Legal History Forum
The Legal History Forum brings legal history scholars to the Law School from around the University, from around the United States, and from around the world, to present works-in-progress for discussion and debate. Organized by rotating student Legal History Fellows, the Forum aims to host cutting-edge work in the field of legal history in a collegial setting suited to searching dialogue and debate.
For more information, please contact
Will Sullivan ([email protected]) and Idriss Fofana ([email protected]).
The 2016-2017 Legal History Fellows are Idriss Fofana and William Sullivan. Download the 2016-2017 academic schedule
Yale Legal History Forum
2016–2017
4:15-5:45 p.m. (Reception at 4:00 p.m.)
Yale Law School Faculty Lounge
(unless otherwise specified)
Fall
Noel Lenski | Yale University (Classics & History)
Thursday, September 22
The Significance of the Edict of Milan
Gregory Ablavsky | Stanford Law School
Thursday, October 20
The Expenses of Sovereignty: Dependence, Allegiance, and Federal Finance in the Early U.S. Territories
Sam Erman | University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Thursday, November 17
The Constitution and the New Expansion: Debating the Status of the Islands
Spring
Sara McDougall | John Jay College & CUNY Graduate Center (History)
Thursday, February 2
Like Father like Son? Clerical Celibacy and the Inheritance of Priestly Office in Medieval Europe
Risa Goluboff (Dean’s Lecture) | University of Virginia School of Law
Tuesday, February 21 (4:30 p.m., location TBA)
Title TBA
Isabel Hull | Cornell University (History)
Thursday, March 30 (SLB 129)
Carl Schmitt, International Law, and Imperialism
Dylan Penningroth | University of California, Berkeley (History & Law)
Thursday, April 20
Title TBA