TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 26, 2021

The TBA Administrative Law Section recently announced that Vanderbilt Law School 3L Kyle M. Brinker has won its 2021 Section Writing Competition. Brinker’s article, A Gundy Revival in the Age of Public Health, looks at the nondelegation doctrine and how the doctrine should be interpreted in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brinker analyzes how the U.S. Congress enacted broad laws delegating authority during the public health crisis and argues that “principles” of delegation should be more lenient in times of emergency. This year's competition was sponsored by the Administrative Law Section, Burr & Forman LLP and Memphis Area Legal Services. Brinker is articles editor on the Vanderbilt Law Review. He served as a summer associate last year at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in Washington D.C. Read more from the school.