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: Bruce H. Mann, Harvard University <email>
President-Elect: Michael Grossberg, University of Indiana <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>
Constance Backhouse (Immediate Past President), University of Ottawa (Canada) <email>
R. B. Bernstein (2011), New York Law School <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>
Christian G. Fritz (2011), University of New Mexico <email>
Risa L. Goluboff (2009*), University of Virginia <email>
Daniel W. Hamilton (2011), University of Illinois <email>
Linda K. Kerber (2011), University of Iowa <email>
Amalia Kessler (2011), Stanford University <email>
David Lieberman (2010), University of California, Berkeley <email>
Dylan C. Penningroth (2009), Northwestern University <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

Committee appointments for the calendar year 2012 are in the process of being made. A few are already listed below. Most of the appointments for 2012 are listed below; otherwise, the information is from 2011. This list will be updated as new appointments are made.

ACLS Delegate
Maeva Marcus (2008), George Washington University <email>

() Indicates year appointed

Standing Committee on Conferences and the Annual Meeting
Craig Joyce (2011), Chair, University of Houston <email>
Kevin Arlyck (2009), New York University <email>
R. B. Bernstein (2010), New York Law School <email>
Josiah Daniel III (2011), Vinson & Elkins LLP <email>
Craig Evan Klafter (ex officio) (Treasurer) <email>
Michael Grossberg (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 III (2010), Chair, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (retired) <email>
Mary Sarah Bilder (2010), Boston College <email>
Alfred L. Brophy (2011), University of North Carolina <email>
Laura Edwards (2011), Duke University <email>
Daniel R. Ernst (2010), Georgetown University <email>
Christian Fritz (2011), University of New Mexico <email>
Robert W. Gordon (2009), Stanford University <email>
Laura Kalman (2010), University of California, Santa Barbara <email>
Carlton Larson (2009), University of California, Davis <email>
Renée Lettow Lerner (2009), George Washington University <email>
Maeva Marcus (2010), George Washington University <email>
Claire Priest (2009), Yale University <email>
Michael Ross (2010), University of Maryland <email>

() Indicates year appointed

Committee on Documentary Preservation
Michael J. Churgin (2011), Chair, University of Texas <email>
Georgia Chadwick (2011), Law Library of Louisiana <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 (2011), ITT-Chicago Kent <email>
Michael Widener (2009), Yale University <email>

() Indicates year appointed


Committee on Finance
Thomas P. Gallanis (2010), Chair, University of Iowa <email>
Bruce H. Mann (ex officio) (President), Harvard University <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>
Bruce H. Mann (ex officio) (President), Harvard University <email>
James C. Oldham (2007), Georgetown University <email>
Aviam Soifer (2007), University of Hawaii <email>
Rayman L. Solomon (ex officio) (Chair, Committee on Projects and Proposals), Rutgers University, Camden <email>

() Indicates year appointed. Under the by-laws, the members of this committee serve for five-year terms.


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


Moderators of H-Law
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>


Committee on Honors
Christopher Tomlins (2010), Chair, University of California, Irvine <email>
Gregory Alexander (2009), Cornell University <email>
Constance Backhouse (2011), University of Ottawa <email>
Robert W. Gordon (2011), Stanford University <email>
Jim Phillips (2010), University of Toronto <email>

() Indicates year appointed


Committee on the Willard Hurst Memorial Fund
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>

Committee on Local Arrangements (St. Louis 2012)
David Konig, Chair, Washington University in St. Louis <email>

(This Committee rotates every year. Additional members will join it.)


Committee on Membership
Patricia Minter (2011), Chair, Western Kentucky University <email>
Lyndsay Campbell (2009), University of Calgary <email>
T. J. Davis (2011), Arizona State University <email>
Tim Huebner (2010), Rhodes College <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>
Reuel Schiller (2010), University of California, Hastings <email>

() Indicates year appointed


Committee on the Paul L. Murphy Awards
Mary L. Dudziak (2011), Chair, University of Southern California <email>
Robert Kaczorowski (2011), Fordham University <email>
Serena Mayeri (2011), University of Pennsylvania <email>
David M. Rabban (2011), University of Texas <email>

() Indicates year appointed. This is an ad hoc committee, which will serve for two years.


Nominating Committee
Richard Ross (2010), Chair, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) <email>
Sarah Barringer Gordon (2009), University of Pennsylvania <email>
David Thomas Konig (2009), Washington University in St. Louis <email>
James C. Oldham (2010), Georgetown University <email>
Lucy Salyer (2011), University of New Hampshire <email>

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


Committee on the Kathryn T. Preyer Memorial
Gautham Rao (2011), Chair, Rutgers University, Newark, and New Jersey Institute of Technology <email>
Sally Hadden (2010), Western Michigan University <email>
Christopher W. Schmidt (2010), Chicago-Kent College of Law <email>
Michael A. Schoeppner (2011), California Institute of Technology <email>
Karen Tani (2011), University of California, Berkeley <email>

() Indicates year appointed


Committee on the Program for the Annual Meeting (St. Louis, 2012)
Adriaan Lanni, Co-chair, Harvard University <email>
Michael Willrich, Co-chair, Brandeis University <email>
Blake Brown, St. Mary’s University, Halifax (Canada) <email>
Christina Duffy Burnett, Columbia Law School <email>
Peter C. Caldwell, Rice University <email>
Margot Canaday, Princeton University, <email>
Li Chen, University of Toronto-Scarborough (Canada) <email>
Jane Dailey, University of Chicago <email>
Adam J. Kosto, Columbia University <email>
Janine M. Lanza, Wayne State University <email>
Claire Priest, Yale Law School <email>
Rebecca Scott, University of Michigan <email>
David Sugarman, Lancaster University (UK) <email>


(This Committee rotates every year.)


Committee on Projects and Proposals
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 was a new committee last year, the appointments were staggered so that the terms do not all come to an end in the same year.


Committee on Publications
Michael Grossberg (2011), Chair, Indiana University <email>
Stuart Banner (2011), University of California, Los Angeles <email>
Mary Sarah Bilder (2011), Boston College <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>
Martha S. Jones, University of Michigan <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>
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
Philip Girard (2010), Chair, Dalhousie University <email>
Sophia Z. Lee (2011), University of Pennsylvania <email>
Catharine MacMillan (2010), Queen Mary College, University of London (UK) <email>
Laura Weinrib (2011), University of Chicago <email>
Stephen Wilf (2011), University of Connecticut <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>
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania <email>
Michael Lobban, Queen Mary College, University of London <email>

Committee on the Surrency Prize
Kenneth F. Ledford (2010), Chair, Case Western Reserve University <email>
David Abraham (2011), University of Miami <email>
Kristin A. Collins (2011), Boston University <email>
Elizabeth Kolsky (2011), Villanova University <email>
Matthew P. Harrington (2011), University of Montreal <email>

() Indicates year appointed


Committee on the Sutherland Prize
Richard Helmholz (2010), Chair, University of Chicago <email>
John Beattie (2009), University of Toronto <email>
Joshua C. Tate (2011), Southern Methodist University <email>

() Indicates year appointed