The American Constitution Society has issued its annual call for nominations (including self-nominations for separate professor and student categories) for its prestigious Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition on Regulatory and Administrative Law. As I noted back in June, the 2021 Cudahy awards went to University of Florida Law Professor Andrew Hammond for Litigating Welfare Rights: Medicaid, […]

With the ABA Administrative Law Section’s launch event for the ABA Program for Prospective Administrative Law Scholars (PALS) on Wednesday, I’ve been thinking a lot about resources for new and aspiring administrative law scholars. This is an amazing and welcoming field, but entering a new profession or academic field can be intimidating. Over the weekend […]

The annual ABA Administrative Law Conference is my favorite conference each year, and this year’s lineup is once again excellent. Unfortunately, we will be fully online/virtual again, but the upside is that it will be more accessible to those nationwide and the online platform allows you to watch the panels you couldn’t catch live for […]

From George Mason University’s Law & Economics Center: The Law & Economics Center is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications to the Workshop for Law Professors on Public Choice Economics. This program will be held at the Resort at Squaw Creek in Squaw Valley, California with attendees arriving on Wednesday, January 5 […]

Here is the October 2021 Edition of the most-downloaded recent papers (those announced in the last 60 days) from SSRN’s U.S. Administrative Law eJournal, which is edited by Bill Funk: Non-Textualism and the Duck Season-Rabbit Season Dramaturgical Dyad: A Very Short Response to Professor Cass Sunstein (And Others) by Lament Hilts The Untapped Potential of […]

Moving from Practice (Back) to Law School Wednesday, November 17, 2021 7:00-8:30 pm (including breakout rooms) Eastern Standard Time Register in Advance via Zoom here. This panel will provide an overview of the process for entering legal teaching, including non-clinical and clinical academic posts, in administrative law and regulatory practice. The panelists will address preparation […]

The ABA Administrative Law Section’s Government Personnel Committee Presents EEO Considerations for Covid-19 and the Federal Workforce Monday October 25, 2021 12 pm – 1:30 pm Eastern Time Via Zoom Please join us for a discussion about the latest developments at the EEOC’s guidance concerning EEO issues in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and […]

Here is the September 2021 Edition of the most-downloaded recent papers (those announced in the last 60 days) from SSRN’s U.S. Administrative Law eJournal, which is edited by Bill Funk. Non-Textualism and the Duck Season-Rabbit Season Dramaturgical Dyad: A Very Short Response to Professor Cass Sunstein (And Others) by Lament Hilts The Class Appeal by […]

From the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (SBCA): Benefit-cost analysis is used around the world to assess regulatory impacts. This workshop introduces the use of Benefit-Cost Analysis for Regulatory Impact Analyses (RIAs) in the Federal government. The topics will include issues of identifying the market failure, establishing the correct baseline, choosing the policy options, estimating benefits, […]

The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Administrative Law is pleased to announce the “New Voices in Administrative Law” program for the 2022 AALS Annual Meeting, which will be held entirely online. The New Voices program gives junior administrative law scholars an opportunity to receive useful feedback on their work from more senior […]

Earlier this week over at Jotwell, I reviewed Emily Bremer‘s terrific new article The Rediscovered Stages of Agency Adjudication, which is forthcoming in the Washington University Law Review. Here’s the intro to that review: A couple years ago, Melissa Wasserman and I charted the new and old worlds of formal agency adjudication. The old world, we explained, consisted of […]

As someone who regularly teaches state and local government law, I was so excited to see the launch of the State and Local Government Law Blog earlier this week. The intersections between administrative law and local government law are so rich, and I’m not just referring to state and local administrative law. The field of […]