From Kathryn Kovacs: In January, the AALS Administrative Law Section presented Joy Milligan its first Emerging Scholar Award. Nominations for this year’s award are due on September 30, 2021. Self-nominations are welcome! Fulltime faculty members without tenure at the time of the work’s publication, including those with fellowships, visiting assistant professorships, or similar positions, are […]
As I first noted on the blog six 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. JOTWELL’s Administrative Law Section publishes monthly a short review of a current piece of administrative law scholarship, usually authored by one of our contributing editors who are all leading […]
The week of the annual ABA Administrative Law Conference has arrived! This is the signature event of the ABA Administrative Law Section. Indeed, having grown up in Vegas where we always proclaim to have the biggest and best of everything, I’m tempted to say this is the biggest and best conference on administrative law held […]
The AALS Sections on Administrative Law and Legislation are pleased to announce their co-sponsored “New Voices in Administrative Law and Legislation” program for the 2021 AALS Annual Meeting, which will be held entirely online. The New Voices program gives junior administrative law scholars and junior legislation scholars an opportunity to receive useful feedback on their work from more senior reviewers before submitting […]
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 […]
Below are two announcements from Kent Barnett concerning the American Association of Law Schools Administrative Law Section’s programming for the AALS 2021 Annual Meeting: (1) the dates and times for our two programs, and (2) a request for nominations for our Emerging Scholar Award. Section Programming Section Meeting: 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. EST, […]
The protest movement that coalesced this summer around #BlackLivesMatter galvanized a long overdue public conversation about race in the United States. Students across the country are demanding that their professors reexamine their textbooks and revise their course materials to grapple with the ways that structural racism has shaped our various disciplines. Administrative law is no […]
Kent Barnett, Emily Bremer, and I were thrilled to organize the Duke Law Journal‘s fiftieth annual administrative law symposium, entitled Charting the New Landscape of Administrative Adjudication. As I blogged about last month, the live symposium took place on Valentine’s Day, and the draft papers and video from the symposium are now available online. Here is the […]
Kent Barnett, Emily Bremer, and I are thrilled to have organized the Duke Law Journal‘s fiftieth annual administrative law symposium, entitled Charting the New Landscape of Administrative Adjudication. The live symposium takes place this Friday, February 14, 2020 (Valentine’s Day!), so if you’re in the area definitely come join us. I’ll post links to the […]
The ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Presents Federal Honors Programs Teleconference for Law Students Wednesday April 17th, 2019 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Eastern Time Teleconference Event For anyone interested in practicing regulatory law, the federal government is a terrific place to begin a career. Attorneys from the Departments of Homeland Security, […]
Welcome back to Ninth Circuit Review-Reviewed! In what was otherwise a slow December, the court did address one blockbuster controversy. In East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Donald Trump, a majority panel denied the government’s request to stay a temporary injunction imposed by a district court on the Trump administration’s recent policy to limit aliens’ eligibility […]
This summer the SSRN adlaw working paper series has provided for ample beach reading. June was no exception. Here is the June 2018 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. Regulatory Police by Rory Van Loo (Columbia […]
On Thursday, I had the privilege of participating on a terrific administrative law panel at the American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting in San Diego. The Federalist Society organized the panel, which meant the four panelists brought very diverse perspectives to the discussion on how to reform the administrative state. Here’s the description of the […]
One of the most frequent questions I get from other junior administrative law professors is whether they should attend the Administrative Law Conference held each October and sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. My answer is always a resounding YES, and that applies to anyone who researches, teaches, […]