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Alj Central Panels: How Is It Going Out There?, W. Michael Gillette
Alj Central Panels: How Is It Going Out There?, W. Michael Gillette
Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary
For over 40 years, administrative law mavens have touted the desirability of “central panels,” i.e., panels of administrative law judges who, instead of being attached to a single administrative agency, are assigned to a “central,” “independent” panel that supplies administrative law judges to conduct contested case hearings for a variety of agencies. More than half the states have listened to the siren call and have created such panels — the earliest (California’s) as far back as 1946. As one who at first opposed, but later supported the creation of such a panel in his home state, Oregon, the author now …