The Society annually awards prizes for outstanding research that helps to enrich the field of legal history though the scholarly study of the role of law across time, around the world, and with a wide variety of methods.

  • Anne Fleming Article Prize

    Criteria

    Best article on the relation of law and business/economy published in the previous two years.

    Amount

    $250

    Deadline

    N/A

    The Anne Fleming Article Prize is a joint prize of the ASLH and the Business History Conference (BHC). It is awarded every other year to the author or authors of the best article published in the previous two years in either Law and History Review or Enterprise and Society on the relation of law and business/economy in any region or historical period. Learn More

  • Jane Burbank Global Legal History Article Prize

    Criteria

    Best article in global legal history published in the previous year.

    Amount

    $250

    Deadline

    June 1, 2026

    The Jane Burbank Article Prize in global legal history will be awarded annually to the best article in regional, global, imperial, comparative, or transnational legal history published in the previous calendar year. Submissions may address any topic or period, and may focus on case studies in which the analysis relates to broader processes or comparisons. Learn More

  • Mary L. Dudziak Digital Legal History Prize

    Criteria

    Excellence in digital legal history.

    Amount

    $250

    Deadline

    June 1, 2026

    The Dudziak Prize, named in honor of Mary L. Dudziak, a leading scholar of twentieth century U.S. legal history and international relations as well as a digital history pioneer, is awarded annually to an outstanding digital legal history project. These projects may take the form of either traditionally published peer reviewed scholarship or born-digital projects of equivalent depth and scope. Learn More

  • Sutherland Prize

    Criteria

    Best article on British legal history published in the previous year.

    Amount

    $500

    Deadline

    June 1, 2026

    The Sutherland Prize, named in honor of the late Donald W. Sutherland, a distinguished historian of the law of medieval England and a mentor of many students, is awarded annually, on the recommendation of the Sutherland Prize Committee, to the person or persons who wrote the best article on the legal history of Britain and/or the British Empire published in the previous year. Learn More

  • Surrency Prize

    Criteria

    Best article published in the Society’s journal, the Law and History Review, in the previous year.

    Amount

    $500

    Deadline

    N/A

    The Surrency Prize is awarded annually for the best article published in the Society’s journal, the Law and History Review, in the previous year. The prize is named in honor of Erwin C. Surrency, a founding member and first president of the Society and for many years the editor of its former publication, the American Journal of Legal History. Learn More

  • Cromwell Article Prize

    Criteria

    Best article in American legal history published by an early career scholar.

    Amount

    $5,000

    Deadline

    June 1, 2026

    The William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Article Prize is awarded annually to the best article in American legal history published in the preceding calendar year by an early career scholar. Articles published in the field of American legal history, broadly conceived, will be considered. Learn More
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