Legal History Forum

2012-2013 LEGAL HISTORY FORUM SCHEDULE 

ALL SESSIONS RUN FROM 4:30 TO 6:00 PM 
IN THE YALE LAW SCHOOL FACULTY LOUNGE 

REFRESHMENTS SERVED AT 4:15

The Forum provides an opportunity for both junior and senior scholars to present works-in-progress, as well as for faculty and students to engage in informal discussion of their papers. 
For more information, contact Jed Gross (jed.gross@yale.edu) or Jeremy Kessler (jeremy.kessler@yale.edu).

Fall 2012

Monday, Sept. 24, 2012

Steven Pincus, Yale University, Dept. of History, "The Interventionist State in 17th and 18th Century Britain"

Thursday, November 1, 2012

William Forbath, University of Texas School of Law, "Jews, Law, and Identity Politics"
(joint session with Legal Theory Workshop)

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Jed Shugerman, Harvard Law School, "The Creation of the Department of Justice: Professionalization without Civil Rights or Civil Service"

 
Spring 2013

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania, “State v. Church: Limits on Church Power and Property from Disestablishment to the Civil War”

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Laura Weinrib, University of Chicago Law School, "From Left to Rights: Civil Liberties, Labor, and the Early ACLU"

Tuesday, April 23, 2013