Contact:

Cynthia Nicoletti

 

Education:

  • Harvard Law School, J.D.
  • University of Virginia, B.A., with highest distinction, M.A., Ph.D. (history)

 

Publications:

  • "The Civil War and Legal Change," (review essay), in Law and Social Inquiry (in progress).
  • "The Reconstruction of Southern Lawyers," in Signposts: New Directions in Southern Legal History, eds. Sally Hadden and Patricia Minter (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2012)(in progress).
  • "The American Civil War as a Trial by Battle," Law and History Review 28 (February 2010) 71-110 (winner of the Kathryn T. Preyer Prize, American Society for Legal History, 2008),
  • "Did Secession Really Die at Appomattox?: The Strange Case of U.S. v. Jefferson Davis," University of Toledo Law Review (forthcoming).
  • Review of Brian McGinty, John Brown's Trial, in Law and History Review 29 (February 2011) (forthcoming).

 

Fellowships:

  • J. Willard Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History, University of Wisconsin, June 2009
  • Kathryn T. Preyer Scholars Award for the best paper in legal history by a young scholar, American Society for Legal History, 2008, for "The American Civil War as a Trial by Battle"
  • Quinn Dissertation Fellowship, University of Virginia, 2008-2009
  • Raoul Berger-Mark DeWolfe Howe Visiting Fellowship in Legal History, Harvard Law School, 2007-2008
  • Huntington Library Research Fellowship, San Marino, California, 2008
  • Hibernian Research Award, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, University of Notre Dame, 2008
  • Filson Historical Society Travel Grant, Louisville Kentucky, 2008
  • Semi-Finalist for 7 Society Award for Teaching Excellence, University of Virginia, Spring 2006
  • Jefferson Graduate Fellowship, University of Virginia, 2003-2007

 

Presentations:

  • "Did Secession Really Die at Appomattox?," History of American Rights Conference, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, September 2009
  • "Did Secession Really Die at Appomattox?,: The Strange Case of U.S. v. Jefferson Davis," Organization of American Historians Conference, Seattle, Washington, March 2009
  • "The American Civil War as a Trial by Battle," Kathryn T. Preyer Scholars Panel, American Society for Legal History, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 2008
  • "The Treason Trial of Jefferson Davis," Invited Lecturer, Elizabeth Roller Bottimore Lecture on Civil War History, Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia, September 2008
  • "The American Civil War as a Trial by Battle: Federal Supremacy and Secession Ideology among Ex-Confederates." Law and Society Association Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2008
  • "The American Civil War as a Trial by Battle," Harvard Law School Legal History Colloquium, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 2008

 

Work Experience:

  • Instructor, University of Virginia, 2010
  • Adjunct Professor, Randolph College, 2009
  • Contract Attorney, McGuire Woods, 2004
  • Summer Associate, Latham & Watkins, 2002
  • Summer Associate, Becket Fund for Religious Liberties, 2001

 

Memberships:

  • American Society for Legal History
  • American Historical Society
  • Southern Historical Society
  • Organization of American Historians 
  • Virginia State Bar (inactive status)