From the editors at the journal Laws (full call for papers and submission info here): Dear Colleagues, American administrative law is in flux. Important foundations of the American administrative state—the status of independent regulatory commissions, Chevron deference to agency statutory interpretation, administrative adjudication in non-Article III tribunals, and more—are being reconsidered and in some cases overturned by […]

From the Duke Law Journal editors: The Duke Law Journal invites papers for its 57th Annual Administrative Law Symposium, to be held on February 26, 2027, at Duke University School of Law in Durham, North Carolina. Papers can be submitted through Duke Law Journal’s Scholastica portal starting on August 1 and will be considered on a rolling basis. We […]

The 2026 summer supplement to our federal administrative law casebook can be downloaded here. From the introduction to the supplement: Administrative law is a dynamic field, and there are always interesting new cases being decided and new debates unfolding. The past three years have seen some big administrative law cases from the Supreme Court. In […]

From Professor Tim Lytton: Each May I organize a book manuscript workshop in the areas of torts, administrative law, or legal history. Georgia State University provides funding to invite 10-15 leading scholars from around the country for a one-day in-person workshop. Previous manuscripts include: I am currently seeking a suitable manuscript for May 2027. Authors must […]

We have begun the development of panels for the 2026 ABA Administrative Law Conference, which will be held virtually December 3-4, 2026. We expect to have twenty panels on various topics. In particular, we would like to include panels on the following topics: (1) the state of policymaking delegation and judicial deference after Loper Bright; (2) […]

As part of a terrific University of Chicago Legal Forum Authority, Oversight, and Accountability Symposium, I’ve penned an essay entitled Preserving Both Agency Expertise and Accountability in the Unitary Executive. I took this opportunity to flesh out the traditional conservative defense of the civil service, in terms of both law and policy. This essays builds […]

We are delighted to announce the schedule for the 2026 Academic Paper Workshops which will be held during the 2026 Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section’s Spring Conference on Thursday, May 7 in Washington D.C. The presentation themes, paper titles, presenters, and commenters are below. The academic workshops feature new papers discussed by Authors and […]

Each year, the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice recognizes outstanding scholarship in administrative law published during the prior year. I write to invite nominations for the 2025 award. Eligible books and articles are those published (copyrighted) in 2025. Publications worthy of the Section’s award generally should be: The award recipient will be […]

The George Washington Law Review invited me to pen the foreword to its annual administrative law issue this year, and I decided to use the opportunity to think a bit bigger about the future of administrative law. I’ve posted to SSRN a draft of that foreword, entitled Proportionality in Administrative Law. I’m honored to share […]

Several years ago, Anna Shavers and Matt Wiener agreed to put together an edited volume on the leading cases in administrative law. The ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice assembled a case selection committee and then invited nearly forty scholars in the field to contribute a chapter. During the editing process, my dear […]

The ABA Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section’s Spring Conference will feature these hot-topic CLE programs on Friday, May 8: Join us in Washington, D.C., for these programs and academic workshops featuring new articles presented on Thursday, May 7. Registration fees for the conference are as follows: For full details and registration, visit here.

Aaron Nielson and I have posted to SSRN a draft of a new paper, entitled Article II and the Civil Service, which is forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review. Here’s the abstract: The federal government employs more than two million civil servants. Most are hired through a competitive process centered on competence and cannot be […]

Here is the January 2026 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 and this eJournal are such terrific resources for administrative law scholars and practitioners, check out my first post on the subject here. You can […]

The ABA Administrative Law Section is seeking nominations (including self-nominations) for four section council member seats that will open beginning August 2026.  Nominees must already be members of the Administrative Law Section.  If you join the Section now, you will be eligible for nomination in 2027.  Section council members serve a three-year term.   The Section […]

The ABA Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice is pleased to announce its 2026 Spring Conference will again include a day of in-person academic paper workshops in Washington, DC, on Thursday, May 7th, 2026. The workshops will provide the selected participants with an opportunity to receive useful feedback on their scholarly work. All are […]