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    Section Membership

    Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice

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    As the home for lawyers who work for, interact with, or study government entities, our Section seeks to enhance their professional development, and further the vital public interest in effective, efficient, and fair administration at all levels of government. We invite you to join us!

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    Join the Section for only $60! Access tools that will improve your profession, such as top-tier CLE, peer-reviewed academic publications, curated Administrative law content, committees that focus specifically on your area of practice, and more.

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    The Value of Section Membership

    As a member, you can build your professional reputation while you pursue your interests –write, teach, lead, and learn.

    Member Testimonials

    What Our Members Say

    Bringing Government and Private Attorneys Together

    "The Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section plays an invaluable role in bringing government and private attorneys together to discuss and debate significant regulatory issues. The seminars it sponsors are uniformly excellent. The Administrative Law Review is highly respected, featuring timely articles on major administrative law issues. These are the reasons why I have been a member for many years."

    James H. Burnley former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Partner Venable LLP

    What Our Members Say

    Found My Summer Internship

    "Student Membership in the ABA Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section has been invaluable to my law school career. The Homeland Security Law Institute was a fantastic opportunity to learn about developments on the cutting edge of security law. I was able to network with the movers and shakers in the field and found my summer internship through contacts I made at the conference."

    Bailey J. Woolfstead, Law Student Member

    What Our Members Say

    Life-Long Friendships and Enhanced Leadership Skills

    "For the past twenty-five years or so, the Ad Law Section has been an important part of my professional life. Initially, the most tangible benefits from my membership were educational – learning from the Section's excellent publications and conferences and seminars. But over time, as I became involved in Section committee work, and then assumed increasingly-responsible leadership positions, I reaped a different order of benefit from Section membership on top of the educational ones. I made life-long friendships, enhanced my leadership skills, and networked with the nation's most knowledgeable and prominent administrative lawyers and scholars. All this has enriched my career in a way that I can't now imagine having missed!"

    Randolph J. May, President, The Free State Foundation

    Publications

    Members of the Section receive the quarterly Administrative & Regulatory Law News magazine, the quarterly Administrative Law Review, and the annual Developments in Administrative Law compendium, as benefits of membership. Opportunities to submit manuscripts to these publications and to author additional books on administrative law issues in regulatory policy, rulemaking, transparency or adjudication, are key benefits of membership in the Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section.

    Events and CLE

    The section holds four annual CLE programs, the Administrative Law Conference in the fall, the Lobbying Institute in the winter, and in the spring the Homeland Security Law Institute and the National Institute of Administrative Law. These programs feature in-depth analysis of current law and practice, with insights gleaned from faculty who are leaders in government, academia and private practice. Opportunities to network abound, and dialogue on issues of importance to the rule of law and the profession provide rich rewards to those Section members who serve as panelists, program organizers or chairpersons.

    Committees

    More than 40 section committees monitor and review agency actions, new legislation and case law in areas such as rulemaking, adjudication and judicial review, as well as on more specific subjects such as homeland security, transportation, immigration, energy and environment, freedom of information and the role of the ombudsman. Working groups are developing recommendations in numerous areas of administrative law including health care access proposals, federal agency preemption, financial regulations, modifications to the MSAPA, etc. Participation on a committee, task force or working group is one of the key benefits of membership in the Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section, according to our current members.

    Member Discounts

    As an ABA member, earn rewards and save on products and services you need, from brands you trust.