For the first time in its history, the Society convened in Cincinnati. The 2005 meeting was held from November 10, 2005 to November 12, 2005 at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza.

The meeting was sponsored by the University of Cincinnati College of Law.

The Plenary Session included Maeva Marcus of the Documentary History of the Supreme Court, Jane L. Scheiber and Harry N. Scheiber of the University of California, Berkeley, Eric Muller of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Law School, and Elizabeth Hillman of the Rutgers University, Camden School of Law.