We thought you might like to learn more about members in the ABA Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice Section, so we have restarted our Section Member Spotlight Series. Prior posts in this series can be found here, on the Section’s legacy Notice and Comment blog that merged with the Yale Journal on Regulation‘s blog in 2015. The next […]
Yesterday at our annual meeting of the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, the Section voted to approve the slate of new officers and council members. Thanks to the nominating committee, chaired by Judy Boggs and including Renée Landers and Matt Wiener, for identifying, recruiting, and recommending a terrific slate. Here is the […]
The Administrative Conference of the United States is taking applications for multiple Attorney Advisor positions, with a deadline of April 30. The agency is seeking candidates with a year or more of legal experience. If you’re in a term-limited position such as a clerkship or fellowship, you should still apply! Your application is invited even […]
In August, the governing council of the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice voted to confirm the nomination slate of new officers and council members, and the leadership transition became effective yesterday. I am very excited to chair the Section this year and to welcome the new leadership. I’d like to thank the […]
Nope!* * It’s been a good run. If you’re interested, here is the complete list of posts: August 2015: Obamacare Round 3? King Solomon and the APA “It was the best of times ….” Can You Keep a Secret? September 2015: The Second Most Important Court? The Future of […]
The Administrative Conference of the United States has announced it’s hiring an attorney advisor. This is great opportunity, particularly for someone interested in a career working in the federal government or in academia. I can attest to this, having worked at ACUS for five years before entering academia. If you love administrative law–or are open […]
It’s said that becoming a federal judge can change people—and not always for the better. You become the master of your own kingdom, answerable to no one thanks to the Constitution’s effective guarantee of lifetime tenure. Whatever flaws you had before can become accentuated. It says something remarkable about Stephen F. Williams that his 34 […]
by Peter Conti-Brown, Kristina Daugirdas, Daniel E. Ho, Anne Joseph O’Connell, and Nicholas R. Parrillo The field of administrative law has lost one its most important and beloved figures, Judge Stephen F. Williams of the D.C. Circuit, who died on Friday at 83. Since his appointment by President Reagan in 1986, Williams held a reputation […]
My April SSRN post is barely making it online before the end of May, as the last couple months have been both a blur and a trudge. (Among other things, I’ve discovered I am a very poor elementary school teacher as we’ve struggled with distance-learning/teaching our kids at home.) But there is a lot of […]
We thought you might like to learn more about members in the ABA Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice Section, so we are restarting our Section Member Spotlight Series. Prior posts in this series can be found here, on the Section’s legacy Notice and Comment blog that merged with the Yale Journal on Regulation‘s blog in […]
I received an email a few days ago from a student looking to clerk.* He has authorized me to post it here. Re: Mailing Clerkship Applications to Chambers During Quarantine Professor Nielson, I’ve been working on clerkship applications over the past week and just realized that judges are unlikely to be in chambers to receive […]
To sports fans, the term “bulletin board material” refers to a demeaning statement from the other team that is used to fire everyone up. And that’s a shame. For you see, bulletin boards can do much more than prompt already very competitive individuals to be even more competitive. In fact, a bulletin board changed my […]
I’m in Maryland today — to learn about the D.C. Circuit. Cambridge, Maryland is home to the 2019 D.C. Circuit Judicial Conference.* Because I’m rushing to catch a flight home, this will be a post filled with a hodgepodge of thoughts. (1) If you’re wondering whether we should have Judicial Conferences, here are some thoughts […]
The D.C. Circuit is a fascinating court. If you don’t believe me, you probably aren’t reading this post. If you are reading this post and you still don’t believe me, you will soon. That said, the D.C. Circuit is a quirky court. Its docket is odd. There are some criminal appeals (as you’ll see from […]
Time is funny. I clerked on the D.C. Circuit ten years ago. A decade is a long time — but it sure doesn’t feel like it. From my clerkship days, I remember the judges. I remember the cases. In fact, I even remember some of the oral arguments. Yet I can’t escape reality: The 2019 […]