Legal Aspects of Airport Programs

A panel of eight airport industry attorneys provide project oversight for ACRP Project 11-01 by selecting topics and providing technical guidance on each digest written by contractors.

These dedicated volunteers represent the various stakeholders in the airport legal community, including airport executives who are tasked with navigating through the complexities of the legal and regulatory issues.

The panel selects the topics and prepares the scope of work for which proposals are solicited. Through consensus the panel selects the proposer who they believe will best meet their research objective.

The panel then oversees and approves the research and makes a publication recommendation. The legal studies follow a defined set of tasks of which can be found in greater detail here.

Proposers and selected contractors should read our Guidance for Working on ACRP Legal Studies Projects for more information.

The legal studies program has researched and published a variety of subject areas exploring the legal implications of a broad range of topics, including: federal, state, and local regulations; day-to-day operations and tenant activities; and airport governance. Our topics are selected by the ACRP 11-01 panel which are submitted by the industry at any time throughout the year.

• Submit a topic idea
• Submit a proposal in response to an RFP
• Volunteer to be a topic expert to provide technical guidance and oversight on a specific topic
• Volunteer to serve on the panel
• Read ACRP's Legal Digests

For further information contact Jordan Christensen jchristensen@nas.edu