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Author: Christopher J. Walker

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The Regulators: Our Invisible Government (1982 PBS documentary now on C-SPAN)

Many of us remember seeing the 1982 PBS documentary The Regulators: Our Invisible Government in our administrative law course in law school. C-SPAN has made this instant adlaw classic available for public viewing on its website here. [HT Linda Jellum!] Here’s a summary of the documentary from C-SPAN: The Regulators The Regulators: Our Invisible Government is a 1982 […]

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A Status Update on Criticisms of Auer and Chevron Deference

Back in April the Georgetown Center for the Constitution and the Institute for Justice organized a terrific conference entitled Challenging Administrative Power. The Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy generously agreed to publish the papers presented at the conference, and that conference issue is forthcoming early next year. For my short conference contribution, I decided […]

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Call for Papers: Loyola Compliance Symposium “What is the Role of a Regulation if it is Not Enforced?”

Loyola Chicago has a terrific Center for Compliance Studies, which is directed by Ryan Meade. Last year I participated in the Center’s first annual symposium “Complying with Law: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue.” I’m fascinated by the field of compliance, and the role of lawyers — and administrative law — in it. Last year’s symposium was a terrific opportunity […]

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ABA AdLaw Section’s Annual Homeland Security Law Institute, September 25-27, 2017

The American Bar Association’s 12th Annual Homeland Security Law Institute (HSLI) will be held this year at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on September 25-27, 2017.  This three-day event is one of the largest gatherings of homeland security lawyers and policymakers in the United States.  The Institute is an annual look at the state of […]

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FSU’s Environmental Law Without Courts Symposium Issue

Last year I blogged about a terrific symposium hosted by the Florida State University College of Law, entitled Environmental Law Without Courts. Florida State’s Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law just published the symposium issue, which includes short essays by the various presenters and shorter reactions by the assigned respondents. My contribution, Lawmaking Within Federal Agencies […]

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Exciting Additions to Jotwell’s Administrative Law Section

As I first noted on the blog back three 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. Each month Jotwell’s Administrative Law Section publishes a short review of a current piece of administrative law scholarship, usually authored by one of […]

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Shane on Seifter on Gubernatorial Administration (AdLaw Bridge Series)

Last month over at Jotwell my colleague Peter Shane published a terrific review of one of my favorite new administrative law articles of the year: Miriam Seifter’s Gubernatorial Administration, which is forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review. Miriam’s article is brilliant, and such an important contribution to the field and a call for more of us […]

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SEALS Panel Recap on The Future of Independent Agencies after PHH Corp v. CFPB

Each summer the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) hosts an amazing conference of law professors (some day I will go!), full of great panels and discussion on hot topics and cutting-edge research in law and policy. This year’s conference was no exception. But this year SEALS added a terrific innovation of providing recaps on many […]

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Judicial Deference under the Regulatory Accountability Act

Since I last blogged about the Portman-Heitkamp Regulatory Accountability Act being reported favorably out of committee in May, there hasn’t been any movement on the legislative front. A number of additional administrative law scholars, however, have weighed in, and the legislation continues to get serious attention in policy circles. For instance, Cass Sunstein has a generally […]