Announcing the 2024 Book Prize Winners
Please join us in celebrating a rich year of scholarship
Learn MoreAnnouncing the 2023 Book and Article Prize Winners
Please join us in celebrating an amazing year of scholarship!
Learn MoreAnnouncing the 2023 Hurst Fellows
Read more about this year's fellows and the Hurst institute
Learn More2021 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 —
Detroit, MI
November 13–15, 2025
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New Fellowship: ASLH Early Career Global Legal History Research Fellowships
NEW! ASLH Early Career Global Legal History Research Fellowships This new initiative is intended to provide funding for early career scholars, publishing in English, who are working on projects in legal history relating to non-U. S. history topics. Non-U.S. history topics refers to research that does not qualify for the… Keep ReadingMay 6, 2025
Making Connections: New Works in Legal History Series 2025
Making Connections: New Works in Legal History Series Sponsored by the American Society for Legal History Deadline for Applications: June 30, 2025 The ASLH “Making Connections: New Works in Legal History Series” is intended to foster conversation and connection beyond the Annual Meeting about exciting new work in the field… Keep ReadingApril 28, 2025
Early Career (Virtual) Legal History Workshop
ASLH Early Career (Virtual) Legal History Workshop Deadline for Applications: June 30, 2025 The American Society for Legal History (ASLH) Early Career (Virtual) Legal History Workshop is designed to provide support and intellectual community to early career scholars working in legal history, broadly defined. Applications are invited from early career… Keep ReadingFebruary 28, 2025
ASLH Letter regarding destruction of personnel records at Travis Air Force Base
February 28, 2025 Laurence Brewer Chief Records Office National Archives and Records Administration cc: Hannah Bergman, Acting General Counsel, NARA Dear Mr. Brewer: On behalf of the American Society for Legal History (ASLH), the Society’s Committee on Documentary Preservation objects strenuously to the destruction of veterans’ Vietnam-era flight records at… Keep Reading
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