Course Description
Administrative law covers two main areas. First, it considers what federal agencies do—how they turn national policies into action mostly through hearings or making rules. Our focus will be on a second area: how federal agencies interact with Congress, the President, and the federal courts and the boundaries or balance of power between agencies and the branches of government. For more, you should check out the current syllabus here:
FALL 2025 SYLLABUS (August 25, 2025).
Casebook &
Required Materials
Administrative Law Theory and Fundamentals:
An Integrated Approach
Ilan Wurman
(Foundation Press, Third Edition 2025)
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Duke Administrative Law Supplement
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Additional Materials ​
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Class Notes
Final Exam & Class Participation
Exam
The final exam will likely be a combination of multiple-choice questions (~40%), issue-spotting essays (~40%), and short answer questions (~20%). The exam will be open book and notes, but it is possible that you may have difficulty accessing your computer during the exam except for the exam software. Please note that this means that if you would like your casebook with you at the exam, I would recommend that you have a hardcopy. I reserve the right to change the exam format but will notify you in advance if I do so.
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Class Participation
I plan on cold calling in class, but cold calling is not meant to trap or trick you. I hope by now you find the law fun (or at least that the law is worthy of an engaging conversation). Thus, I hope that you voluntarily participate in class as well. With that said, I understand that we all have busy lives and there may be times that for whatever reason you may not wish to be cold called on any particular day. If that is the case, please send me an email or text by 12:00 PM the day of class to let me know. I reserve the right to cap the number of times someone may rely on this opt-out procedure.
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Additional information about the course can be found in the syllabus.