Weekend Roundup

• From the Chronicle of Higher Education, "Why More Historians Are Embracing the Amicus Brief," featuring quotes from Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Linda Gordon, and Michael Grossberg, and citing an article by former LHB guest blogger Joshua Stein.

•  The Coordinating Council for Women in History offers a number of awards to support women in the historical profession. The deadline is May 15. And while you're at it, consider making a donation to the Peggy Pascoe Memorial Fund.

• You can catch Brad Snyder discussing The House of Truth on Q&A with Brian Lamb on C-SPAN, here.

• Thanks to the blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History for spotting the inaugural lecture by Prof. dr. dr. Alain A. Wijffels upon obtaining European Chair of the Collège de France for the academic year 2016-2017, entitled, "Le droit européen a-t-il une histoire? En a-t-il besoin?"

• ICYMI: The Miller Center on Supreme Court appointments in the president’s first year.

Weekend Roundup is a weekly feature compiled by all the Legal History bloggers.