After over five years of exceptional service, Elizabeth Dale is stepping down as editor of the Law & History Review,
which is sponsored by the American Society for Legal History and
published by the Cambridge University Press. The ASLH Publications
Committee invites applications for the position. Applicants should be
members of the Society who are accomplished legal historians, have the
intellectual range to work with manuscripts from different periods and
regions in legal history, and are conversant with both law and history.
Applicants should be prepared to request release time and other
departmental or institutional support.
The editor's
responsibilities include soliciting manuscripts in all fields of legal
history, shepherding submitted manuscripts through the peer review and
editorial processes, working with the journal's print and electronic
publisher Cambridge University Press, and maintaining collaborative
relationships with the journal's Book Review Editors, Editorial Board
and the ASLH Board of Directors. Production management is the
responsibility of the Cambridge University Press. Appointment is for an
initial five-year term.
Interested scholars should send an
electronic version of their current c.v. and a statement of what they
would like to accomplish as editor of the journal by April 15, 2017, to
the Chair of the Publications Committee: Daniel Ernst, ernst@georgetown.edu. Inquiries about the position should be directed to the Chair at the same email address or by phone at 202-662-9475.
