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What is Administrative Law?
“Administrative law deals with the field of legal control exercised by law-administering agencies other than courts, and the field of control exercised by courts over such agencies.” – Justice Felix Frankfurter (1927)
“Administrative law is to labor law, securities regulation, and tax what civil procedure is to contracts, torts, and commercial law. [It] studies the way government institutions do things.” – Charles H. Koch (1997)
It encompasses regulations, orders, and decisions propagated by governmental agencies.
What is the Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal?
Founded on a commitment to excellence, the Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal (ALJ) is a student publication that produces scholarly and professional works that analyze Texas Administrative Law. The ALJ is the only journal in Texas, and one of two journals nationally, that focuses on administrative law.
The ALJ consists of second and third year law students who edit, shelf-check, and publish professional papers regarding administrative law topics. Additionally, ALJ editors research and write their own scholarly comment for potential publication in the ALJ. These efforts enhance legal writing skills, opportunities to work with practicing attorneys, and career opportunities.
In partnership with the State Bar of Texas, the ALJ publishes both professional and student articles in two volumes distributed to thousands of practitioners, judges, and justices in Texas, as well as fifteen other states. In addition, attorneys around the nation may access the ALJ via both Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis. Due to its commitment to academic integrity and relevance to the legal community, the ALJ is well-known among practicing attorneys and earns appreciation and admiration for Texas Tech University School of Law.
ALJ has two law school faculty advisers help the student staff publish its biannual journals–Professor Brian Shannon and Professor Richard Murphy.
How do I Become a Member?
The ALJ offers membership to a few unique and talented individuals who participate in the joint write-on competition at the end of the Spring Semester at the end of their first year. Interested applicants must attend a mandatory meeting that will be announced early in the spring.
If you are a transfer student interested in joining ALJ, you must participate in the write-on competition at the end of your 1L year. The same deadlines for completion of the write-on packet apply to both currently enrolled students as well as potential transfer students. To obtain a write-on packet, please contact Law Review secretary Donna Jones at donna.jones@ttu.edu by May 1st.