The annual ABA Administrative Law Conference is my favorite conference each year, and this year’s lineup is once again excellent. Unfortunately, we will be fully online/virtual again, but the upside is that it will be more accessible to those nationwide and the online platform allows you to watch the panels you couldn’t catch live for up to a month after the conference.

The conference will take place on November 18-19, 2021, and the full program brochure is here. Here’s the agenda:

Thursday November 18, 2021

8:45 am – 10:15 am ET

• Researching and Interpreting the Administrative Procedure Act
• Understanding Immigration Law Challenges
• The Paperwork Reduction Act: Practice, Policy and Predictions

10:45 am – 12:15 pm ET

• OIRA in the Biden Administration: A Conversation with Former OIRA Administrators
• Pursuing Innovation in Administrative Enforcement
• Making FOIA Work

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm ET

• Administrative Law at the Intersection of Legislative, Judicial and Executive Powers
• What Does Arthrex Mean for Administrative Adjudication?
• Nationwide Injunctions and Federal Rulemaking

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm ET

• Ex Parte Communications in Informal Rulemaking
• Litigating Administrative Law Cases in the Roberts Court: Insiders’ Accounts
• What the heck is going on with the Independent Agencies? A Discussion of recent controversies confronting the FTC and other independent agencies.

Friday November 19, 2021

8:45 am – 10:30 am

• Developments in Administrative Law Part 1

10:45 am – 12:30 pm ET

• Developments in Administrative Law Part 2

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET

• Artificial Intelligence in Agency Rulemaking
• Troubling Issues Raised by the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket
• Executive Orders In Theory and Practice

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm ET

• Regulatory Policymaking in the Biden Administration
• The Shifting Sands of Standing Doctrine
• Keeping the Appearance of Propriety: Ethical Challenges in Regulatory Lawyering

Individuals may register online here. Group discounts are available and detailed in the program brochure. I hope you can join us!