Marshall-Wythe Lecture in Legal History

Catharine MacMillan, Professor of Private Law at King’s College London, will be this fall’s Marshall-Wythe Lecturer in legal history at William & Mary Law School. Professor MacMillan will give two presentations on her work on Judah Benjamin, who served as a U.S. Senator and Confederate Attorney General and Secretary of War before becoming a prominent barrister in England.

On Monday, November 5th, from 12:50 to 1:50, Professor MacMillan will give a workshop, titled “A Political Exile's Odyssey: The Strange Life of Judah P. Benjamin.” The workshop will be held in the Faculty Room at William & Mary Law School. Lunch will be served.

On Tuesday, November 6th, from 12:50 to 1:50, Professor MacMillan will deliver a lecture titled “Personal Networks and the Transference of Legal Ideas: the Trans-Atlantic Career of Judah P. Benjamin” in room 127 at William & Mary Law School. Lunch will be served.

Please join us for either or both of these events!

For a copy of the paper for the workshop, contact [[w|tjmcsweeney]].