We have the following announcement from the Publications Committee of the American Society for Legal History.

After eight years of exceptional service, Gautham Rao is stepping down as Editor-in-Chief of the Law & History Review, which is sponsored by the American Society for Legal History and published by Cambridge University Press.  Founded in 1983 and published quarterly, LHR is the top journal in the field of legal history.

The ASLH Publications Committee invites applications for the position. Applicants should be members of the American Society for Legal History who are accomplished legal historians, have the intellectual range to work with manuscripts from different historical periods and geographic regions, are conversant with both law and history, and welcome the opportunity to identify and promote the best scholarship in the field.  They 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 Associate Editors, its Editorial Board and the ASLH Board of Directors. Production management is the responsibility of 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 September 15, 2025, to the Chairs of the Publications Committee: Daniel Ernst (ernst@georgetown.edu) and Catherine Fisk (cfisk@berkeley.edu).  Inquiries about the position should be directed to the same email addresses or by phone to Daniel Ernst at 240.506.2220.