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Kristin E. Hickman

@khickmanjd.bsky.social
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McKnight Presidential Professor in Law, University of Minnesota Law School. Tax & administrative law scholar. Administrative Law Treatise co-author.

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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Had a lot of fun talking about Loper Bright & Skidmore, as well as my academic career, with Chad Squitieri for his separation of powers podcast in an episode he has titled "Skidmore After Loper Bright." Many thanks to Chad for inviting me. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Skidmore After Loper Bright
Podcast Episode · The Separation of Powers · August 17 · 1h 12m
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Welcome @hsanderson.bsky.social to @umnlawschool.bsky.social! We're delighted to have you join us!
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Congratulations to my talented @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague @alanrozenshtein.com on this exciting opportunity. We look forward to having him back with us full time in a couple of years and to seeing him on campus frequently in the meantime.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Not to my knowledge. Reading any SCOTUS opinion is a more complex skill, whether Roberts Court or otherwise, shadow/interim docket or otherwise. Most court opinions aren't SCOTUS opinions.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Useful reading for incoming 1Ls from @orinkerr.bsky.social
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Congratulations to my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague @nicholasbednar.bsky.social, whose excellent article Presidential Control of the Civil Service was recognized by Nick Parrillo writing for @jotwell.bsky.social. adlaw.jotwell.com/the-administ...
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The Administrative Law of the Civil Service - Administrative Law
Nicholas Bednar, Presidential Control of the Civil Service, 110 Minn. L. Rev. 2065 (2026).Nicholas ParrilloThe election of Donald Trump to a second term has brought to power a political coalition that...
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Congratulations to my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague Jack Whiteley for this recognition by @lsolum.bsky.social of his new article, available @ssrn.bsky.social (at least for now). Highly recommended!
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Congratulations & best wishes to the @umnlawschool.bsky.social Class of 2026, & esp my RA Mitchell! Well done all and don't be strangers!
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A new article from my fantastic @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague @sammerchant.bsky.social. I really just do not understand why @ssrn.bsky.social refuses at least to identify the author in these posts.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Very proud of my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleagues!
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
So excited to see @lsolum.bsky.social give that coveted "highly recommended" label to a fantastic new article on the President's removal power from @umnlawschool.bsky.social visiting prof Amy Wildermuth and student Peyton Baker. Congrats to both! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Protecting Perkins: Removal, Supervision, and Article II
Against the backdrop of recent far-reaching executive actions to expand at-will removal from the highest-level officials to the lowest, the Supreme Court’s rece
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Check out this new article, forthcoming in @washulawreview.bsky.social, authored by my fantastic @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague @danielschwarcz.bsky.social, whom @ssrn.bsky.social did not bother to name in its post. So weird for SSRN to describe an article without mentioning the author's name.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Welcome, @jkosseff.bsky.social, to the University of Minnesota!
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Failing to acknowledge the author or publication is a horrible way for @ssrn.bsky.social to flag an article. The article in question was authored by my wonderful @umnlawschool.bsky.social junior colleague @vrsingh.bsky.social and was recently published in BYU Law Review. Check it out!
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Congratulations to my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague and friend, @nicholasbednar.bsky.social. This award is a big deal, and so well deserved.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I read a draft of this new article from @emilysbremer.bsky.social. It was fascinating. Can't wait to read the expanded version. Highly recommended.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I don't write about politics, but as a Minnesotan, I endorse this message from @chkbal.bsky.social 100%. Conditions here are grim, folks. Whatever your views on immigration policy, what ICE & CPB are doing to this community is unAmerican. They need to stop.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Attn junior admin law scholars--submit your abstracts by 2/27 for the annual new scholarship roundtable--a fantastic venue for getting feedback & making connections in the field--this year at Vanderbilt Law. Details at the link: www.yalejreg.com/nc/call-for-...
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Call for Papers: Eleventh Annual Administrative Law New Scholarship Roundtable - Yale Journal on Regulation
Vanderbilt Law School is very pleased to host the Eleventh Annual Administrative Law New Scholarship Roundtable on June 2-3, 2026. For the past ten years, the Roundtable has offered administrative law...
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Many thanks to the @nyulawreview.bsky.social for all of their hard work on this symposium issue, including my article with Amy Wildermuth in which we interpret & try to operationalize Loper Bright. www.yalejreg.com/nc/nyu-law-r...
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NYU Law Review Volume 100 Symposium Issue: Where Does Administrative Law Go From Here? - Yale Journal on Regulation
In April 2025, the NYU Law Review and the Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU School of Law hosted a terrific symposium entitled Where Does Administrative Law Go from Here? Just before the new year,...
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Boosting this question from my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague @danielschwarcz.bsky.social.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Congratulations to my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague @nicholasbednar.bsky.social on this well deserved recognition for his newest article on the Civil service, forthcoming in the Minn Law Rev. Check it out!
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
@bridgetdooling.bsky.social & I have posted @ssrn.bsky.social the first article to come from our study of OIRA review of tax regs, coming in @uvalaw.bsky.social Va Tax Review in early 2026. Lots of stats, graphs, & tables for those who like such things. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Delay, Politics, and Expertise in OIRA Tax Review
The opening months of the second Trump administration have featured a wide range of changes to federal policy accomplished through presidential executive orders
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Highlighting new scholarship @ssrn.bsky.social from my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague @danielschwarcz.bsky.social about using AI to grade law school exams that should be of interest to law professors of all stripes. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Grading Machines: Can AI Exam-Grading Replace Law Professors?
<div> <p>In the past few years, large language models (LLMs) have achieved significant technical advances, such that legal-advocacy organizations are increasin
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Very excited to welcome the impressive @hsanderson.bsky.social to the @umnlawschool.bsky.social faculty starting next fall! FWIW, I recommend ice cleats! (That said, overall, I think Minnesota's climate is unfairly maligned.)
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Attn admin law folks: I will be talking about OIRA and independent agencies with Eli Nachmany, Paul Ray, & Roger Nober tomorrow (Friday, 11/14) at noon Eastern. Should be a fun conversation. Thanks to @FedSoc for hosting. fedsoc.org/events/indep...
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Independent Agencies and the OIRA Review Process
The question of agency independence is front and center in modern political and legal discourse—the...
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
A super interesting @hls.harvard.edu Harvard Law Review Foreword from @richardre.bsky.social. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
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To a Conservative Warren Court - Harvard Law Review
The Warren Court’s legacy is ubiquitous. With the eponymous Chief Justice Warren at the helm, the Supreme Court featured a strong majority of left-of-center jurists, and those “liberal lions” ruled (o...
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
For #adlaw folks: Due to logistical issues from the federal gov't shutdown, ABA Admin Law has replaced its usual fall conference with a shorter but free online event on 11/21. Registration is required, but it's 6.5 hrs of free, quality CLE on admin law topics. events.americanbar.org/event/a13a77...
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2025 Administrative Law Fall Conference
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Congratulations and best wishes to @umnlawschool.bsky.social alum Kyle Hawkins on his appointment to the Texas Supreme Court!
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
New sites for Legal Theory Blog and Legal Theory Lexicon. Pass it on. Many thanks @lsolum.bsky.social for your continued service to the law and the legal academy with these sites!
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Delighted to be at UNC Law today to present a forthcoming @uvalaw.bsky.social Tax Review article on OIRA review of tax regs, co-authored with @bridgetdooling.bsky.social -- Delay, Politics & Expertise in OIRA Tax Review. Lots of great data, draft coming soon @ssrn.bsky.social.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Many thanks to CA6 Judge Amul Thapar for taking the time to talk with different groups of @umnlawschool.bsky.social students & faculty today, & to our student Federalist Society chapter for taking the lead on hosting him.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
For those who follow tax & admin, the 8th Circuit just reversed the Tax Court in favor of the taxpayer in the big 3M transfer pricing case, citing Loper Bright plus the #SCOTUS First Security Bank decision, & treating Brand X as dead (rightly IMO). ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/25/10/233772P.pdf
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U.S. Court Of Appeals
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Delighted to be @umichlaw.bsky.social today to present my paper with Amy Wildermuth, Harmonizing Delegation and Deference After Loper Bright, at the public law workshop. Many thanks to @jdmortenson.bsky.social & @profrrothschild.bsky.social for inviting me. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Harmonizing Delegation and Deference After <i>Loper Bright</i>
By overturning <i>Chevron</i>, the Supreme Court's <i>Loper Bright</i> decision clearly changed the way in which courts must approach agency actions interpretin
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
From @orinkerr.bsky.social, highly recommended for my 1L students, although my 2Ls and 3Ls might also glean insights given the benefit of hindsight.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
This from @orinkerr.bsky.social is so true. Also recommend the essay.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
For users of the Hickman, Pierce, & Walker federal admin law textbook, @chrisjwalker.bsky.social has posted the link to our summer supplement at the Notice & Comment blog. We're working on the 5th edition. Feedback from users is always welcome.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Always interested in what @ajosephoconnell.bsky.social has to say about acting appointments. Here with @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social about the New Jersey U.S. Attorney situation. executivefunctions.substack.com/p/anne-josep...
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Anne Joseph O'Connell on the New Jersey U.S. Attorney Matter
And the larger tangled state of the law of appointments and vacancies
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
New work from @kewhittington.bsky.social on diversity statements, academic freedom, and the first amendment, forthcoming Nebraska L. Rev., via @volokhc.bsky.social, the link is here: kewhitt.scholar.princeton.edu/sites/g/file...
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Congratulations to my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague @niaolainf.bsky.social upon receiving this special honor.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Attention law profs and other authors. My @umnlawschool.bsky.social Minnesota Law Review students do a great job with the editing process. Submit today!
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Delighted to boost this new paper from @tphillips.bsky.social and my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague @nicholasbednar.bsky.social, just posted @ssrn.bsky.social. Very important issue! Per Nick, it has graphs! Check it out!
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
For those who follow admin law developments, the bi-annual ACUS plenary is underway, considering recommendations for agency investigative procedures; consultation with state, local, & tribal governments; & public participation in agency adjudications. It's livestreamed. www.acus.gov/event/83rd-p...
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83rd Plenary Session | Administrative Conference of the United States
For the General PublicThe plenary proceedings will be broadcast for public viewing. A livestream link will be posted to this page prior to the event.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
uper excited that the special supplement of the Admin Law Treatise on statutory & regulatory interpretation in admin law after Loper Bright is now out @wolterskluwer.com! Lots of great stuff. See 👇
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
1/2: Happy to say that my Duke Law Journal Online (@dukelaw.bsky.social) essay on Skidmore after Loper Bright has been published. The DLJ student editors did a great job. I am grateful for their hard work & enthusiasm. scholarship.law.duke.edu/dlj_online/1... I have one follow-on thought below:
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"Anticipating a New Modern Skidmore Standard" by Kristin E. Hickman
In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Supreme Court overruled Chevron deference but blessed giving agency interpretations of statutes “respect” or “weight” under the Skidmore standard during ju...
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Congratulations to my @umnlawschool.bsky.social colleague @nicholasbednar.bsky.social! Publication is a great excuse to check out the final version of the article, even if you read an earlier draft.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Congrats to @nyulawreview.bsky.social & @policyintegrity.bsky.social for a fantastic symposium. Interesting & timely remarks from @chris_j_walker & many others. So grateful for the opportunity to join & highlight Harmonizing Delegation & Deference After Loper Bright. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Happy to be traveling to @dukelaw.bsky.social for the annual Duke Law Journal administrative law symposium. I will be commenting on Jarkesy's Stakes for the SEC by @jamesftierney.bsky.social & presenting my own essay on Skidmore after Loper Bright. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Anticipating A New Modern Skidmore Standard
<p>In <i>Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo</i>, the Supreme Court overruled <i>Chevron </i>deference but blessed giving agency interpretations of statutes “r
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
For followers in the Twin Cities area, this upcoming @umnlawschool.bsky.social endowed lecture by @noahfeldman.bsky.social promises to be an interesting talk. Registration is open and the event is free to the public. Link and additional details are below.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Coming very, very soon -- 150+ pages of an all new Administrative Law Treatise chapter on statutory and regulatory interpretation after Loper Bright.
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Kristin E. Hickman @khickmanjd.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Must give credit where it's due. The new article cleared @ssrn.bsky.social review within 24 hours of posting. That doesn't always happy. Thank you, SSRN.
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