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November 10, 2021

New ASLH Fellowships

On November 6, the American Society for Legal History (ASLH) announced at its 51st annual meeting the creation of new fellowships honoring distinguished scholars who have made extraordinary contributions to the field of legal history.

Two fellowships are named for Stanford University Law School faculty. The Robert Gordon/Stanford Law School Fellowship and the Lawrence Friedman/Stanford Law School Fellowship will be awarded every other year to early career scholars selected as fellows of the J. Willard Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History.

Two fellowships are named for University of Michigan Law School faculty. The Rebecca Scott/University of Michigan Law School Fellowship will be awarded every other year to an early career scholar accepted in the J. Willard Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History. The William Novak/University of Michigan Law School Fellowship will be awarded each year to a graduate student selected to present research at the ASLH Student Research Colloquium.

One new fellowship is named for a member of the Davidson College faculty. The John Wertheimer/Davidson College Fellowship will be awarded each year to a graduate student selected to present research at the ASLH Student Research Colloquium.

And one new fellowship is named for a member of the Yale Law School faculty.  The James Whitman/Yale Law School Fellowship will be awarded each year to a graduate student selected to present research at the ASLH Student Research Colloquium.

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