Administrative agencies affect, in some way, almost every aspect of our daily lives: from the food we eat and water we drink; to the air we breathe; to the ease or frustration…
Course Description
This course provides an overview of federal administrative law, the legal rules and procedures that govern federal administrative agencies. The course introduces the purpose and functions of administrative agencies as they implement federal programs involving everything from labor and environmental protection to highway and consumer safety. Through examination of agencies’ rulemaking, adjudicatory, and policymaking functions, as well as executive and legislative oversight and judicial review of agency action, the course considers whether federal administrative law appropriately reflects the interests of a wide range of stakeholders, including those historically excluded from full participation in public institutions.
Instructor
Lynn D. Lu
Associate Professor of Law, Director of the Economic Justice Project
Lynn D. Lu is Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Economic Justice Project. She earned her J.D. magna cum laude from NYU School of Law, where she was an Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Fellow and Articles Selection Editor for the NYU Review of Law and Social Change. Prior to joining CUNY School of Law, Lynn was Associate Director and Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering at NYU School of Law. She was formerly Staff Attorney at the National Center for Law and Economic Justice, where she handled class-action litigation and policy advocacy to expand access to public benefits; Katz Fellow and Council at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, where she focused on criminal justice and child welfare reform; and Managing Law Clerk in the Chambers of the Honorable Kermit V. Lipez, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Lynn earned her B.A. summa cum laude from Harvard/Radcliffe Colleges with a degree in Women’s Studies and holds an M.A. in English Literature/Critical Theory from Sussex University. Before embarking on a legal career, Lynn was a book editor and publisher at South End Press.