SECTION OF
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW & REGULATORY PRACTICE

More About The Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice

The Administrative Law Section of the ABA is the place for "one-stop shopping" for cutting edge information on all regulatory schemes at both the Federal and State levels. The beauty of the Section is that all regulatory disciplines fall within it, so you do not have to be a member of more than one Section to stay current on substantive and procedural developments in all the areas that impact your practice and your clients.

To help Section members stay abreast of current developments in their substantive practice specialties, the Section has a established a wide range of Government Functions Committees dealing with most of the substantive legal topics and practice areas that are part of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. Other Committees cover Administrative Procedure and Judicial Review issues that are common to most, if not all areas of regulatory law. Section Committees frequently engage in law reform activities, including the drafting of reports and recommendations to Congress and administrative agencies regarding administrative and regulatory law matters on behalf of the Section and the ABA as a whole. The Section and its Committees regularly sponsors CLE programs and holds quarterly meetings of great benefit to members. A few recent and upcoming events and CLE programs can be found at the Calendar of Events.

The Section also has Activities Committees and Ad Hoc Committees.

As you might expect from a Section covering such a broad spectrum, our members are our strength, and the Section's moderate size makes it easy to benefit from the opportunity to get to know and network with them. The Section proudly counts Justices Scalia and Breyer among its alumni. In fact, Justice Breyer hosted a reception at the Supreme Court for the Section during its 1995 Fall Meeting. The Section also includes many renowned academics, and public- and private-sector leaders. For example, both Ted Olson (of Morrison v. Olson) and Judge Patricia Wald of the D.C. Circuit are former Council members, and Richard Wiley, former FCC Chair and now a private sector leader in communications law, is a former Section Chair.

The Administrative & Regulatory Law News is a quarterly newsletter filled with timely and informative articles such as Supreme Court News, analyzing recent Supreme Court decisions, News From the Circuits, covering recent federal decisions, and News From the States, covering recent developments in Administrative and Regulatory Law at the State level. Most issues contain an article on Congressional or White House activities that impact administrative law, such as the various regulatory reform bills before Congress.

You can browse the Back Issues for a discussion of court decisions, statutory and regulatory changes, or reviews of new articles and treatises you might have missed.

The Administrative Law Review is published four times a year and contains scholarly articles by leading professors, practitioners, and judges, articles on comparative and foreign administrative law, an annual review of administrative law cases, and research reports on cross-cutting issues in administrative law and procedure.

It's easy to become active in the Section, with all of the Committees spanning such a broad spectrum of interests. Find out how you can become involved.

At the Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice we are always looking for new and better ways to serve our members, the bar and the public. If you have any comments, ideas or features you would like us to incorporate, or if you have difficulties with any of the links in these pages, please contact the Section's Webmaster

ABA and Section Membership information

For additional information on the Section, please contact us at:
Phone: (202) 662-1528
Fax: (202) 662-1529
E-Mail: Adminlaw@abanet.org

ABA Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
740 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005-1022

E-Mail: adminlaw@abanet.org