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. Papers will be pre-circulated.
Legal History Forum
Yale Legal History Forum 2025–2026
Fall 2025
Brittany Farr | NYU School of Law
Warranting Violence
Tuesday, September 9 (Co-sponsored by the Public Law Workshop)
Location: Baker 116
Time: 12:10-1:30pm
Leah Boustan | Yale Department of Economics
Where are the Streets of Gold? Immigrant assimilation in the U.S. and Europe
Tuesday, September 30
Location: Baker 116
Time: 12:10-1:30pm
Amy Dru Stanley | University of Chicago (History and Law)
Depending on Property: Rights of the Dispossessed
Tuesday, October 21 (Co-sponsored by the Public Law Workshop)
Location: Baker 116
Time: 12:10-1:30pm
Hannah Farber | Columbia University Department of History
Tuesday, November 18
Mrs. Cochran Keeps her Money: The Delaware High Court of Chancery, 1801–1830
Location: Baker 116
Time: 12:10-1:30pm
Spring 2026
Kevin Arlyck | Georgetown University Law Center
Protecting Federal Officers in the Nineteenth Century
Tuesday, Jan. 20
Location: Baker 116
Time: 12:10-1:30pm
Logan E. Sawyer III | University of Georgia School of Law
Conservatism’s “Last Gasp”: Originalism and Liberalism in the Reagan Administration
Tuesday, Feb. 10
Location: Baker 116
Time: 12:10-1:30pm
Marco Basile | Boston College School of Law
The Misunderstood History of the International Limits of Congressional Power
Tuesday, March 31
Location: Baker 116
Time: 12:10-1:30pm
Contact
For questions, please contact this year’s Legal History Fellows: