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NAALJ, a nonprofit corporation founded in Illinois in 1974, is the largest professional organization devoted exclusively to administrative adjudication within the executive branch of government. Its voting members exercise a broad subject matter jurisdiction and include state, federal, and local administrative law judges, administrative judges, hearing officers, referees, trial examiners, agency chairs, commissioners, and appellate authorities. Associate members include law professors and attorneys involved in administrative law. As of July 1, 2009, NAALJ had approximately 650 dues-paying members.
Currently, NAALJ boasts members in every state, as well as Australia, Canada, the Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. NAALJ functions as a parent organization for many state affiliates, including the Arkansas Association of Administrative Adjudicators, the District of Columbia Association of Administrative Law Judiciary, the Florida Association of Administrative Law Adjudicators, the Georgia Association of Administrative Judiciary, the Illinois Association of Administrative Law Judges, the Iowa Association of Administrative Law Judges, the Kentucky Association of Administrative Adjudicators, the Louisiana Association of Administrative Law Judges, the Maryland Association of Administrative Law Judiciary, the Michigan Association of Administrative Law Judges, the New York State Administrative Law Judges Association, the Oregon Administrative Law Judges Association, the Virginia Association of Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers, the Washington Administrative Law Judges Association, and the West Virginia Association of Administrative Law Judges.
Mission Statement: The mission of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary is to promote an impartial, professional administrative judiciary that adheres to high ethical standards and furthers the recognition and understanding of its necessary role in the function of government.
LATEST NEWS
Fellowship Committee announces 2010 Fellowship Winner
The National Administrative Law Judiciary Foundation (NALJF) is the public interest arm of NAALJ. One of the Foundation’s major purposes is to promote the study and research of administrative law and distribute this knowledge to the administrative judiciary and the public. To further this purpose, a Fellowship was endowed to encourage research and scholarship for improving administrative justice. Topics are chosen each year by the fellowship Committee. The topic chosen for the 2010 Fellowship was “Transparency in Government in the Context of Administrative Adjudication.”
We had a record number of entries this year, and the Fellowship Committee is now pleased to announce that the Winner of the 2010 Fellowship is Jill E. Family, Associate Professor of Law. Professsor Family is also the Associate Director of the Law & Government Institute at Widener University School of Law, and has written numerous articles on many facets of Immigration Law and Policy.
Her proposed article is entitled: "The Lack of Transparency in Immigration Law and the Immigration Adjudication Crisis.” This article will examine how the lack of transparency in this forum may actually contribute to some of the problems plaguing the immigration adjudication system.
Professor Jill Family will prepare her original article for publication in the Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary, (J NAALJ), and will deliver a presentation of this paper at the 2010 NAALJ Annual Conference, which will take place in Malibu, CA on October 10-14, 2010, at Pepperdine University. The final draft of her paper will be due on or before January 1, 2011.
As the Fellowship winner, Professor Family will receive free registration to the conference, as well as reimbursement for transportation, accommodations, and meals at the Conference. Upon submission of her final draft article, she will also receive a $1,500 cash stipend,
We all look forward to hearing her presentation at the NAALJ Conference in Malibu in October 2010 and also reading her final article in the Spring 2011 issue of the NAALJ Journal.
Hon. John G. Farrell
NAALJ Secretary
Fellowship Committee Chair
