The ASLH/Notre Dame Graduate Legal History Colloquium will again convene a series of graduate works-in-progress colloquia during the 2025-2026 academic year. With the financial support of the American Society for Legal History, Notre Dame Law School, The Graduate School, and the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government, the forum offers graduate students a valuable platform to present their research.
Dennis Wieboldt, a joint J.D./Ph.D. student in history, is spearheading the forum, which is now in its second year. The colloquium is currently accepting applications from prospective presenters, with graduate students in law schools and humanities departments encouraged to submit draft articles and express interest in presenting.
The ASLH/Notre Dame Graduate Legal History Colloquium is currently accepting applications from prospective presenters. Graduate students in law schools and/or humanities departments are encouraged to indicate their interest in presenting draft articles here.
The convenings will be held on the Notre Dame Law School campuses in Chicago and South Bend in October and November of 2025, and then again in February, March, and April of 2026.
The forum will provide budding legal scholars and practitioners with feedback on works-in-progress—an important step in fine-tuning research to a point where it can be submitted for publication. “This graduate legal history colloquium is a wonderful way to foster new scholarship,” said Donald Stelluto, co-director of the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government. “By bringing together talented faculty and students from several disciplines to engage each other as interlocutors, we, at the Center, hope that our support has the effect of forming lasting relationships as a community of scholars and a level of engagement that continues to elevate probative study of the major issues in legal history.”
“As the successes of this year’s workshops illustrate, Notre Dame is an excellent place to think seriously about the role of history in contemporary legal practice,” Wieboldt added. “I am excited to continue to welcome students and faculty from other institutions to engage in conversation with members of the Notre Dame community.”
The ASLH/Notre Dame Graduate Legal History Colloquium is open to master’s and doctoral students, as well as law students. Students will have the opportunity to present works-in-progress at convenings of the colloquium, and each work-in-progress will have a designated faculty commentator. All works in progress will be pre-circulated to prospective attendees to facilitate a robust discussion.
