Committees
Committee members play a critical role in providing FDLI with subject-matter and editorial advisory expertise.
Applications for 2025 Committee Service are Now Open
2024 Committee Application
Application Timeline
Committee Applications are now closed. Thank you to those who applied, you will be hearing from FDLI about the status of your application in early December.
Expectations for FDLI Committee Service
Prerequisites
Must be an FDLI member or government employee*
Time Commitment
5-15 hours per year**
Term Length
One year, typically January to December
Meeting Format
All virtual, typically video conference, phone, or email
*Committee members must be FDLI members unless they are current government employees. If you believe a unique qualification or circumstance warrants an exception, please contact the membership team at [email protected]. Please Note: Government employees are assumed to be applying in their official capacity and may have internal approval processes that must be completed before final acceptance of an invitation to serve on a committee.
**For conference-specific committees, this commitment is typically concentrated in the six months prior to the event date.
Committees Seeking Applications
Program Committees
The Advertising and Promotion for Medical Products Planning Committee supports FDLI staff in planning this event, which typically takes place in October. Responsibilities include identifying key issues and hot topics, evaluating conference submissions, recommending and recruiting speakers (including keynotes), and promoting the program to colleagues.
The California Programs Committee supports FDLI staff in identifying and assessing programming opportunities in California, which may occur throughout the year in the form of a webinar, half-day program, or conference. Responsibilities include identifying key issues and hot topics, developing conference agendas, recommending and recruiting speakers, and promoting programs to colleagues.
The Enforcement, Litigation, and Compliance Conference Planning Committee supports FDLI staff in planning this event, which typically takes place in early to mid-December. Responsibilities include identifying key issues and hot topics, evaluating conference submissions, recommending and recruiting speakers (including keynotes), and promoting the program to colleagues.
The FDLI at the Forefront Committee supports FDLI staff on identifying and assessing programing opportunities related to important developments and emerging issues for all FDA-regulated products, with particular emphasis on food, drugs, biologics, and devices. These programs may occur throughout the year and will typically be in the form of a webinar, but also includes half-day programs and conferences. Responsibilities include identifying key issues and hot topics, advising on program format, evaluating webinar proposals, recommending and recruiting speakers, and promoting programs to colleagues.
The Food Advertising, Labeling, and Litigation Conference Planning Committee supports FDLI staff in planning this event, which typically takes place in late September. Responsibilities include identifying key issues and hot topics, evaluating conference submissions, recommending and recruiting speakers (including keynotes), and promoting the program to colleagues.
The New to FDA Law and Regulation Planning Committee supports FDLI staff in developing programming for those new to FDA regulated fields (generally within the first seven years). Programming covers a wide range of topics, including recent regulatory developments, career building, and interacting with government agencies, plus networking opportunities for in-person events. Responsibilities include identifying key issues and hot topics, developing in-person and virtual programs, recommending and recruiting speakers, and promoting programs to colleagues.
The Patient Organization Engagement Committee supports FDLI staff in planning its training course that assists patient organizations in understanding FDA regulations and interacting with the agency. This training course is virtual and typically takes place in February. Responsibilities include identifying key issues and hot topics, developing the agenda, recommending and recruiting speakers, and identifying patient organization partners.
Publications Committees
The Austern Writing Awards Committee contributes to fostering the next generation of professionals in the food and drug law field by judging submissions from JD students. Papers to be judged cover all areas of law affecting FDA-regulated industries. The judging period takes place from June through October, after which the committee meets virtually to discuss and determine the winners of the competition.
The Food and Drug Law Journal Editorial Advisory Board (FDLJ EAB) reviews and evaluates submitted articles, providing substantive feedback in a blinded peer review process for the scholarly legal journal. The articles to be reviewed include analyses of federal legislation, regulations, court decisions, and public policies affected industries regulated by FDA and related agencies and authorities. Members of the FDLJ EAB may also participate in planning the annual Food and Drug Law Journal Symposium, including identifying the theme of the year’s program and recommending moderators and discussants.
The Publications and Academic Programs Committee advises FDLI staff on how to best attract and engage our academic members and their programs with FDLI; identifies areas for scholarly programming; and provides high-level recommendations for all of FDLI’s publications, including updating essential references and generating content for new book resources. The committee meets approximately quarterly.
The Update Magazine Peer Review Committee provides manuscript review and editorial feedback of articles submitted for consideration in Update magazine, a virtual, quarterly magazine that reports on analysis and trends in food and drug law. The committee works independently to provide substantive feedback and publication recommendation on the articles.
Product Area Committees
The Cannabis-Derived Products Committee supports FDLI staff in developing programming in this space. This includes cannabis-specific events, which may occur throughout the year in the form of a webinar, half-day program, or conference, and cannabis-focused content for events covering broader product areas. Responsibilities include identifying key issues and hot topics, developing conference agendas, recommending and recruiting speakers, and promoting programs to colleagues.
The Medical Products Committee supports FDLI staff in developing programming in the medical products space (drugs, devices, and biologics). This includes medical product-specific events, which may occur throughout the year in the form of a webinar, half-day program, or conference, and medical product-focused content for events covering broader product areas. Responsibilities include identifying key issues and hot topics, developing conference agendas, recommending and recruiting speakers, and promoting programs to colleagues.
The Tobacco and Nicotine Products Committee supports FDLI staff in developing programming in this space. This includes both the Tobacco and Nicotine Products Regulation and Policy Conference and Regulatory Science Symposium, both of which typically take place in late October. It also includes any additional tobacco and nicotine product-focused programming, including webinars and panels at events covering broader product areas. Responsibilities include identifying key issues and hot topics, evaluating conference submissions, recommending and recruiting speakers (including keynotes), and promoting the program to colleagues.
Task Forces
The Cosmetics Task Force supports FDLI staff in developing programming in this space. This includes cosmetics-specific events, which may occur throughout the year in the form of a webinar, half-day program, or conference, and cosmetics-focused content for events covering broader product areas. Responsibilities include identifying key issues and hot topics, developing conference agendas, recommending and recruiting speakers, and promoting programs to colleagues. Note that task force members are allowed to simultaneously serve on an FDLI committee.
The Veterinary Products Task Force supports FDLI staff in developing programming in this space. This includes veterinary product-specific events, which may occur throughout the year in the form of a webinar, half-day program, or conference, and veterinary product-focused content for events covering broader product areas. Responsibilities include identifying key issues and hot topics, developing conference agendas, recommending and recruiting speakers, and promoting programs to colleagues. Note that task force members are allowed to simultaneously serve on an FDLI committee.
FAQ
Yes, we encourage you to apply to any committee for which your expertise is relevant. Please submit separate applications for each committee, noting relevant expertise/experience.
Applicants must apply on behalf of themselves. If there is someone who you think would be well suited for FDLI committee service, we encourage you to share the application link (fdli.org/committees) with that individual.
Committee members must be FDLI members unless they are current government employees. If you believe a unique qualification or circumstance warrants an exception, please contact the membership team at [email protected].
The majority of FDLI committees are seeking applications for 2024 service. A full list is available here.
