From the website of the Administrative Conference of the United States: The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) is pleased to announce a public forum, Recent Administrative Law Developments in the Supreme Court: What’s Next for Agencies? Across four virtual panels beginning next Tuesday, July 30, ACUS members and researchers will discuss the significance of recent Supreme Court […]

Here is the June 2024 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. Thanks to my terrific research assistant Neena Menon for helping put together this monthly post. I’ll report back in the August with the next edition.

Last month the Administrative Conference of the United States adopted an important recommendation regarding the role of Senate-confirmed officials in agency adjudication. The recommendation drew three separate statements from members of the Administrative Conference—including a concurring statement from me and Melissa Wasserman and two dissenting statements by Jennifer Dickey, John Duffy, Jenn Mascott, and Kate […]

Short Answer, per Justice Gorsuch: “Today, the Court places a tombstone on Chevron no one can miss.” Today, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Supreme Court overruled the Chevron deference doctrine — the command from a 1984 decision that courts defer to federal agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes the agencies administer. Chief Justice […]

Today, in SEC v. Jarkesy, the Supreme Court held that under the Seventh Amendment a regulated entity is entitled to a civil jury trial when the SEC seeks to impose civil penalties. In other words, when it comes to these civil penalties, Congress, by statute, cannot force regulated entities to defend themselves before an in-house […]

Thank you for your wonderful support in making the 2023 Administrative Law Section Fall Conference another great success. We conducted a Qualtrics survey of all attendees and speakers at the 2023 Conference, and results indicated a majority preference for a Virtual Conference in 2024. As a result, we are planning to again hold a virtual […]

Here is the May 2024 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. Thanks to my terrific research assistant Neena Menon for helping put together this monthly post, and congratulations on graduating last month. I’m so excited to follow your career […]

We had a wonderful two-day ABA Administrative Law Conference in Washington, DC, earlier this month—the first such in-person conference for the ABA Administrative Law Section since before COVID-19. It was so much fun to catch up with so many of you, to listen to you present your current scholarship, to hear about the successes and […]

Join us in Washington DC for an exceptional conference exploring the forefront of administrative law and government policymaking during a two-day live event in the heart of our nation’s capital. This year, our program will commence with Thursday sessions at The George Washington University Law School, featuring academic workshops, and will conclude with a networking […]

It’s the end of the semester, so many professors are gearing up to grade final exams and thus seeking opportunities to procrastinate. There’s lot of great new administrative law scholarship to help on that front. Here is the March 2024 Edition of the most-downloaded recent papers (those announced in the last 60 days) from SSRN’s U.S. Administrative […]

The Duke Law Journal invites papers for its 55th Annual Administrative Law Symposium, to be held in spring 2025 at Duke University School of Law in Durham, North Carolina. We will choose symposium articles in August, to allow for submissions analyzing the future of administrative law in the context of major cases like Relentless Inc. […]

Take a look at the award deadlines provided below to get detailed information about the requirements and guidelines. Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay Award Competition Created in 2006, the Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay Award Competition honors the memory of two men who left us too soon, Ernest Gellhorn, a distinguished law dean, administrative law professor, and […]

It looks like articles from the Spring 2024 law review submissions cycle are just starting to make it onto the list, and I’m excited to see what more appears in the coming months. Here is the February 2024 Edition of the most-downloaded recent papers (those announced in the last 60 days) from SSRN’s U.S. Administrative Law eJournal, […]

It’s great that 2024 is leap year, so that I can still get the January edition of this series up before February ends. Here is the January 2024 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. For more on why SSRN […]

The American Journal of Legal History has just published a special issue on “histories of executive power,” including a paper by Aaron Nielson and me entitled The Early Years of Congress’s Anti-Removal Power. These papers were first presented at a Stanford Constitutional Law Center conference, organized by Michael McConnell and Jed Shugerman, in May 2022. […]