From ensuring that food and drugs are safe, to protecting the environment from polluters, to setting workplace safety standards and administering programs like Medicare, decisions and actions by federal and state agencies shape our lives. Harvard Law students enjoy myriad opportunities to learn from leading scholars about the administrative state and the legal framework that governs it.
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Faculty
HLS Professors
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![Sharon Block headshot]()
Sharon Block
Professor of Practice
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![Emily M. Broad Leib headshot]()
Emily M. Broad Leib
Clinical Professor of Law
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![John C. Coates headshot]()
John C. Coates
John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics
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![Ryan D. Doerfler headshot]()
Ryan D. Doerfler
Professor of Law
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![Benjamin Eidelson headshot]()
Benjamin Eidelson
Professor of Law
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![Jody Freeman headshot]()
Jody Freeman
Archibald Cox Professor of Law
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![Jacob Gersen headshot]()
Jacob Gersen
Sidley Austin Professor of Law
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![Richard J. Lazarus headshot]()
Richard J. Lazarus
Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law
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![John F. Manning headshot]()
John F. Manning
Harvard University Provost
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![Daniel Nagin headshot]()
Daniel Nagin
Clinical Professor of Law
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![Todd D. Rakoff headshot]()
Todd D. Rakoff
Byrne Professor of Administrative Law
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![Daphna Renan headshot]()
Daphna Renan
Peter B. Munroe and Mary J. Munroe Professor of Law
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![Steven M. Shavell headshot]()
Steven M. Shavell
Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law and Economics
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![Nicholas Stephanopoulos headshot]()
Nicholas Stephanopoulos
Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law
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![Matthew Stephenson headshot]()
Matthew Stephenson
Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law
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![Cass R. Sunstein headshot]()
Cass R. Sunstein
Robert Walmsley University Professor
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![Daniel Tarullo headshot]()
Daniel Tarullo
Nomura Professor of International Financial Regulatory Practice
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![Adrian Vermeule headshot]()
Adrian Vermeule
Ralph S. Tyler, Jr. Professor of Constitutional Law
Visiting Professors & Lecturers
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![Yutian An headshot]()
Yutian An
Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law
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![David J. Barron headshot]()
David J. Barron
Louis D. Brandeis Visiting Professor of Law
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![John C. Cratsley headshot]()
John C. Cratsley
Lecturer on Law
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![Joshua Gardner headshot]()
Joshua Gardner
Lecturer on Law
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![Medha Gargeya headshot]()
Medha Gargeya
Lecturer on Law
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![Thomas Griffith headshot]()
Thomas Griffith
Lecturer on Law
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![Lewis Grossman headshot]()
Lewis Grossman
Visiting Professor of Law
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![Aleena Ijaz headshot]()
Aleena Ijaz
Lecturer on Law
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![Rachel Landauer headshot]()
Rachel Landauer
Lecturer on Law
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![Maroussia Levesque headshot]()
Maroussia Levesque
Lecturer on Law
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![Andrew Mergen headshot]()
Andrew Mergen
Emmett Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law in Environmental Law
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![Dana Montalto headshot]()
Dana Montalto
Lecturer on Law
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![Shaun Ossei-Owusu headshot]()
Shaun Ossei-Owusu
George Francis Brownell Visiting Professor of Law
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![Deborah Paul headshot]()
Deborah Paul
Lecturer on Law
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![Hannah Perls headshot]()
Hannah Perls
Lecturer on Law
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![Ari Peskoe headshot]()
Ari Peskoe
Lecturer on Law
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![Nicole Provo headshot]()
Nicole Provo
Lecturer on Law
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![Alan Raul headshot]()
Alan Raul
Lecturer on Law
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![Jeff Senger headshot]()
Jeff Senger
Lecturer on Law
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![Patrice Simms headshot]()
Patrice Simms
Visiting Professor of Law
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![Mengyi Wang headshot]()
Mengyi Wang
Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law
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![David Zimmer headshot]()
David Zimmer
Lecturer on Law
Clinics
Research Programs and Centers
Related Courses
| Course | Term | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Administrative Law | Spring 2026 Course | Sharon Block |
| Administrative Law | Fall 2025 Course | Jody Freeman |
| Administrative Law | Spring 2026 Course | Adrian Vermeule |
| Advanced Issues in Administrative Law and Theory | Spring 2026 Seminar | Adrian Vermeule |
| Advertising Law | Spring 2026 Course | Rebecca Tushnet |
| Animal Law & Policy Clinic | Fall 2025 Clinic | Mary Hollingsworth |
| Animal Law & Policy Clinic | Spring 2026 Clinic | Mary Hollingsworth |
| Animal Law & Policy Clinical Seminar | Spring 2026 Seminar | Mary Hollingsworth |
| Art of Social Change | Spring 2026 Course | Crisanne Hazen, Michael Gregory |
| Behavioral Economics, Law and Public Policy | Spring 2026 Seminar | Cass Sunstein |