Here is the December 2019 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: AI in Adjudication and Administration: A Status Report on Governmental Use of Algorithmic Tools in the United States by Cary Coglianese & Lavi Ben Dor […]
Per the ABA website: On December 20, 2019, the ABA sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen urging the Justice Department to issue new government-wide guidance—based on the ABA’s Proposed Guidance—allowing government lawyers to participate more fully in the ABA and other legal professional associations. The proposed guidance is needed to correct the […]
From the program organizers Kent Barnett, Jarrod Shobe, and Evan Zoldan: If you are attending AALS this year in Washington, D.C., please join our New Voices in Administrative Law and Legislation program on Friday, January 3 at 3:30 to 5:15 in the Roosevelt 5 Room at the Marriott Wardman Park. Twelve of our colleagues will […]
With the transition to the new blog platform, it appears that my October 2019 edition of the AdLaw SSRN reading list has disappeared. So I’m combining both the October and November lists in this post (with the year-end December post to come shortly after the new year). Here is the October 2019 Edition of the […]
As I first noted on the blog five years ago, the Administrative Law Section of Jotwell—The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)—is a terrific resource for administrative law practitioners and scholars. Jotwell’s Administrative Law Section publishes monthly a short review of a current piece of administrative law scholarship, usually authored by one of our contributing editors who are all leading […]
From the American Constitution Society website: About the Cudahy Competition The American Constitution Society is pleased to announce the Thirteenth Annual Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition on Regulatory and Administrative Law. Judge Cudahy’s distinguished contributions to the fields of regulatory and administrative law combined a keen grasp of legal doctrine, deep insight into the institutional […]
Michigan Law School 2020 Junior Scholars Conference, April 17-18, 2020 Call for Papers Deadline for Submission: January 3, 2020 The University of Michigan Law School is pleased to invite junior scholars to attend the 6th Annual Junior Scholars Conference which will be held on April 17-18, 2020, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The conference provides junior […]
Tomorrow, Friday, December 6, 2019, the Justice Department will host a summit on modernizing the Administrative Procedure Act. It starts at 9AM, and can be livestreamed here. Here’s the description of the summit, from the Justice Department’s invitation: The summit will explore how the administrative state has developed in ways not foreseen by the Administrative […]
For administrative law nerds like me, this is the best Halloween costume ever (from one of my students Sophia Mills):
From my inbox. We have a terrific lineup again this year, so definitely join us! Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice AMBAR.ORG | CAREER CENTER | MEMBERSHIP | CALENDAR | CLE | PUBLISHING 2019 Administrative Law Conference November 14-15, 2019 | Walter E. Washington Convention Center | Washington, DC Don’t forget to register before Monday November […]
The AALS Sections on Administrative Law and Legislation are pleased to announce their co-sponsored “New Voices in Administrative Law and Legislation” program for the 2020 AALS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The New Voices program gives junior administrative law scholars and junior legislation scholars an opportunity to receive useful feedback on their work from more […]
The American Association of Law Schools annual meeting will be in Washington, DC, on January 2-5, 2020, and the early-bird registration deadline is November 14th. Law professors can register here. Here’s a look at the administrative law programming for this year’s annual meeting (full program here): Friday, January 3, 2020 Administering the 2017 Tax Act: […]
September has been busy, and I’m just barely getting this month’s post up before October begins. But there were a lot of great new administrative law papers in August! I wish I had time to include short annotations this month. Here is the August 2019 Edition of the most-downloaded recent papers (those announced in the […]
From for the Federalist Society website, here are the details on this year’s Article I Initiative Writing Contest: The Nondelegation Doctrine: Intelligible Principle or Unworkable Standard? The Federalist Society’s Article I Initiative is focused on the critical issue of why the modern Congress is not functioning as the most powerful branch as envisioned by the […]
Last week over at Jotwell, I reviewed a terrific new article by Tara Leigh Grove entitled Presidential Laws and the Missing Interpretive Theory, which is forthcoming in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Here’s a snippet from my review: Although we spend some time on what then-Professor Elena Kagan coined “presidential administration” [in my 1L […]