Administrative Law Review Symposia: Call for Papers
The Administrative Law Review generally sponsors at least one symposium each year, and issues a general call for papers associated with each as a way to generate discussion and scholarship in the field and solicit articles for publication. For additional information, contact the Senior Symposium Editor at alr.sse@wcl.american.edu or jonrstroud@gmail.com.
This year, the Administrative Law Review has had the pleasure of being able to schedule three administrative law-related forum events.
First, in May 2011, the Administrative Law Review co-hosted the 30th Anniversary OIRA Conference: Executive Oversight of Administrative Discretion, and published an associated Symposium issue of the Review. Notably, Cass Sunstein, the current Office of Information and Regulatory Analysis (OIRA) Administrator, spoke at the conference and his comments appear in the Symposium issue. The book is a collection of remarks and recollections on the first thirty years of the OIRA, and contributes to the scholarship surrounding the review of agency regulations at the executive level.
Second, the Administrative Law Review is hosting its primary symposium on February 17, 2012, entitled Interbranch Control Of Regulation: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Influence, and Agency Response. This daylong symposium will explore how the three branches each attempt to influence the outcome of regulation, review rulemakings, impose procedural obstacles to agency action, and exercise veto power over decisionmaking, and how the agencies maneuver to avoid those efforts.
Third, the Administrative Law Review will be hosting an afternoon symposium on January 25 on the creation and administration of a new trial-like review procedure, more commonly known as post-grant patent opposition, at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, titled Regulating Innovation: How the Patent and Trademark Office Intends to Create Adjudication From Scratch. This symposium explores the rulemaking that will be required of the agency, the implementation of the post-grant review process, and industry reaction to the proposed changes. We will explore whether the review process will help, or hurt, certain industries, as well as the patent process in general.
