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 that accompany the names of officers, directors, and committee members reflect the calendar year of the previous annual meeting, when elections take effect, even if an appointment 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, Western Michigan University <email>
Treasurer: Craig Evan Klafter <email>


Board of Directors
Gregory Ablavsky (graduate student representative) (2010), University of Pennsylvania <email>
Mary Sarah Bilder (2009), Boston College <email>
Tomiko Brown-Nagin (2010), University of Virginia <email>
Holly Brewer (2009), University of Maryland <email>
Lyndsay Campbell (2010*), University of Calgary (Canada) <email>
Risa L. Goluboff (2009*), University of Virginia <email>
Martha S. Jones (2008), University of Michigan <email>
David Lieberman (2010), University of California, Berkeley <email>
Michael Lobban (2008) Queen Mary College, University of London (UK) <email>
Maeva Marcus (Immediate Past President), George Washington University <email>
Matthew C. Mirow (2008) Florida International University (Miami) <email>
Dylan C. Penningroth (2009), Northwestern University <email>
Rebecca J. Scott (2008) University of Michigan <email>
John Wertheimer (2008*) Davidson College <email>
Victoria Saker Woeste (2009), American Bar Foundation <email>
Charles Zelden (2010), Nova Southeastern University <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

This list is complete for 2011, barring the possibility of additional or substituted appointments.

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>
R. B. Bernstein (2010), New York Law School <email>
Josiah Daniel III (2010), Vinson & Elkins LLP <email>
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer) <email>
Bruce Mann (ex officio) (President-elect), Harvard University <email>
William Suarez-Potts (2010), Kenyon College <email>
Joshua Tate (2009), Southern Methodist University <email>

() Indicates year appointed

Advisory Committee on the Cromwell Prizes
John D. Gordan (2010), Chair, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP <email>
Mary Sarah Bilder (2010), Boston College <email>
Daniel Ernst (2010), Georgetown University <email>
Tony Freyer (2008), University of Alabama <email>
Risa L. Goluboff (2007), University of Virginia <email>
Robert W. Gordon (2009), Yale University <email>
Laura Kalman (2010), University of California, Santa Barbara <email>
Renee Lettow Lerner (2009), George Washington University <email>
Maeva Marcus (2009), George Washington University <email>
Carlton Larson (2009), University of California, Davis <email>
Christian McMillen (2008), University of Virginia <email>
Claire Preist (2009), Yale University <email>
Michael Ross (2010), University of Maryland <email>

() Indicates year appointed

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (2008), Chair, University of Texas <email>
Christian G. Fritz (2008), University of New Mexico <email>
Donald Fyson (2010), Laval University <email>
Michael Griffith (2010), Santa Clara County Archivist, retired <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
Thomas P. Gallanis (2010), Chair, University of Iowa <email>
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President), University of Ottawa <email>
Barbara Aronstein Black (2010), Columbia University <email>
Charles Donahue, Jr. (2010), Harvard University <email>
Thomas A. Green (2009), University of Michigan <email>
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer) <email>
Carl Landauer (2010), General Counsel, LOYAL3 <email>
James C. Oldham (2007), Georgetown University <email>
Aviam Soifer (2007), University of Hawaii <email>
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio) (Chair, Projects and Proposals Committee), Rutgers University, Camden <email>

() Indicates year appointed


Committee on the Future of the Society
William Nelson (2008), Chair, New York University <email>
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President), University of Ottawa <email>
Robert W. Gordon (2008), Yale University <email>
Harold Hyman (2008), Rice University, Emeritus <email>
Laura Kalman (2008), University of California, Santa Barbara <email>
Bruce H. Mann (ex officio) (President-elect), Harvard University <email>
John Phillip Reid (2008), New York University <email>
Harry N. Scheiber (2009), University of California, Berkeley <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
Christopher L. Tomlins (2010), Chair, University of California, Irvine <email>
Gregory Alexander (2009), Chair, Cornell University <email>
Barbara A. Black (2008), Columbia University <email>
Jim Phillips (2010), University of Toronto <email>
Harry N. Scheiber (2008), University of California, Berkeley <email>

() Indicates year appointed


Willard Hurst Memorial Fund Committee
Elizabeth Hillman (2008), Chair, University of California, Hastings <email>
Lawrence Friedman (2009), Stanford University <email>
Jonathan Lurie (2008), Rutgers University, 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>
Daniel W. Hamilton, (Associate Editor [Book Reviews Americas]), University of Illinois <email>
Amalia D. Kessler (Associate Editor [Book Reviews non-Americas]), Stanford University <email>

Local Arrangements Committee (Atlanta 2011)
Polly Price, Co-Chair, Emory University <email>
Lynn Hogue, Co-Chair, Georgia State University <email>
Anthony Baker, John Marshall Law School <email>
H. Robert Baker, Georgia State University <email>
Kathleen Burch, John Marshall Law School <email>
James Hunt, Mercer University <email>
Logan E. Sawyer, University of Georgia <email>

(This Committee rotates every year.)


Membership Committee
Patricia Minter (2010), Chair, Western Kentucky University <email>
Lyndsay Campbell (2009), University of Calgary <email>
T. J. Davis (2008), Arizona State University <email>
Daniel W. Hamilton (2008), University of Illinois <email>
Williamjames Hoffer (2008), Seton Hall University <email>
Tim Huebner (2010), Rhodes College <email>
Stephen Jacobson (2008), King's College London (UK) <email>
Kelly Kennington (2010), Auburn University <email>
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer) <email>
Adam Kosto (2010), Columbia University <email>
Tahirih Lee (2010), Florida State University <email>
Polly Price (2009), Emory University <email>
Lucy Salyer (2008), University of New Hampshire <email>
Reuel Schiller (2010), University of California, Hastings <email>

() Indicates year appointed


Nominating Committee
David Konig (2009), Chair, Washington University in St. Louis <email>
Christina Duffy Burnett (2008), Columbia University <email>
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2009), University of Pennsylvania <email>
James C. Oldham (2010), Georgetown University <email>
Richard Ross (2010), University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) <email>

() Indicates year elected. Terms on the Nominating Committee are for three years.


Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial Committee
Christine Desan (2008), Chair, Harvard University <email>
Lyndsay Campbell (2008), University of Calgary <email>
Sally Hadden (2010), Western Michigan University <email>
Christopher W. Schmidt (2010), Chicago-Kent College of Law <email>
Gautham Rao (2008), Rutgers University, Newark, and New Jersey Institute of Technology <email>

() Indicates year appointed


Program Committee for the Annual Meeting (Atlanta, 2011)
Alfred L. Brophy, Co-Chair, University of North Carolina <email>
Amalia D. Kessler, Co-Chair, Stanford University <email>
Mary Sarah Bilder, Boston College <email>
Susanna Blumenthal, University of Minnesota <email>
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, University of Virginia <email>
Ariela J. Gross, University of Southen California <email>
Assaf Likhovski, Tel Aviv University (Israel)<email>
Jim Phillips, University of Toronto <email>
Donald F. Tibbs, Drexel University <email>
Joshua Tate, Southern Methodist University <email>

(This Committee rotates every year.)


Projects and Proposals Committee
Ray Solomon (2010), Chair, Rutgers University, Camden <email>
Alfred L. Brophy (2010), University of North Carolina <email>
Constance Backhouse (ex officio) (President), University of Ottawa <email>
Thomas P. Gallanis (ex officio) (Chair, Finance Committee), University of Iowa < email>
Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University <email>
Elizabeth Hillman (ex officio) (Chair, Hurst Committee), University of California, Hastings <email>
Craig Joyce (2008), University of Houston <email>
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer) <email>
Maeva Marcus (2009), George Washington University <email>
William Nelson (2008), New York University <email>
W. Wesley Pue (2009), University of British Columbia <email>
Rebecca J. Scott (2008) University of Michigan <email>
David Sugarman (2009), Lancaster University (UK) <email>
Christopher L. Tomlins (2009), University of California, Irvine <email>
John Wertheimer (2008), Davidson College <email>

() Indicates year appointed. Although this is a new committee, the appointments were staggered so that the terms do not all come to an end in the same year.


Publications Committee
Bruce H. Mann (2007), Chair, Harvard University <email>
Holly Brewer (ex officio) (Editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Maryland <email>
Philip Girard (2010), Dalhousie University <email>
Sarah Barringer Gordon (ex officio) (Editor, Studies in Legal History), University of Pennsylvania <email>
Cynthia Herrup (2008), University of Southern California <email>
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer) <email>
Kenneth F. Ledford, (2010) Case Western Reserve University <email>
David Lieberman (2010), University of California, Berkeley <email>
Michael Lobban (ex officio) (Editor, Studies in Legal History), Queen Mary College, University of London (UK) <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>
Catharine MacMillan (2010), Queen Mary College, University of London (UK) <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>
Cornelia Dayton (2010), University of Connecticut <email>
Linda Kerber (2009), University of Iowa <email>
William E. Nelson (2010), New York University <email>
Christopher L. Tomlins (2009), University of California, Irvine <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
Holly Brewer, University of Maryland <email>
Daniel Ernst, Georgetown University <email>
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania <email>
Thomas A. Green, University of Michigan <email>
Michael Lobban, Queen Mary College, University of London <email>

Surrency Prize Committee
Stephen Siegel (2008), Chair, DePaul University <email>
Annette Gordon-Reed (2008), Harvard University <email>
Lewis Grossman (2008), American University <email>
Kenneth F. Ledford (2010), Case Western Reserve University <email>
Jed Shugerman (2008), Harvard University <email>

() Indicates year appointed


Sutherland Prize Committee
Richard Helmholz (2010), Chair, University of Chicago <email>
John Beattie (2009), University of Toronto <email>
Jonathan Rose (2008), Arizona State University <email>

() Indicates year appointed