Civil War on Trial-Legal Issues That Divided A Nation

Location: Albany, New York

Conference Date: June 7-9, 2012

The New York State Archives Partnership Trust and the Government Law Center at Albany Law School, in cooperation with the Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York, the New York State Bar Association, and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation are pleased to announce their conference entitled "Civil War on Trial-Legal Issues That Divided A Nation."  Principal financial support has been provided by History Channel and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation.
 
This three-day program will feature some of the foremost Civil War and Constitutional scholars in the nation on the subjects of the Civil War and the law and will look at this iconic period in American history in a way unique from virtually all other conferences nationwide.  The conference is being chaired by nationally prominent Civil War scholars Paul Finkelman and Harold Holzer.
 
The conference will be held on the campus of Albany Law School in Albany, New York from June 7-9, 2012.  

For more information on the conference agenda and registration, go to www.nysarchivestrust.org or call (518) 473-7091.