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 […]

Tomorrow the House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet will hold a hearing on the implications of the Federal Circuit’s recent decision on the constitutionality of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) under the Appointments Clause. I hope the hearing will spur Congress to act quickly, to address the dangers the Federal Circuit has […]

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 2020 AALS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The New Voices program gives junior administrative law scholars and junior legislation scholars an opportunity to receive useful feedback on their work from more […]

The American Association of Law Schools annual meeting will be in Washington, DC, on January 2-5, 2020, and the early-bird registration deadline is November 14th. Law professors can register here. Here’s a look at the administrative law programming for this year’s annual meeting (full program here): Friday, January 3, 2020 Administering the 2017 Tax Act: […]

For administrative law nerds like me, this is the best Halloween costume ever (from one of my students Sophia Mills):

From my inbox. We have a terrific lineup again this year, so definitely join us!    Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice     AMBAR.ORG     |      CAREER CENTER     |      MEMBERSHIP     |      CALENDAR     |      CLE     |   PUBLISHING      2019 Administrative Law Conference November 14-15, 2019 | Walter E. Washington Convention Center | Washington, DC   Don’t forget to register before Monday November […]

10/14/2019 Update: The podcast version of this teleforum is now available here. This was a fascinating and vigorous debate, and I learned a lot. This afternoon I’ll be moderating a Federalist Society teleforum on “Spectrum Wars.” Here are the details: With the advent of mobile devices, ubiquitous home laptop, tablet and iPad computers, content streaming […]

[10/10 Update: Podcast version of teleforum available here.] Devin Watkins of CEI and I will be discussing the Supreme Court’s decision this week to relist the rehearing petition in Gundy v. United States and the state of play for nondelegation challenges more generally. Here are the details: Litigation Update: Gundy v. U.S. Litigation Practice Group […]