The University of Michigan Law School is pleased to invite junior scholars to attend the 10th Annual Junior Scholars Conference, which will take place in-person on April 12-13, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Conference provides junior scholars with a platform to present and discuss their work with peers and receive feedback from prominent members of […]

Congratulations to the winner of the AALS Section on Administrative Law‘s 2024 Emerging Scholars Award for Outstanding Scholarly Publication: Todd Phillips, for his article Commission Chairs, 40 Yale J. on Reg. 277 (2023). Go give the paper a download and read here. Here is the abstract: Since 1950, Congress has granted chairs of many multimember […]

The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Administrative Law is pleased to announce the “New Voices in Administrative Law” program for the 2024 AALS Annual Meeting, which will be held in person in Washington, DC. The New Voices program gives junior administrative law scholars an opportunity to receive useful feedback on their work […]

Here is the September 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 check […]

At the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, on Friday, October 20, 2023, the George Mason Law Review will be hosting a terrific symposium entitled Chevron on Trial: The Supreme Court and the Future of Agency Authority and Expertise: It’s a terrific line-up of speakers, and the event is open to the public. You can see […]

Here is the August 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 check […]

On Monday, I’ll be in Seattle to speak at the annual Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference. With the Supreme Court currently considering the constitutional future of agency adjudication in SEC v. Jarkesy, perhaps not surprisingly I’ll focus my remarks on the case and, in particular, on what the path forward could be if the Court […]

On October 9, 2023, the St. John’s Law Review will be hosting a symposium on West Virginia v. EPA and the future of the administrative state. Lots of people are writing on the major questions doctrine, and this symposium looks like a great way to showcase that work (they only want 1,000 to 7,000 word […]

Here is the July 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 check […]

At its annual meeting earlier this month, the American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice voted in a new cohort of leaders. This year I had the privilege of chairing the Section’s Nominations Committee, with fellow committee members Bernard Bell and Connor Raso. Here’s the full list and bios of the new […]

From Professor Timothy Lytton: The AALS Administrative Law Section invites nominations for the 2024 Emerging Scholar Award for scholarship published between September 1, 2022, and August 31, 2023. Fulltime faculty members without tenure at the time of the work’s publication (including individuals with fellowships, visiting assistant professorships, or similar positions) are eligible. Nominations should be […]

[Originally published 8/3/2023] Sarah Lawsky’s amazing annual PrawsBlawg post on law school hiring needs reports that there law schools are looking expressly in administrative law: Colorado, Florida, and McGeorge. [8/7/2023 Update: Albany is also expressly looking in administrative law.] Add another school, per LSU’s hiring announcement: The LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center seeks to […]

Here is a call for nominations from the AALS Federal Courts Section: AALS Federal Courts Section Daniel J. Meltzer Award The AALS Section on Federal Courts is pleased to announce that it is seeking nominations for the new Daniel J. Meltzer Award, which is designed to honor the life and work of the late Professor […]

This coming Term, the Supreme Court will hear Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which asks the Court to overrule Chevron deference. Last week, petitioners filed their opening brief on the merits, along with more than a dozen amici filing briefings supporting petitioners (collected here). Today Kent Barnett and I filed our brief supporting neither party, […]

Here is the June 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 check […]