The following American Studies Seminar research papers were written by students in the 1990 seminar, "Law and Society in America, 1760-1860," under the supervision of Professor Jonathan M. Chu.

• "Abolition vs Anti-Slavery: A Case Study of Five Massachusetts Lawyers," by Peter L. Bosse
• "Reflections of a Woman in Nineteenth-Century New England," by Marcia A. Davis
• "The Decline of the Blackstone Canal Company: An Analysis," by Halcyon Dodson
• "Religion, Law, and the Servant in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts," by Ann M. Farrell
• "Thomas Jefferson and Levi Lincoln, Sr.: Profession, Politics and Friendship," by Steven Johnson
• "Fugitive Slave Law Days in Massachusetts from 1851-1854," by Ellen Madigan
• "Law and Society in Early American History: The Salem Witchcraft Trials," by Laura Swenson
• "Quock Walker and Slavery in Massachusetts," by Stephen M. Sycks
• "Elizabeth Freeman: Free at Last," by Beth Zemaitis.