Lists of officers and committee members for the past few years may be found here. A more comprehensive list of past presidents and other historical information about the Society may be found on the page that lists past presidents
and awards recipients.
The dates in this year's list of officers, directors, and committee members have been revised to put them on a uniform system. Appointment dates therefore reflect the calendar year of the previous annual meeting, even if they took place after the first of January.
Officers
President: Constance Backhouse, University of Ottawa <email>
President-Elect: Bruce H. Mann, Harvard University <email>
Secretary: Sally Hadden, Florida State University <email>
Treasurer: Craig Evan Klafter <email>
Board of Directors
Mary Sarah Bilder (2009), Boston College <email>
Holly Brewer (2009), North Carolina State University <email>
Alfred L. Brophy (2007*), University of North Carolina <email>
Mary Dudziak (2007), University of Southern California < email>
Risa L. Goluboff (2009*), University of Virginia <email>
Annette Gordon-Reed (2007), New York Law School <email>
Martha S. Jones (2008), University of Michigan <email>
Adam Kosto (2007), Columbia University <email>
Michael Lobban (2008) Queen Mary College, University of London <email>
Maeva Marcus (Immediate Past President), George Washington University <email>
Matthew C. Mirow (2008) Florida International University (Miami) <email>
DylanC. Penningroth (2009), Northwestern University <email>
Rebecca J. Scott (2008) University of Michigan <email>
Karen M. Tani (graduate student representative) (2007), University of Pennsylvania <email>
John Wertheimer (2008*) Davidson College <email>
Victoria Saker Woeste (2009), American Bar Foundation <email>
* Executive Committee Member
() Indicates year elected. Terms of elected members of the Board are for three years. The terms expire at the end of the annual meeting.
COMMITTEES AND POSITIONS, 2010
Additional appointments and changes in appointments may still be made to these committees, but what is listed here is largely complete for 2010.
ACLS Delegate
Maeva Marcus (2008), George Washington University <email>
() Indicates year appointed
Standing Committee on Conferences and the Annual Meeting
Craig Joyce (2008), Chair, University of Houston <email>
Kevin Arlyck (2009), New York University <email>
Josiah Daniel III (2007), Vinson & Elkins LLP <email>
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer) <email>
Bruce Mann (ex officio) (President-elect), Harvard University <email>
Jonathan Rose (2007), Arizona State University <email>
Joshua Tate (2009), Southern Methodist University <email>
Charles Zelden (2007), Nova Southeastern University <email>
() Indicates year appointed
Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
Gerard Magliocca (2007), Chair, Indiana University, Indianapolis <email
Tony Freyer (2008), University of Alabama <email>
Risa Goluboff (2007), University of Virginia <email>
Robert W. Gordon (2009), Yale University <email>
Renee Lettow Lerner (2009), George Washington University <email>
Carlton Larson (2009), University of California, Davis <email>
Maeva Marcus (2009), George Washington University <email>
Christian McMillen (2008), University of Virginia <email>
Claire Preist (2009), Yale University <email>
Victoria Saker Woeste (2009), American Bar Foundation <email>
() Indicates year appointed
Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (2008), Chair, University of Texas <email>
Bernard Freamon (2007), Seton Hall University <email>
Christian G. Fritz (2008), University of New Mexico <email>
Michael Griffith (2007), Office of the Clerk, U. S. District Court, Northern District of California <email>
DeLloyd J. Guth (2007), University of Manitoba <email>
Elizabeth Brand Monroe (2009), Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis <email>
Keith Ann Stiverson (2008), ITT-Chicago Kent <email>
Michael Widener (2009), Yale University <email>
() Indicates year appointed
Finance Committee
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2007), Chair, University of Pennsylvania <email>
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President), University of Ottawa <email>
Charles Donahue, Jr. (2007), Harvard University <email>
Thomas A. Green (2009), University of Michigan <email>
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer) <email>
James C. Oldham (2007), Georgetown University <email>
Aviam Soifer (2007), University of Hawaii <email>
Rayman L. Solomon (2007), Rutgers University, Camden <email>
() Indicates year appointed
Committee on the Future of the Society
Ray Solomon (2007), Chair, Rutgers (Camden) <email>
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President), University of Ottawa <email>
Mary Sarah Bilder (2007), Boston College <email>
Barbara Aronstein Black (2007), Columbia University <email>
Charles Donahue, Jr. (2007), Harvard University <email>
Thomas P. Gallanis (2009), University of Minnesota < email>
Robert W. Gordon (2008), Yale University <email>
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2007), University of Pennsylvania <email>
Thomas A. Green (2007), University of Michigan <email>
Daniel W. Hamilton (2007), University of Illinois <email>
Richard Helmholz (2007), University of Chicago <email>
Harold Hyman (2008), Rice University, Emeritus <email>
Laura Kalman (2008), University of California, Santa Barbara <email>
Stan Katz (2007), Princeton University <email>
Craig Evan Klafter (2009) <email>
Bruce H. Mann (ex officio) (President-elect), Harvard University <email>
Maeva Marcus (2009), George Washington University <email>
William Nelson (2008), New York University <email>
W. Wesley Pue (2009), University of British Columbia <email>
John Phillip Reid (2008), New York University <email>
Harry N. Scheiber (2009), University of California, Berkeley <email>
David Sugarman (2009), Lancaster University (UK) <email>
Christopher L. Tomlins (2009), American Bar Foundation <email>
Sandra VanBurkleo (2007), Wayne State University <email>
Barbara Welke (2007), University of Minnesota <email>
() Indicates year appointed
H-Law Moderators
Christopher Waldrep, Lead Editor, California State University, San Francisco <email> or
<email>
Kenneth E. Aldous, Assistant Editor, Independent Scholar <email>
Jerry Arkenberg, Independent Scholar <email>
Williamjames Hoffer, Seton Hall University <email>
Michael Pfeifer, Book Review Editor, John Jay College of Criminal
Justice <email>
Carla Spivack, Oklahoma City University <email>
Charles Zelden, Nova Southeastern University <email>
Honors Committee
Gregory Alexander (2009), Chair, Cornell University <email>
Barbara A. Black (2008), Columbia University <email>
Lawrence Friedman (2007), Stanford University <email>
Harry N. Scheiber (2008), University of California, Berkeley <email>
James Q. Whitman (2007), Yale University <email>
() Indicates year appointed
Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Elizabeth Hillman (2008), Chair, Rutgers University <email>
Lawrence Friedman (2009), Stanford University <email>
Jonathan Lurie (2008), Rutgers Newark <email>
Reuel Schiller (2009), University of California, Hastings <email>
Mitra Sharafi (2008), University of Wisconsin <email>
Karl Shoemaker (2009), University of Wisconsin <email>
Barbara Welke (ex officio) (Hurst Institute Leader), University of Minnesota <email>
() Indicates year appointed
Editors, Law and History Review
David S. Tanenhaus (Editor), University of Nevada, Las Vegas <email>
Alfred L. Brophy (Associate Editor [Book Reviews Americas]), University of North Carolina <email>
Amalia D. Kessler (Associate Editor [Book Reviews non-Americas]), Stanford University <email>
Local Arrangements Committee (Philadelphia 2010)
Donald F. Tibbs, Chair, Drexel University <email>
Tabatha Abu El-Haj, Drexel University <email>
Rocquael Gaines, Drexel University <email>
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania <email>
Mary McGovern, Drexel University <email>
Tanesha Readom, Drexel University <email>
Rayman L. Solomon, Rutgers University, Camden <email>
Kara Swanson, Drexel University <email>
(This Committee rotates every year.)
Membership Committee
Patricia Minter (2007), Chair, Western Kentucky University <email>
Lyndsay Campbell (2009), University of Calgary <email>
T. J. Davis (2008), Arizona State University <email>
Daniel W. Hamilton (2008), IIT-Chicago-Kent <email>
Williamjames Hoffer (2008), Seton Hall University <email>
Stephen Jacobson (2008), King's College London (UK) <email>
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer) <email>
Polly Price (2009), Emory University <email>
Eric Rise (2007), University of Delaware <email>
Alan Rogers (2007), Boston College <email>
Lucy Salyer (2008), University of New Hampshire <email>
Miranda Spieler (2007), University of Arizona <email>
Carla Spivack (2007), Oklahoma City University <email>
Mike Widener (2009), Yale University <email>
() Indicates year appointed
Nominating Committee
David Konig (2009), Chair, Washington University in St. Louis <email>
Christina Duffy Burnett (2008), Columbia University <email>
Amalia Kessler (2007), Stanford University <email>
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2009), University of Pennsylvania <email>
Barbara Welke (2007), University of Minnesota <email>
() Indicates year elected. Terms on the Nominating Committee are for three years.
Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
Aviam Soifer (2009), Chair, University of Hawaii <email>
Lyndsay Campbell (2008), University of Calgary <email>
Christine Desan (2008), Harvard University <email>
Laura Kalman (2007), University of California, Santa Barbara <email>
Gautham Rao (2008), Rutgers University, Newark, and New Jersey Institute of Technology <email>
() Indicates year appointed
Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, 2010)
Barbara Welke, Co-Chair, University of Minnesota <email>
Kenneth F. Ledford, Co-Chair, Case Western Reserve University <email>
Holly Brewer, North Carolina State University <email>
Thomas P. Gallanis, University of Iowa <email>
Amalia D. Kessler, Stanford University <email>
Adriaan Lanni, Harvard University <email>
Assaf Likhovski, Tel Aviv University (Israel)<email>
Christian McMillen, University of Virginia <email>
Dylan C. Penningroth, Northwestern University <email>
Jim Phillips, University of Toronto <email>
Gautham Rao, Rutgers University, Newark, and New Jersey Institute of Technology <email>
Victor M. Uribe-Uran, Florida International University <email>
James Q. Whitman, Yale University <email>
(This Committee rotates every year.)
Publications Committee
Bruce H. Mann (2007), Chair, Harvard University <email>
Cornelia Dayton (2007), University of Connecticut <email>
Daniel Ernst (ex officio) (Editor, Studies in Legal History), Georgetown University <email>
Cynthia Herrup (2008), University of Southern California <email>
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer) <email>
Gerald Leonard (2007), Boston University <email>
David Lieberman (2007), University of California, Berkeley <email>
Linda Przybyszewski (2008), University of Notre Dame <email>
David S. Tanenhaus (ex officio) (Editor, Law & History Review), University of Nevada, Las Vegas <email>
Christopher Waldrep (ex officio) (Lead Editor, H-Law), California State University, San Francisco <email>
() Indicates year appointed
Committee on the John Phillip Reid Book Award
Gerald Leonard (2008), Chair, Boston University <email>
Michael Les Benedict (2007), Ohio State University <email>
Susanna Blumenthal (2008), University of Minnesota <email>
Philip Girard (2010), Dalhousie University <email>
Reva Siegel (2008), Yale University <email>
() Indicates year appointed
Committee on Research Fellowships and Awards
Michael Grossberg (2008), Chair, Indiana University <email>
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President), University of Ottawa <email>
Robert W. Gordon (2007), Yale University <email>
Linda Kerber (2009), University of Iowa <email>
Amy Dru Stanley (2007), University of Chicago <email>
Christopher L. Tomlins (2009), American Bar Foundation <email>
() Indicates year appointed. This committee was formerly known as the Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Fellowships
and the Committee on the Paul L. Murphy Award.
Editors, Studies in Legal History
Daniel Ernst, Georgetown University <email>
Hendrik Hartog, Princeton University <email>
Thomas A. Green, University of Michigan <email>
Surrency Prize Committee
Annette Gordon-Reed (2008), Chair, New York Law School and Rutgers University, Newark <email>
Lewis Grossman (2008), American University <email>
Edward A. Purcell, Jr. (2007), New York Law School <email>
Jed Shugerman (2008), Harvard University <email>
Stephen Siegel (2008), DePaul University <email>
() Indicates year appointed
Sutherland Prize Committee
James C. Oldham (2007), Chair, Georgetown University <email>
John Beattie (2009), University of Toronto <email>
Jonathan Rose (2008), Arizona State University <email>
() Indicates year appointed