Vanderbilt Law School is very pleased to host the Eleventh Annual Administrative Law New Scholarship Roundtable on June 2-3, 2026. For the past ten years, the Roundtable has offered administrative law scholars an excellent opportunity to get feedback on their work from distinguished scholars in a collaborative setting.

Approximately twelve authors will be selected to workshop their papers in a series of individual sessions, one for each paper, over the course of a day and a half. Each paper will be introduced by an experienced scholar who will comment on the work and facilitate a discussion of it with all participants. These sessions are designed to foster rich discussions with experts in the field and to promote a vibrant Administrative Law community. 

Members of the organizing committee (listed below) along with several prominent scholars in the field from across the country will serve as senior commenters on the papers. Vanderbilt Law School’s cohort of administrative law and legislation and regulation scholars will also participate in the discussions, including Lisa Bressman, Jim Rossi, Ed Rubin, Kevin Stack, and Ganesh Sitaraman.

Scholars wishing to present a paper and participate in the Roundtable should submit a one-to-two-page abstract by Friday, February 27, 2026.To be eligible, scholars must have less than ten years of tenure-track teaching. Scholars holding fellowships, visiting assistant professorships, or similar positions are eligible and encouraged to submit. So are those nearing their tenth year of tenure-track teaching who might not consider themselves “junior.” Abstracts should be emailed to Lisa Bressman at lisa.bressman@vanderbilt.edu. Please contact Professor Bressman with any other questions about the event. Applicants should include their title, institutional affiliation, and number of years teaching in the academy. 

Vanderbilt Law School will provide meals and lodging for two nights. Participants are encouraged to cover their own transportation costs if able, although a limited pool of funds will be available to defray the costs for participants who do not have access to financial support from their institution. We very much look forward to hearing from scholars interested in participating.

Organizing Committee

• Nick Bagley (Michigan)
• Emily Bremer (Notre Dame)
• Lisa Bressman (Vanderbilt)
• Kristin Hickman (Minnesota)
• Nina Mendelson (Michigan)
• Gillian Metzger (Columbia)
• Kevin Stack (Vanderbilt)
• Chris Walker (Michigan)