Gary Lawson is the Philip S. Beck Professor at Boston University School of Law. He has authored or co-authored five books on constitutional history, constitutional theory, and jurisprudence; nine editions of an Administrative Law casebook; a Constitutional Law casebook; and more than one hundred scholarly articles. He is a founding member, and serves on the Board of Directors, of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies and is an Associate Editor for the Heritage Guide to The Constitution. Professor Lawson twice clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia, first at the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and then at the United States Supreme Court. In between clerkships, he was an Attorney-Adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel.
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Why and How the Federalist Society Was Formed
Boston University Student Chapter
Boston University School of Law765 Commonwealth Avenue
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Feddie Night Fights: Is Administrative Law Either? (Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Administrative State)
Notre Dame Student Chapter
Online EventArthrex: The End of Patent Exceptionalism in the Administrative State?
A Regulatory Transparency Project Webinar
TeleforumThe Dubious Morality of Modern Administrative Law
Boston University Student Chapter
Boston University School of Law765 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA 02215
Panel V: Is Originalism Possible? Historical Indeterminacy
1995 National Student Symposium
On April 7-9, 1995, the Federalist Society held its fourteenth annual National Student Symposium at...
Panel V: Is Originalism Possible? Historical Indeterminacy
1995 National Student Symposium
On April 7-9, 1995, the Federalist Society held its fourteenth annual National Student Symposium at...
Feddie Night Fights: Is Administrative Law Either? (Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Administrative State)
Notre Dame Student Chapter
Feddie Night Fights. It’s on. The Federalist Society’s Student Division & Notre Dame Law School Chapter...
Deep Dive Episode 193 – Arthrex: The End of Patent Exceptionalism in the Administrative State?
Regulatory Transparency Project's Fourth Branch Podcast
The decision in United States v. Arthrex was extremely fractured, with a mix of majority,...
Arthrex: The End of Patent Exceptionalism in the Administrative State?
A Regulatory Transparency Project Webinar
The decision in United States v. Arthrex was extremely fractured, with a mix of majority, concurring, and...

Administrative Law and Congress
Who makes laws? Congress has power from Article I to create laws, yet the vast majority of laws today come from administrative agencies, who promulgate...