- From the Washington University Law Review Online: Michael Bannerjee (UC Berkeley) on "Land-Grant Universities."
- The Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology announces the establishment of its Research Centre for Legal History.
- Alison LaCroix, University of Chicago Law School, discusses the history of conceptions of federalism in the United States on the Stationary Bandit podcast.
- "His Majesty The King has approved the appointment of Professor Wim Decock, of the Universities of Louvain and Liège, as the new Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford. He will take up the post on 1 October 2026 and succeeds Professor Wolfgang Ernst." [No relation. DRE] H/t: ESCLH Blog, which has the link to the press release.
- The Historical Society of the New York Courts is staging a historical reenactment of proceedings in the Amistad case on Monday, February 2, 2026, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at the Appellate Division, First Department Courtroom in New York City.
- Laurence H. Tribe reviews Jill Lepore's We the People (NYRB).
- ICYMI: Andrea Katz and John Guida ask, Has the Supreme Court Backed Itself into a Corner (on removal)? Britt Tevis on Ben Shahn’s mural, “The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti" at Syracuse University (Daily Orange). Meet Edward Bennett Williams (Daily Record). Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr., Ohio's First Chief Judge (CNO). What Were the Palmer Raids and What Tactics Did They Use? (History). Citywide general strikes in US history, including in Minneapolis (Jacobin).
Weekend Roundup is a weekly feature compiled by all the Legal History bloggers.
