Anne Joseph O’Connell

, Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law, received the American Constitution Society’s (ACS) award for the 2020 Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition on Regulatory and Administrative Law for her article “Actings,” which examines open questions about acting government officials through empirical, legal, and normative frameworks.

The Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition on Regulatory and Administrative Law is in honor of the late Judge Cudahy, whose contributions to the fields of regulatory and administrative law “combined a keen grasp of legal doctrine, deep insight into the institutional forces that determine how doctrine is implemented, and an appreciation of the public impact of doctrinal and institutional choices, including the consequences for fundamental values such as fairness, participation, and transparency,” according to the ACS press release. Recipients were recognized during the June 8 evening session of ACS’s 2020 Virtual National Convention.