Tenth Annual Administrative Law New Scholarship Roundtable

The University of Michigan Law School is very pleased to host the Tenth Annual Administrative Law New Scholarship Roundtable on May 19-20, 2025. 

For the past nine years, the roundtable has offered administrative law scholars an excellent opportunity to get feedback on their work from distinguished scholars in a collaborative setting.

Approximately 12 authors will be selected to workshop their papers in a series of individual sessions, one for each paper, over the course of a day and a half.

Each paper will be introduced by an experienced scholar who will comment on the work and facilitate a discussion of it with all participants. These sessions are designed to foster rich discussions with experts in the field and to promote a vibrant administrative law community. 

Members of the organizing committee (listed below) along with several prominent scholars in the field from across the country will serve as senior commenters on the papers. Michigan Law’s cohort of administrative law and legislation and regulation scholars will also participate in the discussions, including: 

• Sam Bagenstos
• Nick Bagley
• Dan Crane
• Dan Deacon
• Alex Klass
• Nina Mendelson
• Julian Mortenson
• Bill Novak
• Rachel Rothschild
• Margo Schlanger
• Chris Walker

Organizing Committee

• Nick Bagley (Michigan)
• Aditya Bamzai (Virginia)
• Emily Bremer (Notre Dame)
• Kristin Hickman (Minnesota)
• Nina Mendelson (Michigan)
• Wendy Wagner (Texas)
• Melissa Wasserman (Texas)

Call for Papers

Scholars wishing to present a paper and participate in the Roundtable should submit a one-to-two-page abstract by Friday, February 28, 2025. 

To be eligible, scholars must have fewer than 10 years of tenure-track teaching. Scholars holding fellowships, visiting assistant professorships, or similar positions are eligible and encouraged to submit. So are those nearing their 10th year of tenure-track teaching who might not consider themselves “junior.” 

Abstracts should be emailed to Nina Mendelson at nmendel@umich.edu and Lili Epley at epley@umich.edu. Applicants should include their title, institutional affiliation, and number of years teaching in the academy. 

University of Michigan Law School will provide meals and lodging for two nights. Participants are encouraged to cover their own transportation costs if able, although a limited pool of funds will be available to defray the costs for participants who do not have access to financial support from their institution. We very much look forward to hearing from scholars interested in participating.

Please contact Professor Mendelson with any other questions about the event.