A Hard Look

On this episode of the  ⁠Administrative Law Review’s A Hard Look ⁠, tune in to listen to our Senior Technology Editor, ⁠Alexander Naum⁠ speak with Lauren Saxe , a rising 2L at American University Washington College of Law and ALR's incoming Senior Symposia & Communications Editor. In this episode, we review the regulatory framework surrounding FDA’s approval of Mifepristone in 2000. Includ...

On this episode of the  Administrative Law Review ’s  A Hard Look , tune in to listen to our Senior Technology Editor, Alexander Naum, and our Technology Editor, Eva Pedersen speak with information justice and intellectual property expert, Michael W. Carroll . In this episode, we review the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI), including the popular program "ChatGPT." We...

On this episode of the  Administrative Law Review’s A Hard Look , tune in to listen to our Senior Technology Editor, Alexander Naum speak with  Linda Reinstein  (President and Co-founder of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization ). In this episode, we explore the history of asbestos’s commercial use in the United States and the health threats associated with asbestos exposure. The episode div...

On this episode of the Administrative Law Review’s A Hard Look , tune in to listen to our Technology Editor, Eva Pederson speak with Martin Mitchell , former Presidential Appointee serving as an Appellate Military Judge on the U.S. Court of Military Commissions Review, former USAF JAG Officer, and current Veterans Law Judge, about the evolution of military justice; Ortiz v. United States; and the...

On this episode of the Administrative Law Review’s A Hard Look , tune in to listen to our Senior Technology Editor, Alexander Naum speak with Aliza Shatzman (President and Co-founder of the Legal Accountability Project). In this episode, we review the gaps found in the current state of Judicial Accountability framed by our guest’s experience of mistreatment in her former clerkship; including her s...

On this episode of the Administrative Law Review’s A Hard Look, tune in to listen to our Senior Technology Editor, Alexander Naum, and our Technology Editor, Eva Bogdewic speak with Environmental Law expert, William Snape, III . In this episode, we review the Supreme Court’s ruling in WV v. EPA and its implications on climate policy, and the broader implications to Administrative Law as...

On this episode of the  Administrative Law Review ’s  A Hard Look , tune in to listen to our Senior Technology Editor, Alexander Naum and our Technology Editor, Eva Bogdewic speak with Food and Health Regulatory Expert, Stuart Pape . In this episode, we review the current infant formula shortage affecting families across the U.S. Analyzing the factors that led to the shortage, what feder...

On this episode of the  Administrative Law Review ’s  A Hard Look , tune in to listen to our new Senior Technology Editor, Alexander Naum speak with Crystal Evans (counsel for NBCUniversal) and Chad Guo (attorney advisor at the FCC). In this episode, our guests apply both an industry and Federal agency lens to analyze the driving forces, cases, statutes, and regulations that have shaped...

On this episode of the  Administrative Law Review ’s  A Hard Look , tune in to listen to Steven Valentino speak with  Professor John Brooks . In this episode, Professor Brooks discusses how the congressional budget process and regulatory action by administration makes the student loan crisis a complicated issue. He discusses how legislators through the budget process can use their t...

On this episode of the Administrative Law Review ’s A Hard Look , tune in to listen to Steven Valentino speak with Professor John Brooks . This episode focuses on wealth taxes and the constitutional and administrative challenges surrounding them. Professor Brooks discusses how Supreme Court interpretation of constitutional law poses a barrier to the congressional enactment of a wealth tax. Additio...

On this episode of the Administrative Law Review ’s A Hard Look , tune in to listen to guest host Arielle Kafker, Note & Comment Editor on the Administrative Law Review, speak with Kelly White from the CAIR Coalition . This episode focuses on the immigration and Ukrainian refugees in light of the recent attacks in Ukraine. Kelly and Arielle discuss the basics of immigration and temporary prote...

On this episode of the Administrative Law Review ’s A Hard Look , tune in to listen to Steven Valentino and guest host Edward Leaf speak with Jason Schwartz , Administrative Law Review alum and partner at Fried Frank. In this two-part series on cryptocurrency, this second episode focuses on current events by looking at the modern usages of cryptocurrency in financial ecosystems. It also discusses...

On this episode of the Administrative Law Review ’s A Hard Look , tune in to listen to Steven Valentino and guest host Edward Leaf speak with Jason Schwartz , Administrative Law Review alum and partner at Fried Frank. In this two-part series on cryptocurrency, this first episode focuses on the basics of how cryptocurrencies and digital assets work. The group also explores President Biden’s recent...

On this sports-themed episode of the Administrative Law Review ’s A Hard Look , tune in to listen to Steven Valentino speak with Jeffrey Kessler of Winston & Strawn LLP. This episode focuses on the intersection of the antitrust laws in the context of professional and collegiate athletics. Beginning with the foundations of the antitrust laws, the episode then dives into a discussion on the coll...

On this episode of the Administrative Law Review ’s A Hard Look , tune in to listen to Steven Valentino speak with Caryn Schenewerk from the Relativity Space for a discussion on the evolution of commercial spaceflight regulations. This episode explores the general theory behind the development of the regulations, how modern entities like SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, and Blue Origin exist in this regul...

On this episode of the Administrative Law Review ’s A Hard Look , tune in to listen to returning guest host (and Technology Editor of the podcast) Kübra Babaturk speak with Eric Dunn from the National Housing Law Project to discuss President Biden’s eviction moratorium and the resulting impacts from it. Mr. Dunn discusses how administrative forces crafted the policy and the impacts of it within li...

On this episode of the Administrative Law Review ’s A Hard Look , tune in to listen to host Steven Valentino speak with Professor Olatunde Johnson from Columbia Law School to discuss President Biden’s Executive Order 13,985 . Professor Johnson discusses how the recent events of 2020 have led to the creation of this Executive Order, the legal framework for which Executive Orders are premised, and w...

A Hard Look returns for Season 3 with its inaugural episode! Season 3 host Steven Valentino and guest Kirk Nahra , Partner at WilmerHale and an adjunct professor at American University Washington College of Law and Case Western Reserve University, walk through the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or more commonly known as HIPAA. In this episode, Professor Nahra helps listeners...

On this episode of the Administrative Law Review 's A Hard Look , tune in to listen to Host Sarah Knarzer speak with two ALR staffers, Katie Anderson and Leah Hamilton, discuss their student comments. Katie Anderson, the incoming Senior Diversity, Equity, and Membership Editor on ALR, talks about how prisoner's ability to meaningfully access the courts may be impacted by new BOP rules and how inad...

In July 2020, A Hard Look met with Professors Cary Coglianese and Neysun Mahboubi of the University of Pennsylvania to discuss the essay series on “Comparing Nations’ Responses to COVID-19” in The Regulatory Review . Now, nearly nine months later, the Administrative Law Review has published a special themed issue featuring expanded versions of some of the essays. To commemorate this collabora...

What in the world is going on with GameStop? On this episode of the Administrative Law Review 's A Hard Look , tune in to listen to Professor Hilary Allen , from the Washington College of Law, explains how the situation with Robinhood, GameStop, and the stock market unfolded, and what the controversy can teach us about financial regulation.  If you have any questions about this episode, the g...

Today’s episode of  A Hard Look  is the fourth and last in a series of four episodes that will examine the role that racism has historically played in Administrative Law, the ways that racism still actively pervades the Administrative Law Space, and the ways that practitioners, leaders, scholars, and our listeners can effectuate change. Each episode will be hosted by a different student...

Today’s episode of  A Hard Look  is the third in a series of four episodes that will examine the role that racism has historically played in Administrative Law, the ways that racism still actively pervades the Administrative Law Space, and the ways that practitioners, leaders, scholars, and our listeners can effectuate change. Each episode will be hosted by a different student on the&nbs...

Today’s episode of  A Hard Look  is the second in a series of four episodes that will examine the role that racism has historically played in Administrative Law, the ways that racism still actively pervades the Administrative Law Space, and the ways that practitioners, leaders, scholars, and our listeners can effectuate change. Each episode will be hosted by a different student on the&nb...

Today's episode of A Hard Look is the first in a series of four episodes that will examine the role that racism has historically played in Administrative Law, the ways that racism still actively pervades the Administrative Law Space, and the ways that practitioners, leaders, scholars, and our listeners can effectuate change. Each episode will be hosted by a different student on the Administrative...