Welcome back

Welcome back to the Administrative Law Prof Blog.  The Editors hope to make this a useful and interesting tool for admin law professors, instructors in substantive areas of government regulation and procedure, and everyone interested in how government at every level exercises its rule-making, rule-enforcing, and executive decision-making powers.

We see this blog as important for several reasons:

1. Admin law is a growth industry, irrespective of who controls the White House or Congress.  Or the State Capitol.  Or City Hall.
2. Admin law, especially at the state and local levels, will be a part of most every lawyer's practice no matter how hard she or he tries to avoid it.  And,
3. Admin law is best learned if presented in a living context.

We intend to focus on general issues of administrative law rather than specific areas of regulation, as for many specific subjects there are other bloggers providing excellent coverage.  The Law Profs Network has blogs for Aviation, Banking, Environmental, Food, Health, Immigration, Land Use, Professional Responsibility, M&A, Media, Nonprofit, Science, Securities, Tax, and Workplace law.  Also, the Adjunct Prof Blog appears to cover Labor Law.  Therefore, we will try to find you the important information on:

• Executive power under Article I of the U.S. Constitution and state and local analogs, in the administrative context.
• Due process (procedural and substantive) in the administrative context.
• Administrative procedures, including interpretation and application of the federal Administrative Procedure Act and state and local analogs.
• Judicial review of executive action.
• Administrative law practice issues.
• Administrative law pedagogy.

We will not cover government-related criminal law, torts, or private statutory claims such as qui tam, 1983, and securities fraud.

However, each of us on the Administrative Law Prof Blog editorial staff has substantive interests that may pop up from time to time.  In particular, we will try to watch regulatory areas not covered by another Law Prof Network blog.

If you spot something that may be of interest to our readers or are interested in contributing to the Administrative Law Prof Blog, please email Ted, Kamina, or Lisa.

EMM