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 […]
I’ve always loved using ICF’s Reg Map in class with my students, and I can imagine it’s helpful in the real world to introduce new lawyers (and legal interns) at federal agencies, on the Hill, etc., to the federal notice-and-comment rulemaking process. The same is no doubt true for clients who are about to navigate […]
Here is the January 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. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it looks like scholarship on AI or the nondelegation make up half the list. Here’s the top ten: AI in Adjudication and Administration: […]
In a potentially major development in agency adjudication and enforcement, OMB has asked the public to “identify additional reforms that will ensure adequate due process in regulatory enforcement and adjudication.” Here is the request for information, which includes the instructions and link to submit comments. Comments are due by March 16, 2020. I’m reproducing the […]
Date: February 12, 2020 – 9:30 am to 12:00 pm EST Location:Jack Morton Auditorium, The George Washington University805 21st Street NW Washington, DC 20052(Map) Forum Press Release Sponsors: Administrative Conference of the United States The George Washington University Law School American Bar Association, Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Program Description:Nationwide injunctions prohibit the federal government from enforcing statutes, […]
The Oversight Project at American University Washington College of Law is hosting a research conference on the work of federal oversight and accountability institutions, including Inspectors General, the General Accountability Office, the Office of Government Ethics, the Office of Special Counsel, the Office of Management and Budget, and the role of the Congress in oversight […]
The Annual Meeting of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis will be held March 16-17, 2020, on the campus of George Washington University in Washington, DC. You can find the full program and registration information on the Society’s website. Here are a few noteworthy panels for administrative law scholars and practitioners: 1.A Surviving Judicial Review Chair: […]
Here is the December 2019 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: AI in Adjudication and Administration: A Status Report on Governmental Use of Algorithmic Tools in the United States by Cary Coglianese & Lavi Ben Dor […]
Per the ABA website: On December 20, 2019, the ABA sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen urging the Justice Department to issue new government-wide guidance—based on the ABA’s Proposed Guidance—allowing government lawyers to participate more fully in the ABA and other legal professional associations. The proposed guidance is needed to correct the […]
From the program organizers Kent Barnett, Jarrod Shobe, and Evan Zoldan: If you are attending AALS this year in Washington, D.C., please join our New Voices in Administrative Law and Legislation program on Friday, January 3 at 3:30 to 5:15 in the Roosevelt 5 Room at the Marriott Wardman Park. Twelve of our colleagues will […]
With the transition to the new blog platform, it appears that my October 2019 edition of the AdLaw SSRN reading list has disappeared. So I’m combining both the October and November lists in this post (with the year-end December post to come shortly after the new year). Here is the October 2019 Edition of the […]
As I first noted on the blog five 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 […]
From the American Constitution Society website: About the Cudahy Competition The American Constitution Society is pleased to announce the Thirteenth Annual Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition on Regulatory and Administrative Law. Judge Cudahy’s distinguished contributions to the fields of regulatory and administrative law combined a keen grasp of legal doctrine, deep insight into the institutional […]
Michigan Law School 2020 Junior Scholars Conference, April 17-18, 2020 Call for Papers Deadline for Submission: January 3, 2020 The University of Michigan Law School is pleased to invite junior scholars to attend the 6th Annual Junior Scholars Conference which will be held on April 17-18, 2020, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The conference provides junior […]
Tomorrow, Friday, December 6, 2019, the Justice Department will host a summit on modernizing the Administrative Procedure Act. It starts at 9AM, and can be livestreamed here. Here’s the description of the summit, from the Justice Department’s invitation: The summit will explore how the administrative state has developed in ways not foreseen by the Administrative […]