lucy Salyer, U New Hampshire
Laura Stern, U North Texas
Mike Widener, Yale

Local Arrangements Committee (Baltimore 2006)
Mortimer Sellers, Chair, University of Baltimore
David Bogen, University of Maryland
Jane Dailey, Johns Hopkins University

(This Committee rotates every year.)

Paul L. Murphy Grant Committee
John Johnson (2004), Chair, University of Northern Iowa
Michal Belknap (2004), California Western School of Law, and University of California, San Diego, Department of History
Sandra Van Burkleo (2006), Wayne State University

Nominating Committee
Adam Kosto (2006), Columbia University, Chair
Tahirih Lee (2006), Florida State University
Kenneth Mack (2007), Harvard University
Wesley Pue (2007), University of British Columbia
Chris Tomlins (2008), American Bar Foundation

Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
Laura Kalman (2005), Chair, University of California, Santa Barbara
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2005), University of Pennsylvania
Christine Desan (2006), Harvard University
Maeva Marcus ( ex-officio ) (President-elect), George Washington University
Lyndsay Campbell (2006), University of California, Berkeley

Program Committee for 2006 Annual Meeting (Baltimore)
Dan Klerman, Co-Chair, University of Southern California
John Witt, Co-Chair, Columbia University
Stuart Banner, University of California at Los Angeles
Chris Capozzola, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cornelia Dayton, University of Connecticut
Bruce Frier, University of Michigan
Risa Goluboff, University of Virginia
Daniel W. Hamilton, IIT-Chicago-Kent
Amalia Kessler, Stanford University
Michael Willrich, Brandeis University

(This Committee rotates every year.)

Publications Committee
Bruce H. Mann (2005), University of Pennsylvania, Chair
Adrienne Davis (2005), University of North Carolina
Cynthia Herrup (2006), University of Southern California
David Lieberman (2005), University of California, Berkeley
Linda Przybyszewski (2006), University of Notre Dame
David S. Tanenhaus ( ex officio ) (Editor, Law & History Review ), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Christopher Waldrep ( ex officio ) (Moderator, H-Law), California State University, San Francisco
Daniel Ernst, ( ex officio ) (Editor, Studies in Legal History ) Georgetown University
William P. LaPiana ( ex officio ), New York Law School

John Philip Reid Prize Committee
William Nelson (2006), Chair, New York University
Christian G. Fritz (2006), University of New Mexico
Annette Gordon-Reed (2005), New York Law School
James Oldham (2004), Georgetown University

Editors, Studies in Legal History
Daniel Ernst, Georgetown University
Hendrik Hartog, Princeton University
Thomas A. Green, University of Michigan

Surrency Prize Committee
Philip Girard (2005), Dalhousie University, Chair
Lauren Benton (2005), New York University
Dylan C. Penningroth , (2005), Northwestern University
Richard Ross (2006), University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Victoria Saker Woeste (2006), American Bar Foundation

Sutherland Prize Committee
Margot Finn (2004), University of Warwick, Chair
David Lemmings (2005), University of Newcastle, Australia
Joseph Biancalana (2006), University of Cincinnati

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.2005

President: Harry N. Scheiber, University of California, Berkeley

President-Elect: Charles Donahue, Jr., Harvard University

Secretary-Treasurer: Walter F. Pratt, Jr., Notre Dame Law School

Board of Directors
Stuart Banner (2006), University of California, Los Angeles
Thomas Garden Barnes (2005), University of California, Berkeley
R. B. Bernstein (2007), New York Law School
Lyndsay Campbell (graduate student representative) (2007), University of California, Berkeley
Barry Cushman (2005*), University of Virginia
Laura F. Edwards (2005), Duke University
Tom Gallanis (2007), Washington and Lee University
Robert W. Gordon (Immediate Past-President), Yale University
Philip Hamburger (2006), University of Chicago
William P. LaPiana (2005), New York Law School
Victoria D. List (2006*), Washington & Jefferson College
Jim Oldham (2007), Georgetown University
David Seipp (2006), Boston University
Reva Siegel (2007), Yale University
James Q. Whitman (2006), Yale University
Barbara Y. Welke (2005), University of Minnesota

* Executive Committee Member

ASLH Committees, 2005

2005 Program Committee
Thomas P. Gallanis, Washington & Lee University, Co-Chair
Michael Parrish (2004), University of California, San Diego, Co-Chair
Joe Biancalana, University of Cincinnati
Christine Desan, Harvard University
Lucy Salyer, University of New Hampshire
John Witt, Columbia University
Barbara Welke, University of Minnesota

Standing Committee on Conferences and the Annual Meeting
Craig Joyce (1998) University of Houston, Chair
Christine A. Desan (1998), Harvard University
Daniel Ernst (2000), Georgetown University
Charles Donahue, Jr., ( ex officio ) (President-elect), Harvard University
Jonathan Lurie (2004), Rutgers Newark
William E. Nelson (1998), New York University
David S. Tanenhaus (1998), University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Cromwell Fellowship Committee
David Konig (2004), Washington University in St. Louis, Chair
Barbara A. Black (2004), Columbia University
Charles McCurdy (2004), University of Virginia
Richard Ross (2004), University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Barbara Welke (2004), University of Minnesota

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (1982), University of Texas, Chair
Christian G. Fritz (1985), University of New Mexico
Michael Griffith (1990), Office of the Clerk, U. S. District Court, Northern District of California
DeLloyd J. Guth (1988), University of Manitoba
J. Gordon Hylton (1998), Marquette University
Harold M. Hyman (1998), Rice University
Maeva Marcus (1988), U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society
Gregory Mark (1998), Rutgers University, Newark
R. Michael McReynolds (1985), U. S. National Archives
Rayman L. Solomon (1982), Rutgers University, Camden
Marsha Trimble (1992), University of Virginia

Honors Committee
Gregory Alexander (2000), Cornell University, Chair
Lawrence Friedman (2003), Stanford Law School
Linda Kerber (1998), University of Iowa
James Q. Whitman (2003), Yale University

Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Rayman L. Solomon, Rutgers University
Aviam Soifer, University of Hawaii, Chair
Mary Sarah Bilder, Boston College
Lawrence Friedman, Stanford University
Robert W. Gordon, Yale University
Hendrik Hartog, Princeton University
Laura Kalman, University of California, Santa Barbara
Stanley Kutler, University of Wisconsin
Maeva  Marcus, U. S. Supreme Court Historical Society
Arthur J. McEvoy, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Bill Novak, University of Chicago
Kathryn Preyer, Wellesley College
Richard Ross, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Chris Tomlins, American Bar Foundation

Membership Committee
Tony Freyer (2003), University of Alabama, chair
Carol Chomsky (1998), University of Minnesota
Catherine Fisk (1998), Loyola University
Thomas Gallanis (1998), Washington & Lee Univ.
Robert Goldman (1998), Virginia Union University
Ron Harris, Tel Aviv University (1999)
Fred Konefsky (1998), SUNY-Buffalo
Kenneth Ledford (1998), Case Western Reserve University
Randall McGowen (1998), University of Oregon
Walter F. Pratt, Jr., ( ex officio ) (Secretary-Treasurer)
Vicky Saker Woeste, ( ex officio ) (Chair, 2004 Program Committee) American Bar Foundation
Harry N. Scheiber, ( ex officio ) (President), University of California, Berkeley

Paul L. Murphy Grant Committee
Sandra Van Burkleo (2001), Wayne State University, Chair
Michal Belknap (2004), California Western School of Law, and University of California, San Diego, Department of History
John Johnson (2001), University of Northern Iowa

Nominating Committee
Sally E. Hadden (2005), Florida State University, Chair
Adam Kosto (2006), Columbia University
Tahirih Lee (2006), Florida State University
Kenneth Mack (2007), Harvard University
Wesley Pue (2007), University of British Columbia

Committee on the Future of the Society
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2004), University of Pennsylvania, Chair
Charles Donahue, Jr. ( ex-officio ) (President-elect), Harvard University
Robert W. Gordon (2004), Yale University
Thomas A. Green (2004), University of Michigan
Richard Helmholz (2004), University of Chicago
Laura Kalman (2004), University of California, Santa Barbara
Stan Katz (2004), Princeton University
William Nelson (2004), New York University
John Philip Reid (2004), New York University
Harry N. Scheiber ( ex-officio ) (President), University of California, Berkeley
Ray Solomon (2004), Rutgers (Camden)
Barbara Aronstein Black (2005), Columbia
Harold Hyman (2005), Rice University, Emeritus
Russell Osgood (2005), Grinnell College
Morris Cohen (2005), Yale
Sandra VanBurkleo (2005), Wayne

Publications Committee
Bruce H. Mann (2004), University of Pennsylvania, Chair
Adrienne Davis (2004), University of North Carolina
Cynthia Herrup (2004), Duke University
David Lieberman (2004), University of California, Berkeley
Linda Przybyszewski (2004), University of Cincinnati
Christopher Tomlins, ( ex officio ) (Editor, Law & History Review ), American Bar Foundation
Christopher Waldrep, ( ex officio ) (Moderator, H-Law), San Francisco State University

Surrency Prize Committee
Robert W. Gordon (2004), Yale University, Chair
Bruce Frier (2004), University of Michigan
Carol Weisbrod (2003), University of Connecticut

Sutherland Prize Committee
Thomas Gallanis (2004), Washington & Lee, chair
Margot Finn (2004), University of Warwick
Rande Kostal (2002), University of Western Ontario
Norma Landau (2004), University of California, Davis
David Millon (2004), Washington & Lee

H-Law Moderators
Jerry Arkenberg, California State University, Fullerton
Christopher Waldrep, California State University, San Francisco
Cheri Wilson, Independent Scholar

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.2004

President: Harry N. Scheiber, UC Berkeley

President-elect: Charles Donahue, Jr., (2005-7), Harvard University

Secretary-Treasurer: Walter F. Pratt, Jr., Notre Dame Law School

Board of Directors: 
Thomas Garden Barnes (2005), University of California, Berkeley
Karen Bruner (2004) (Graduate Student Representative), Syracuse University
Barry Cushman (2005*), University of Virginia
Laura F. Edwards (2005), Duke University
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2004), University of Pennsylvania
Robert W. Gordon (Immediate Past-President), Yale University
Donald R. Kelley (2004), Rutgers University
William P. LaPiana (2005), New York Law School
Richard Ross (2004*), Univeristy of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Lucy E. Salyer (2004), University of New Hampshire
Stuart Banner (2006), University of California, Los Angeles
Philip Hamburger (2006), University of Chicago
Victoria D. List (2006*), Washington & Jefferson College
David Seipp (2006), Boston University
James Q. Whitman (2006), Yale University
Barbara Y. Welke (2005), University of Minnesota

* Executive Committee Member

Nominating Committee
Bob Cottrol (2004), George Washington University
Annette Gordon-Reed (2004), New York Law School
Sally E. Hadden (2005), Florida State University
Adam Kosto (2006), Columbia University
Tahirih Lee (2006), Florida State University

2004 Program Committee
Vicky Saker Woeste, American Bar Foundation, Chair
Barry Cushman, University of Virginia
Laura Edwards, Duke University
Norma Landau, University of California, Davis
Laurent Mayali, University of California, Berkeley
Martha Umphrey, Amherst College
James Q. Whitman, Yale University

2005 Program Committee
Thomas P. Gallanis (2004), Washington & Lee University, Co-Chair
Michael Parrish (2004), University of California, San Diego, Co-Chair

Standing Committee on Conferences and the Annual Meeting
Craig Joyce (1998) University of Houston, Chair
Christine A. Desan (1998), Harvard University
Daniel Ernst (2000), Georgetown University
Charles Donahue, Jr., (ex officio) (President-elect), Harvard University
Jonathan Lurie (2004), Rutgers Newark
William E. Nelson (1998), New York University
David S. Tanenhaus (1998), University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (1982), University of Texas, Chair
Christian G. Fritz (1985), University of New Mexico
Michael Griffith (1990), Office of the Clerk, U. S. District Court,  Northern District of California
DeLloyd J. Guth (1988), University of Manitoba
J. Gordon Hylton (1998), Marquette University
Harold M. Hyman (1998), Rice University
Maeva Marcus (1988), U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society
Gregory Mark (1998), Rutgers University, Newark
R. Michael McReynolds (1985), U. S. National Archives
Rayman L. Solomon (1982), Rutgers University, Camden
Marsha Trimble (1992), University of Virginia

Future Committee
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2004), University of Pennsylvania, Chair
Charles Donahue, Jr. (ex-officio) (President-elect), Harvard University
Robert W. Gordon (2004), Yale University
Thomas A. Green (2004), University of Michigan
Richard Helmholz (2004), University of Chicago
Laura Kalman (2004), University of California, Santa Barbara Stan Katz (2004), Princeton University
William Nelson (2004), New York University John Philip Reid (2004), New York University
Harry N. Scheber (ex-officio) (President), University of California, Berkeley
Ray Solomon (2004), Rutgers (Camden) () Indicates year appointed Honors Committee
Gregory Alexander (2000), Cornell University, Chair
Lawrence Friedman, Stanford Law School
Linda Kerber (1998), University of Iowa
James Q. Whitman (2003), Yale University

Membership Committee
Tony Freyer (2003), University of Alabama, Chair
Carol Chomsky (1998), University of Minnesota
Catherine Fisk (1998), Loyola University
Thomas Gallanis (1998), Ohio State University
Robert Goldman (1998), Virginia Union University
Ron Harris, Tel Aviv University (1999)
Fred Konefsky (1998), SUNY_Buffalo
Kenneth Ledford (1998), Case Western Reserve University
Randall McGowen (1998), University of Oregon
Walter F. Pratt, Jr., (ex officio) (Secretary_Treasurer)
Vicky Saker Woeste, American Bar Foundation
Harry Scheiber, (ex officio) (President) University of California,  Berkeley

Publications Committee
Bruce H. Mann (1998), University of Pennsylvania, Chair
Adrienne Davis (2004), University of North Carolina
Daniel Ernst (2004), Georgetown University
Cynthia Herrup (2000), Duke University
David Lieberman (2004), University of California, Berkeley
Walter F. Pratt (2004), Jr., Notre Dame Law School
Linda Przybyszewski (2000), University of Cincinnati
David S. Tanenhaus (2004), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Christopher Tomlins (1996), American Bar Foundation
Christopher Waldrep (1997), San Francisco State University
John Fabian Witt (2004), Columbia University

Editor of Law and History Review 
Christopher Tomlins, American Bar Foundation

H-Law Editors 
Jerry Arkenberg, California State University, Fullerton
Christopher Waldrep, California State University, San Francisco
Cheri Wilson, Independent Scholar

Co-Editors of Studies in Legal History
Thomas A. Green, University of Michigan
Daniel Ernst, Georgetown University Cromwell Fellowship Committee
David Konig (2004), Washington University in St. Louis, Chair
Barbara A. Black (2004), Columbia University
Charles McCurdy (2004), University of Virginia
Richard Ross, Univeristy of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Barbara Welke (2004), University of Minnesota

Paul L. Murphy Grant Committee
Michal Belknap, California Western School of Law, and University of California, San Diego, Department of History
John Johnson, University of Northern Iowa
Sandra Van Burkleo, Wayne State University

Surrency Prize Committee
Robert W. Gordon, Yale University, Chair
Bruce Frier, University of Michigan
Carol Weisbrod, University of Connecticut

Sutherland Prize Committee
Thomas Gallanis, Washington & Lee, chair
Margot Finn, University of Warwick
Rande Kostal, University of Western Ontario
Norma Landau, University of California, Davis
David Millon, Washington & Lee Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Mary Sarah Bilder, Boston College
Lawrence Friedman, Stanford University
Robert W. Gordon, Yale University
Hendrik Hartog, Princeton University
Laura Kalman, University of California, Santa Barbara
Stanley Kutler, University of Wisconsin
Maeva Marcus, U. S. Supreme Court Historical Society
Arthur J. McEvoy, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Bill Novak, University of Chicago
Kathryn Preyer, Wellesley College
Richard RossUniversity of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Aviam Soifer, Boston College, Chair
Rayman L. Solomon, Rutgers University
Chris Tomlins, American Bar Foundation

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