William S. Jordan, III, is a C. Blake McDowell, Jr. Professor of Law at The University of Akron School of Law, where he teaches Administrative Law and Property. He received his B.A. from Stanford University and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan. Following law school, he served as an attorney-advisor at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He then entered the private sector with Washington, D.C. firm of Sheldon, Harmon, Roisman & Weiss, which became Harmon, Weiss, and Jordan, where he engaged primarily in environmental and administrative litigation. He has taught at The University of Akron since 1985. Professor Jordan’s research has addressed various aspects of judicial review. He is a former president of the Central States Law School Association. Professor Jordan is a member of the Council of the Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice of the ABA. He is also co-chair of the Section’s Judicial Review Committee and a contributing editor to Administrative and Regulatory Law News. He is a co-editor, with Charles Koch and Richard Murphy, of Administrative Law: Cases and Materials (5th Ed.), published by Lexis-Nexis.
Articles
Chevron and Hearing Rights: An Unintended Combination, Administrative Law Review (2009)
Section 554(a) of the Administrative Procedure Act provides that if a statute requires an agency...
News from the Circuits, Administrative & Regulatory Law News (2009)
9th Circuit Corrals Nationwide ADA Injunction Founded on Agency Interpretation. United States v. AMC Entertainment,...
News from the Circuits, Administrative & Regulatory Law News (2009)
D.C. Circuit Splits Constitutionality of Accounting Oversight Board. Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting...
News from the Circuits, Administrative & Regulatory Law News (2008)
D.C. Circuit – Clean Air Act’s State-by-State Text Trumps EPA’s Regional Solution. North Carolina v....
News from the Circuits, Administrative & Regulatory Law News (2008)
D.C. and 9th Circuits Consider FOIA Exemption 6 — Personal Privacy. Multi AG Media LLC...
Books
Administrative Law : Cases and Materials (with Charles H. Koch and Richard W. Murphy) (2006)
The goals of the administrative process.
Introduction to agency decision making.
Matching the...