Christopher J. Walker is a Professor of Law at the University of Michigan. Prior to joining Michigan law faculty in 2022, he spent a decade teaching at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. He previously clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court, worked on the Civil Appellate Staff at the U.S. Department of Justice, and served on the Senate Judiciary Committee staff for the Gorsuch Supreme Court confirmation. Professor Walker’s research focuses on administrative law, regulation, and law and policy at the agency level. Outside the law school, he chaired the American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice in 2020-21 and served as one of forty Public Members of the Administrative Conference of the United States from 2016-2022, and he continues to serve in both organizations in various capacities. He also works of counsel at the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center. In 2022, he received the Federalist Society’s Joseph Story Award.
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Trial by Jury or Administrative Adjudication: What Would the Founders Say?
The Founders Gave Us the Tools Series
Congress and the Future of Administrative Law
Vanderbilt Student Chapter
Vanderbilt University Law School131 21st Ave. S.
Nashville, TN 37203
Reining in the Administrative State: Can Congress Respond?
Memphis Student Chapter
Memphis Law School1 N. Front St.
Memphis, TN 38103
How the Times Are a Changing
Ohio Northern Student Chapter
Ohio Northern University402 w main street
ada, OH 45810
Annual Symposium on The Expanding Executive: Power, Policy, and the Constitution
Pennsylvania Student Chapter
University of Pennsylvania Law School3501 Sansom St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Panel: Abundance and the Law
Prof. Bridget Dooling, Assistant Professor of Law, Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University...
Arthur N. Rupe Debate: Public Servants or Permanent Rulers? The Future of the Civil Service
2025 National Student Symposium
Featuring: Prof. John F. Duffy, Samuel H. McCoy II Professor of Law and Director of...
Arthur N. Rupe Debate: Public Servants or Permanent Rulers? The Future of the Civil Service
2025 National Student Symposium
Featuring: Prof. John F. Duffy, Samuel H. McCoy II Professor of Law and Director of...
Remedies in Presidential Removal Cases: A Shifting Landscape
The Supreme Court's decision in Collins v. Yellen represented a paradigm shift. Now, in cases...
Remedies in Presidential Removal Cases: A Shifting Landscape
The Supreme Court's decision in Collins v. Yellen represented a paradigm shift. Now, in cases...
Agency Rulemaking
The nature and scope of administrative rulemaking is a topic for ongoing debate. One of the main functions of administrative agencies is to create regulations....
Administrative Law and the Executive
How does "who the President is" affect administrative agencies? Executive branch agencies (such as the Department of Agriculture, Department of Education, Department of Energy,...
Introduction to Administrative Law
Were agencies anticipated in the Constitution? Where do they fit into the structure of the 3 branches of government? This unit provides a brief overview...
