Past Conferences

ASLH Annual Meetings

Since 1971, ASLH has held an Annual Meeting to bring members together for talks, dialogue, and presentation of awards. As an international society, ASLH likes to rotate the location of Annual Meeting sites around North America, and has held these conferences in cities all over the United States as well as Canada. Meetings typically are scheduled between the middle of October and the middle of November, when hotel availability and rates tend to be optimal for the Society.

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2026 Annual Meeting: Banff, Alberta, CA

Banff, Alberta, CA

November 12–14, 2026

The Program Committee of the American Society for Legal History invites proposals for the 2026 meeting to be held November 12-14 in Banff, Canada. Panels on any facet or period of legal history from anywhere in the world are welcome. We encourage thematic proposals that transcend traditional periodization and geography.

Previous years' meetings

1997 Minneapolis

1996 Richmond

1995 Houston

1994 Washington

1993 Memphis

1992 New Haven

1991 San Francisco

1990 Chicago

1989 Atlanta

1988 Charleston

1987 Philadelphia

1986 Toronto

1985 New Orleans

1984 Newark, New Jersey

1983 Baltimore

1982 St. Louis

1981 Washington

1980 Philadelphia

1979 Williamsburg, Virginia

1978 Chicago

1977 Boston

1976 Philadelphia

1975 Atlanta

1974 Washington, D.C.

1973 Chicago

1972 Williamsburg, Virginia

1971 Boston

Host an ASLH Conference

The American Society for Legal History’s Standing Committee on Annual Meetings invites proposals to host or sponsor (in full or in part) a future Annual Meeting. Interesting venues, affordable hotel rates, tax exemption for out-of-state non-profits and reasonable funding support for meeting events are highly favored in site selection.

Get Involved

The American Society for Legal History’s Committee on the Annual Meeting solicits volunteers from the Society’s friends to serve as Local Arrangements Chairs for the Society’s future Annual Meetings. If you accept the challenge, you will work with the larger committee — you will not be alone! If interested, click “Learn More” below to contact the committee’s chair via email.

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