In January, the AALS Administrative Law Section recognized Benjamin Eidelson and Blake Emerson as co-recipients of its second annual Emerging Scholar Award. Nominations for this year’s award are due on September 30th. Self-nominations are welcome!  Full-time faculty members without tenure at the time of the work’s publication, including those with fellowships, visiting assistant professorships, or similar positions, are eligible. To nominate someone, please send an anonymized version of their work to me, […]

The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) is seeking to hire an experienced, senior-level attorney advisor at the GS-13 or GS-14 level. The ideal candidate would have at least two years of experience working as an attorney in a setting requiring them to independently manage a portfolio of projects and possess a demonstrative academic or professional […]

From the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (registration here): Benefit-Cost Analysis for U.S. Regulations co-sponsored by the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Benefit-cost analysis is used around the world to assess regulatory impacts. This workshop introduces the use of Benefit-Cost Analysis for Regulatory Impact Analyses (RIAs) in the Federal government. The topics will include issues of identifying […]

The AALS Section on Federal Courts is pleased to announce the annual award for the best article on the law of federal jurisdiction by a full-time, untenured faculty member at an AALS member or affiliate school—and to solicit nominations (including self-nominations) for the prize to be awarded at the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting. The purpose […]

The American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice (the Section) is pleased to invite applications for its ABA Administrative Law Fellowship. The fellowship, established in 2021, aims to diversify the cohort of legal academics in administrative law and regulatory practice by positioning lawyers currently in practice to be successful job candidates in […]

Sharing this job announcement (below). I’m always happy to post job openings in administrative law here on the blog, so please don’t hesitate to reach out. The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is currently seeking applications for General Attorney positions in its Centers for […]

Today the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in American Hospital Association v. Becerra, ruling against the federal government. The case involves a complicated area of the Medicare reimbursement statutory scheme, and the Court held that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) does not have discretion under the statute to adjust reimbursement rates […]

Date: February 09, 2023 Location: Washington, DC Time: All Day, beginning 9:00 a.m. EST The Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy Pacific Legal Foundation’s Center for the Separation of Powers and Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy seek papers for a symposium on “Ensuring Democratic Accountability in the Administrative State,” to be held in February 2023, […]

I thought I’d publicize a few job opportunities for law students and lawyers interested in administrative law: The Administrative Conference of the United States is hiring an Attorney Advisor (posting here). The Office of the General Counsel at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is hiring a number of Attorney Advisors (posting here). [UPDATE: The […]

Here is the April 2022 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. Severability First Principles by William Baude (109 Virginia Law Review forthcoming) An Overview of Privacy Law in 2022 by Daniel J. Solove & Paul M. […]

The ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice’s Annual Spring Administrative Law Conference is Friday, May 13, 2022, and will be entirely virtual. The Administrative Law Conference is two events in one. We will have two simultaneous tracks: the Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice Institute, chaired by Adam White, and the Homeland Security Law […]

As noted in my introductory post, I had the privilege of inducting Professor Ron Levin into the Senior Fellow ranks of the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. This is the highest honor in the Section, as we have only inducted twenty Senior Fellows in the Section’s history. Ron Levin is the William R. […]

As noted in my introductory post, I had the privilege of inducting Professor Renée Landers into the Senior Fellow ranks of the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. This is rarefied air in administrative law, as we have only inducted twenty Senior Fellows in the Section’s storied history. Renée Landers is a Professor […]