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The ASLH is dedicated to enriching and expanding the field of legal history across time, around the world, and with a variety of methods. We accomplish this critical task in many different ways. The most important is our Annual Meeting, where scholars from around the world meet to exchange ideas and socialize. To insure diversity, the Society offers financial support to travel to the meeting to graduate students and foreign scholars who otherwise would be unable to attend.

The Society also supports a variety of innovative programs designed to assist early career scholars. The biennial J. Willard Hurst Institute welcomes advanced graduate students for a two-week seminar led by senior scholars. At the Hurst Institute, students receive feedback on dissertations from peers, as well as getting advice from distinguished mentors in the field.

In 2018, with a generous gift and ongoing support from Wallace Johnson, the Society established the Wallace Johnson First Book Program.  The program supports a diverse group of legal historians as they work on their first book, a key step to tenure and eminence in the field.  The year-long program led by a senior scholar and supported by field-specific experts, combines in-person and video meetings, introducing Johnson Fellows to academic book publishing and working with them as they prepare proposals and chapters for submission to scholarly presses.

The ASLH is a volunteer organization. Our members give their time and support to continue our legacy of excellence and build for the future. We urge you to become part of this endeavor, and to consider contributing to our annual fund. With the help of donors, our Society brings great scholarship and good fellowship to legal history. Thank you!

To support these activities, the Society relies on the generosity of its members.  Contributions may also be made by sending a check made out to “American Society for Legal History” to the following address:

American Society for Legal History, Inc.
Professor Kyle G. Volk
University of Montana, Department of History
32 Campus Dr.  LA 252
Missoula, MT  59812

The Society is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Taxpayer ID: 23-7225358. Contributions are tax-deductible, and a tax receipt will be issued on receipt of funds.