In case you missed it, May was Public Service Recognition Month here at Notice & Comment. We published tributes to an amazing group of public servants: A Tribute to Judge H. Alexander Manuel, by Patricia B. Miles The Example of Ingrid Schroffner: Any Exemplary Government Lawyer, Advocate for Diversity, and Mentor, by Renée M. Landers […]
Ronald M. Levin is a Professor’s Professor. He joined the Washington University (St. Louis) School of Law in 1979 as an Assistant Professor, is now the William R. Orthwein Distinguished Professor, and teaches a full slate of courses including Administrative Law, Election Law, Civil Procedure, and Immigration Law. But it is Administrative Law where his […]
Sound public administration requires principled, trustworthy, dedicated, creative public servants. We’ve profiled a handful of these wonderful, essential people over the course of the last month. But our celebration of public service would be incomplete without a tribute to Carol Ann Siciliano. Carol Ann is a gifted lawyer and writer with a generous spirit, an […]
When the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) stepped down in 2015, the agency (and the entire administrative law community) was to have Matt Wiener, ACUS’s Vice Chairman, waiting in the wings as the statutorily specified Acting Chairman. Not only has Matt served as Acting Chairman ever since, he is also […]
Among legal disciplines, perhaps none involves the doctrinal breadth of administrative law. Administrative law topics range from foundational constitutional principles, such as the proper allocation of powers between the legislative and executive branches, to far more commonplace matters, such as whether a secondary school student can be suspended without some sort of hearing. And administrative […]
There has been a lot written in the last couple of years paying tribute to my friend and colleague Nina Olson. At Procedurally Taxing, in 2019, when Nina stepped down from her longtime position as National Taxpayer Advocate, there were 16 separate tributes attesting to how Nina educated and inspired, from her time as the […]
The American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Presents Federal Civil Service: Confronting Challenges and Searching for Solutions Thursday May 27, 2021 12 pm – 1:00 pm Eastern Time Via Zoom In acknowledgment of Public Service Recognition Week, the Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice is hosting a panel discussion on […]
At the 2020 ABA Annual Administrative Law Conference in November, I had the privilege of presenting the Section Fellows award to the Honorable Judith Boggs. I often tell my students that when you want to know how to get somewhere in life, you have to figure out who is already there. Take a look at […]
Lorraine Lee is the Chief Administrative Law Judge for the State of Washington, a post she has held for almost twelve years. She is presently serving her third five-year term under appointment of Governor Jay Inslee. She became the Chief Judge after serving in many Washington State agency capacities, including chair of the board that […]
Created in 1989 by the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, the Mary C. Lawton Award for Outstanding Government Service honors the memory of Mary Lawton, a distinguished career government lawyer who served on the Council of the Administrative Law Section from 1983-1986, and as Chair of the Section’s Judicial Review Committee from […]
This series paying tribute to exemplary government workers is a fitting way for the Section and Notice & Comment to observe Public Service Recognition Week. Coverage of excessive use of force by police nationally, too often resulting in death, has shared the headlines in Massachusetts with police fraud in accounting for overtime. The attention these […]
H. Alexander Manuel is the current chair of the American Bar Association’s National Conference of the Administrative Law Judiciary (NCALJ) through August, 2021. A distinct conference within the Judicial Division, NCALJ works to enhance the status and competence of federal and state administrative judiciary members and to ensure the quality and efficiency of the delivery […]
Every first week of May since 1985 we have celebrated Public Service Recognition Week, honoring those who serve our Nation at the federal, state, local, and tribal level. The ABA Administrative Law Section has decided to commission a month-long series to honor public servants who have made a different in our lives and country. If […]