The organization of american historians hosted this 90minute event at their annual meeting in new orleans. Ok. Ok, so, i think we are ready to get started. Sorry for the delay, but welcome to the first Plenary Session of the 2017 annual meeting of the organization of american historians. Our session is called historians in court. It examines the complex roles of historians applying their scholarly skills to courtroom litigation. Thanks, first, to the o. A. H. For organizing this session and, in particular, to the president , nancy cott, for her support of our endeavor here today. Today, we will address a timely topic the participation of historians in courtroom proceedings. Theres no systematic study, but the evidence we have indicates that the use of, for instance, scholarly amicus briefs, where scholars file amicus briefs in court proceedings, has been increasing. Theres a long history of scholarly input into Appellate Court cases stretching back at least to the famous brandeis brief
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