Many JD students are headed for careers that focus primarily on dealing with government regulation and regulatory compliance—whether for government agencies themselves or in the private sector— as opposed to transactional or litigation practice. Many law schools have acknowledged the significance of statutes and government agencies for contemporary legal practice by adopting first-year Legislation and Regulation or Regulatory State courses. That trend is still relatively nascent, however, and even fewer law schools have developed a regulatory practice track or even given serious thought to what such a curriculum might look like. Participants on this panel will stretch beyond the debate over adopting a single, first-year course to contemplate a more comprehensive set of courses and methods for teaching JD students interested in regulatory practice.
The Section held a virtual business meeting in advance of the Annual Meeting.