2021 ASLH Prize Winners and Honorees
We are absolutely delighted to announce the Society's 2021 prize winners and honorees.
Learn More2021 ASLH Election Results
The ASLH has recently elected a new president-elect, new board members, and new nominating committee members.
Learn MoreNew ASLH Fellowships
The ASLH has created new fellowships honoring distinguished scholars who have made extraordinary contributions to the field of legal history.
Learn MoreUpcoming Conference — New Orleans, November 4-6, 2021
Please join us at the InterContinental Hotel, steps away from the historic French Quarter and the riverfront. The complete program and information on vaccination and social distancing measures are now available.
Learn MoreWallace Johnson First Book Program
The Wallace Johnson First Book Program brings together 6 first book authors in even-numbered years. The program meets throughout the year, first at the ASLH Annual Meeting, and then both virtually and in person over the next 12 months, culminating in a lightning round session at the following annual meeting. The next Johnson Program will be held in 2022.
Learn MoreHurst Summer Institute
The Hurst Summer Institute is a two-week gathering of 12 early career scholars held biennially in June of odd-numbered years. The Hurst is convened by a well-known senior legal historian and is designed to provide a supportive and substantive environment for those at the outset of their careers as legal historians. The next Hurst will be held in Madison, Wisconsin in June 2021.
Learn MoreAwards
ASLH supports members and the broader field of legal history in many ways. The Society offers a number of dissertation, book, and article prizes, as well as research grants for early career scholars. Many of these awards are made through the generosity of the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation; others are funded by members’ donations and dedicated funds. ASLH also provides limited start-up funding for new or early stage ventures in legal history for up to three years.
Learn MorePublications
ASLH sponsors the Law and History Review (LHR), a quarterly peer-reviewed journal and accompanying online venue, The Docket. The editor-in-chief of LHR is Gautham Rao. The official book series of the Society, Studies in Legal History (SLH), publishes monographs in collaboration with Cambridge University Press. Editors of SLH are Holly Brewer, Sarah Barringer Gordon, Michael Lobban, and Reuel Schiller.
Learn MoreOur Upcoming Conference —
Chicago, Illinois
November 10–12, 2022
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Call for Applications: ASLH STUDENT RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM 2022
The American Society for Legal History will host the ninth annual Student Research Colloquium (SRC) on Wednesday, November 9, and Thursday, November 10, 2022, in Chicago, Illinois. The SRC annually brings eight graduate students to the site of the ASLH annual meeting to discuss their in-progress dissertations or other research… Keep ReadingJanuary 4, 2022
Call for Papers: 2022 ASLH Annual Meeting
The Program Committee of the ASLH invites proposals for complete panels and individual papers for the 2022 meeting to be held November 10-12 in Chicago. Panels and papers on any facet or period of legal history from anywhere in the world are welcome. We encourage thematic proposals that transcend… Keep ReadingNovember 17, 2021
2021 Plenary Address
The plenary address at the Society’s 2021 annual meeting in New Orleans was given by John Fabian Witt, Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law at Yale Law School, and entitled “Garland’s Million: The Tragedy and Triumph of Legal History.” The plenary was presented at Tulane University, and… Keep ReadingNovember 10, 2021
2021 Annual Meeting Prize, Honors, and Fellowship Winners
The ASLH is delighted to announce our 2021 prize, honors, and fellowship winners! Mary L. Dudziak Digital Legal History Prize Land-Grab Universities (https://www.landgrabu.org/) a remarkable project led by Dr. Robert Lee, Lecturer in American History and Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge University who put together an interdisciplinary team that… Keep Reading
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