Professor Hamilton Bryson becomes an Honorary Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn
We are pleased to announce that Professor Hamilton Bryson has been made Honorary Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn.
A distinguished legal historian, Professor Bryson teaches at the University of Richmond in the United States and writes extensively on English legal history, Virginia legal history, and Virginia procedure and practice. He has published numerous books and book chapters on these subjects, and is the founding editor of the Virginia Circuit Court Opinions. He has also edited and published several collections of early modern English law reports. Professor Bryson is a member of the Virginia State Bar, a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a member of the Executive Committee of the John Marshall American Inn of Court, and the Virginia Correspondent of the Selden Society. He serves on the Advisory Committee on rules of Court of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
On accepting the appointment, Professor Hamilton Bryson said:
This unexpected honour is truly humbling. As a legal historian, to be admitted to the company of the founders and developers of the Anglo-American common law is something that I did not anticipate. I am very pleased to have my occupation of the Benchers’ Bay in the Library legitimised, as I have been required to sit there to consult manuscripts of the Inn for many years. Thank you very much.
Professor Hamilton Bryson