Kristin E. Hickman

So you announce it on Blue Sky?

Take a slow, deep breath. It's a good paper. Congratulations.

I read a draft of this new article from @emilysbremer.bsky.social. It was fascinating. Can't wait to read the expanded version. Highly recommended.

I don't write about politics, but as a Minnesotan, I endorse this message from @chkbal.bsky.social 100%. Conditions here are grim, folks. Whatever your views on immigration policy, what ICE & CPB are doing to this community is unAmerican. They need to stop.

Call for Papers: Eleventh Annual Administrative Law New Scholarship Roundtable - Yale Journal on Regulation Vanderbilt Law School is very pleased to host the Eleventh Annual Administrative Law New Scholarship Roundtable on June 2-3, 2026. For the past ten years, the Roundtable has offered administrative law...

Attn junior admin law scholars--submit your abstracts by 2/27 for the annual new scholarship roundtable--a fantastic venue for getting feedback & making connections in the field--this year at Vanderbilt Law. Details at the link:
www.yalejreg.com/nc/call-for-...

Many thanks to the @nyulawreview.bsky.social for all of their hard work on this symposium issue, including my article with Amy Wildermuth in which we interpret & try to operationalize Loper Bright.
www.yalejreg.com/nc/nyu-law-r...

Boosting this question from my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague @danielschwarcz.bsky.social.

Congratulations to my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague @nicholasbednar.bsky.social on this well deserved recognition for his newest article on the Civil service, forthcoming in the Minn Law Rev. Check it out!

We're super excited about this paper, which provides empirical evidence regarding common critiques of OIRA review, some really interesting insights into the tax regulatory process, & potential lessons for OIRA review of independent agencies.

@bridgetdooling.bsky.social & I have posted @ssrn.bsky.social the first article to come from our study of OIRA review of tax regs, coming in @uvalaw.bsky.social Va Tax Review in early 2026. Lots of stats, graphs, & tables for those who like such things.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Highlighting new scholarship @ssrn.bsky.social from my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague @danielschwarcz.bsky.social about using AI to grade law school exams that should be of interest to law professors of all stripes.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Very excited to welcome the impressive @hsanderson.bsky.social to the @umnlawschool.bsky.social faculty starting next fall! FWIW, I recommend ice cleats! (That said, overall, I think Minnesota's climate is unfairly maligned.)

Independent Agencies and the OIRA Review Process The question of agency independence is front and center in modern political and legal discourse—the...

Attn admin law folks: I will be talking about OIRA and independent agencies with Eli Nachmany, Paul Ray, & Roger Nober tomorrow (Friday, 11/14) at noon Eastern. Should be a fun conversation. Thanks to @FedSoc for hosting.
fedsoc.org/events/indep...

To a Conservative Warren Court - Harvard Law Review The Warren Court’s legacy is ubiquitous. With the eponymous Chief Justice Warren at the helm, the Supreme Court featured a strong majority of left-of-center jurists, and those “liberal lions” ruled (o...

A super interesting @hls.harvard.edu Harvard Law Review Foreword from @richardre.bsky.social.
harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...

For #adlaw folks: Due to logistical issues from the federal gov't shutdown, ABA Admin Law has replaced its usual fall conference with a shorter but free online event on 11/21. Registration is required, but it's 6.5 hrs of free, quality CLE on admin law topics.
events.americanbar.org/event/a13a77...

Congratulations and best wishes to @umnlawschool.bsky.social alum Kyle Hawkins on his appointment to the Texas Supreme Court!

New sites for Legal Theory Blog and Legal Theory Lexicon. Pass it on. Many thanks @lsolum.bsky.social for your continued service to the law and the legal academy with these sites!

Delighted to be at UNC Law today to present a forthcoming @uvalaw.bsky.social Tax Review article on OIRA review of tax regs, co-authored with @bridgetdooling.bsky.social -- Delay, Politics & Expertise in OIRA Tax Review. Lots of great data, draft coming soon @ssrn.bsky.social.

Many thanks to CA6 Judge Amul Thapar for taking the time to talk with different groups of @umnlawschool.bsky.social students & faculty today, & to our student Federalist Society chapter for taking the lead on hosting him.

For those who follow tax & admin, the 8th Circuit just reversed the Tax Court in favor of the taxpayer in the big 3M transfer pricing case, citing Loper Bright plus the #SCOTUS First Security Bank decision, & treating Brand X as dead (rightly IMO).
ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/25/10/233772P.pdf

Delighted to be @umichlaw.bsky.social today to present my paper with Amy Wildermuth, Harmonizing Delegation and Deference After Loper Bright, at the public law workshop. Many thanks to @jdmortenson.bsky.social & @profrrothschild.bsky.social for inviting me.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

From @orinkerr.bsky.social, highly recommended for my 1L students, although my 2Ls and 3Ls might also glean insights given the benefit of hindsight.

This from @orinkerr.bsky.social is so true. Also recommend the essay.

For users of the Hickman, Pierce, & Walker federal admin law textbook, @chrisjwalker.bsky.social has posted the link to our summer supplement at the Notice & Comment blog. We're working on the 5th edition. Feedback from users is always welcome.

Anne Joseph O'Connell on the New Jersey U.S. Attorney Matter And the larger tangled state of the law of appointments and vacancies

Always interested in what @ajosephoconnell.bsky.social has to say about acting appointments. Here with @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social about the New Jersey U.S. Attorney situation.
executivefunctions.substack.com/p/anne-josep...

New work from @kewhittington.bsky.social on diversity statements, academic freedom, and the first amendment, forthcoming Nebraska L. Rev., via @volokhc.bsky.social, the link is here:
kewhitt.scholar.princeton.edu/sites/g/file...

Congratulations to my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague @niaolainf.bsky.social upon receiving this special honor.

Attention law profs and other authors. My @umnlawschool.bsky.social Minnesota Law Review students do a great job with the editing process. Submit today!

Delighted to boost this new paper from @tphillips.bsky.social and my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague @nicholasbednar.bsky.social, just posted @ssrn.bsky.social. Very important issue! Per Nick, it has graphs! Check it out!

I am so sorry for your loss, Sam. May her memory be a blessing.