There is a lot of terrific administrative law and regulation programming at the AALS Annual Meeting in New York City this week, so I thought I’d highlight the various panels and programs that may be of interest to scholars of administrative law and regulation (defined broadly). In addition to the official AALS programming, I’ve included the programs hosted by the ABA AdLaw Section and the Federalist Society, which seems to have at least a few terrific adlaw-related panels/debates at AALS each year.

You can access the full AALS program here.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 7TH

 

9 am – 5 pm 

Exploring Governors Island and New York City’s Resiliency Efforts

 SECTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FIELD TRIP

 

10:15 am – 12 pm

Is Immigration Law Administrative Law?

SECTION ON IMMIGRATION LAW

SECTION ON ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Murray Hill East, Second Floor, New York Hilton Midtown

Moderator: Jill E. Family, Widener University, Commonwealth Law School

Speakers:

David Rubenstein, Washburn University School of Law

Bijal Shah, New York University School of Law

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, The Pennsylvania State University – Penn State Law

Christopher J. Walker, The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law

 

10:15 am – 12 pm

The Future of Securities Regulation: Innovation, Regulation and Enforcement

SECTION ON SECURITIES REGULATION

Nassau East, Second Floor, New York Hilton Midtown

Moderator: Christine Hurt, Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School

Speakers from a Call for Papers:

Charles Korsmo, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Minor Myers, Brooklyn Law School

Hillary A. Sale, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law

Robert B. Thompson, Georgetown University Law Center

Urska Velikonja, Emory University School of Law

 

1:30 pm – 3:15 pm

Infraculture and Public-Private Partnerships: Legal Tools for Economic Recovery and Community Development

SECTION ON ART LAW, PROPERTY LAW, AND STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW JOINT PROGRAM

Sutton Center, Second Floor, New York Hilton Midtown

Moderators:

Cynthia A. Baker, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Kristen Barnes, University of Akron, C. Blake McDowell Law Center

Speakers:

Tyler T. Ochoa, Santa Clara University School of Law

Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Martin Friedman Senior Curator, Madison Square Park Conservancy

Nadav Shoked, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Speakers from a Call for Papers:

Sheila R. Foster, Fordham University School of Law

Asmara Mariam Tekle, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law

 

3:30 pm – 4:45 pm

New Voices in Administrative Law

SECTION ON ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Gramercy West, Second Floor, New York Hilton Midtown

Moderator: Kristin E. Hickman, University of Minnesota Law School

[CJW Note: This is a terrific annual event with eleven junior scholars participating this year and about two-dozen senior scholars commenting on those papers.]

 

 

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8TH

 

8:30 am – 10:15 am

Antitrust and the State

SECTION ON ANTITRUST AND ECONOMIC REGULATION

Nassau West, Second Floor, New York Hilton Midtown

Moderator: Daniel A. Crane, The University of Michigan Law School

Speakers:

Rebecca Haw Allensworth, Vanderbilt University Law School

Marina L. Lao, Seton Hall University School of Law

William H. Page, University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law

 

8:30 am – 10:15 am

Honoring Daniel Meltzer

SECTION ON FEDERAL COURTS

Beekman Parlor, Second Floor, New York Hilton Midtown

Moderator: Bradford R. Clark, The George Washington University Law School

Speakers:

Richard H. Fallon, Jr., Harvard Law School

Vicki C. Jackson, Harvard Law School

John F. Manning, Harvard Law School

Henry P. Monaghan, Columbia University School of Law

Judith Resnik, Yale Law School

 

8:30 am – 10:15 am

Regulation of Mortgage Lending

SECTION ON REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

Regent Parlor, Second Floor, New York Hilton Midtown

Moderator: Julie P. Forrester, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law

Speakers:

Kathleen C. Engel, Suffolk University Law School

Patricia A. McCoy, Boston College Law School

Steven L. Schwarcz, Duke University School of Law

Speaker from a Call for Papers:

Christopher K. Odinet, Southern University Law Center

 

8:45 am – 10:15 am

The New Chevron Skeptics

THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY 18TH ANNUAL FACULTY CONFERENCE

Central Park West, Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel

Moderator: John McGinnis, Northwestern University School of Law

Michael Herz, Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Jeffrey Pojanowski, University of Notre Dame Law School

Peter Strauss, Columbia Law School

Christopher Walker, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

 

10:30 am – 12:15 pm

Beyond Leg/Reg: Designing a Broader Regulatory Practice Curriculum

SECTION ON ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Nassau East, Second Floor, New York Hilton Midtown

Moderator: Kristin E. Hickman, University of Minnesota Law School

Speakers:

Lisa S. Bressman, Vanderbilt University Law School

Cary Coglianese, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Geoffrey P. Miller, New York University School of Law

Sidney A. Shapiro, Wake Forest University School of Law

Daniel Sokol, University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law

Matthew C. Stephenson, Harvard Law School

 

10:30 am – 12:15 pm

Election Law at the Local Level

SECTION ON ELECTION LAW

Murray Hill East, Second Floor, New York Hilton Midtown

Moderator: Joshua A. Douglas, University of Kentucky College of Law

Speakers:

Jocelyn F. Benson, Wayne State University Law School

Richard T. Ford, Stanford Law School

Trey Grayson, President & CEO, Northern Kentucky

Chamber of Commerce, Fort Mitchell, KY

David Schleicher, Yale Law School

Speaker from a Call for Papers:

Henry L. Chambers, Jr., The University of Richmond School of Law

 

10:30 am – 12:15 pm

The Dodd-Frank Act’s Fifth Anniversary: Diversity and Inclusion in the Leadership of the Financial Services Sector

SECTION ON MINORITY GROUPS, CO-SPONSORED BY EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAW AND WOMEN IN LEGAL EDUCATION

Bowery, Lower Level, Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel

Moderator: Sylvia Chin, Partner, White & Case LLP, New York, NY

Speakers:

Steven Ramirez, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Julissa Reynoso, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY

Darren Rosenblum, Pace University School of Law

Cheryl L. Wade, St. John’s University School of Law

Speaker from a Call for Papers:

Cary Martin, DePaul University College of Law

 

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Luncheon Debate: Resolved: The FCC does not have the legal authority to implement net neutrality.

THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY 18TH ANNUAL FACULTY CONFERENCE

Riverside Ballroom, Third Floor, Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel

Moderator: Todd Henderson, University of Chicago Law School

Adam Candeub, Michigan State University School of Law

Justin (Gus) Hurwitz, Nebraska College of Law

Geoffrey Manne, International Center for Law and Economics

James Speta, Northwestern University School of Law

 

1:30 pm – 3:15 pm

Congress and the Courts: A Conversation with the Chief Judge Bob Katzmann and Senator Chuck Schumer on Modern Statutes and the Interbranch Relationship

SECTION ON LEGISLATION & LAW OF THE POLITICAL PROCESS

Sutton North, Second Floor, New York Hilton Midtown

Moderators:

Richard Briffault, Columbia University School of Law

Abbe Gluck, Yale Law School

Speakers:

Robert Katzmann, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York, NY

Charles E. Schumer, U.S. Senator for New York, U.S. Senate – Office of Senator Charles E. Schumer, Washington, D.C.

 

6:30 pm – 9:30pm

Regulation of the Sharing Economy: Uber and Beyond

ABA SECTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND REGULATORY PRACTICE

Riverside Suite, Third Floor, Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel

Moderator: Jack Beermann, Professor of Law and Harry Elwood Warren Scholar, Boston University School of Law

Speakers:

Randy May, Founder and President, Free State Foundation

Krishna K. Juvvadi, Senior Counsel at Uber Technologies, Inc.

Peter Mazer, General Counsel to the Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade

Bernard N. Block, managing principal at the law firm of Alvin W. Block & Associates, Chicago, Illinois

 

 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 9TH

 

8am – 4pm

Council Meeting

ABA SECTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND REGULATORY PRACTICE

New York East Room, Third Floor, Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel

[CJW Note: All Section Members welcome; RSVP to Anne.Kiefer@americanbar.org]

1/6 UPDATE: Chief Judge Robert Katzmann of U.S. Court of Appeals for Second Circuit will be speaking at the Council Meeting at 1:00pm as will former Surface Transportation Board Chair Roger Nober at 10am. 

 

8:30 am – 10:15 am

The State of the ACA After King v. Burwell

SECTION ON EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION, CO-SPONSORED BY LAW, MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE

Murray Hill West, Second Floor, New York Hilton Midtown

Moderator: Maria O’Brien Hylton, Boston University School of Law

Speakers:

Jonathan H. Adler, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Colleen E. Medill, University of Nebraska College of Law

Abigail Moncrieff, Boston University School of Law

Natalya Shnitser, Boston College Law School

 

8:30 am – 10:15 am

The Intersection of Politics and Financial Regulation

SECTION ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CONSUMER FINANCIAL SERVICES

Gramercy West, Second Floor, New York Hilton Midtown

Moderator: Daniel Schwarcz, University of Minnesota Law School

Speakers:

Kathryn Judge, Columbia University School of Law

Patricia A. McCoy, Boston College Law School

Saule T. Omarova, Cornell Law School

Speaker from a Call for Papers:

Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr., The George Washington University Law School

 

10:30 am – 12:15 pm

National Security Law Challenges for the Next Administration

SECTION ON NATIONAL SECURITY LAW, COSPONSORED BY ABA STANDING COMMITTEE ON LAW AND NATIONAL SECURITY

Gramercy West, Second Floor, New York Hilton Midtown

Moderator: Deborah Pearlstein, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Speakers:

John B. Bellinger, III, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C.

Martin S. Lederman, Georgetown University Law Center

Hina Shamsi, Director, American Civil Liberties Union National Security Project, New York, NY

 

3:30 pm – 5:15 pm

Legislation: New Voices

SECTION ON LEGISLATION & LAW OF THE POLITICAL PROCESS

Sutton North, Second Floor, New York Hilton Midtown

Moderator: RonNell Andersen Jones, Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School

 

[CJW Note: Apparently there isn’t much, if any, adlaw/regulation programming on Sunday…]