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Author: Christopher J. Walker

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ABA AdLaw Section Webinar 7/9 at Noon: Recent Separation of Powers Challenges at the Supreme Court

From the ABA Section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice: Register Now!   The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board: Recent Separation of Powers Challenges at the Supreme CourtJuly 9, 2020 | 12 – 1:30 pm   The Supreme Court heard several structural constitutional law challenges this term. These […]

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Administrative Law SSRN Reading List, May 2020 Edition

Here is the May 2020 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. Urgent Legal Lessons From a Very Fast Problem: COVID-19 by Eric E. Johnson & Theodore C. Bailey (Stanford Law Review Online forthcoming) The Automated Administrative […]

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July 9th ACUS Webinar: Artificial Intelligence and Administrative Law Doctrines: Challenges and Opportunities

The Administrative Conference of the United States and the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law and Policy are pleased to announce the second panel in their virtual symposium on artificial intelligence in federal agencies. This session will take place on Thursday, July 9 from 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm ET. Georgetown Law professor and ACUS […]

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Kickoff Plenary Session for ABA Administrative Law Conference: Recognizing and Addressing Racism in Administrative Law, 11/18 @ noon

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 […]

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Legislating Away Qualified Immunity in Section 1983

With the Supreme Court denying various cert petitions that asked the Court to reconsider qualified immunity, the ball is definitely now in Congress’s court—where Aaron Nielson and I have argued such reform calls should be directed in light of statutory stare decisis—as well as in that of state legislatures, as we explore in Part IV […]

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Call for Papers: Michigan Law Junior Scholars Conference (1/4 deadline)

The University of Michigan Law School invites junior scholars to attend the 7th Annual Junior Scholars Conference, which will take place virtually on April 16-17, 2021. The conference provides junior scholars with a platform to present and discuss their work with peers, and to receive detailed feedback from senior members of the Michigan Law faculty. The Michigan Law journals […]

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Call for Panel Proposals (7/6 deadline): Annual ABA Administrative Law Conference, 11/19-11/20

The ABA Section of Adminstrative Law and Regulatory Practice will be hosting its annual administrative law conference on November 19-20, 2020. This is the AdLaw Section’s signature event, and it attracts hundreds of government officials, scholars, and practitioners with two packed days of panels and programming. Due to the COVID-19 situation, the conference will be […]

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Call for Papers: ACS Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition in Administrative Law (2/7 deadline)

The American Constitution Society (ACS) is now accepting applications for the 2021 Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition in Administration Law. Open to all lawyers and law students, this competition celebrates the legacy of the late Judge Cudahy by honoring academic writing focused on American regulatory or administrative law, broadly construed.   This year’s judging panel […]

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What the DACA Rescission Case Means for Administrative Law: A New Frontier for Chenery I’s Ordinary Remand Rule?

Yesterday the Supreme Court issued its decision in Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, which concerns the Trump Administration’s attempt to rescind the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration relief executive action (DACA). In a 5-4 decision, Chief Justice Roberts penned the majority opinion and likely cast the […]

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June 25th Webinar: ACUS Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Federal Agencies

From the Administrative Conference of the United States: The Administrative Conference of the United States is excited to partner with the Institute for Technology Law and Policy at Georgetown University Law Center to host a multi-part, virtual symposium on artificial intelligence in federal agencies. The first session will take place on Thursday, June 25 from […]