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Office of Administrative Hearings

Effective April 24, 2023, OAH’s eFiling portal is now available. You may access the portal here: https://oah.dc.gov/page/oah-efiling-portal.

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Welcome to the D.C.
Office of Administrative Hearings

OAH is D.C.’s centralized administrative court,
providing fair and impartial trial-level hearings
for disputes involving specialized areas of law.

OAH Notice of Emergency Rulemaking

Date Released:

Wed, 04/01/2020

OAH has adopted Emergency Rules in order to modify OAH operations in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and in accordance with the Mayor’s Declarations of public emergency and public health emergency.

Featured News

11/22/2023 OAH will be closed on Thursday November 23rd and Friday November 24th.

11/13/2023 Minutes of COST Meeting - November 3, 2023

11/08/2023 OAH will be closed Friday, November 10, 2023

10/20/2023 Notice of COST Meeting - November 3, 2023

10/16/2023 OAH Advisory Committee Meeting Recording - September 21, 2023

03/08/2018 Recordings from March 1, 2018 C.O.S.T Meeting

11/15/2017 Public meeting of the D.C. Commission on Selection and Tenure of Administrative Law Judges (Part 1 and Part 2)

03/28/2023 OAH Advisory Committee Meeting Recording - March 16, 2023

07/08/2022 Minutes of COST Meeting - July 6, 2022

06/15/2022 Notice of COST Meeting - July 6, 2022

06/15/2022 Minutes of COST Meeting - June 15, 2022

05/26/2022 Notice of COST Meeting - June 15, 2022

Upcoming Events

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E-Filing Portal Launch

The Office of Administrative Hearings launched an online E-Filing Portal on August 22, 2022. The E-Filing Portal allows litigants to file hearing requests and add documents to their cases.

OAH Advisory Committee Meeting - September 15, 2021

The Advisory Committee to the Office of Administrative Hearings will meet on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.

The meeting will be conducted on WebEx. Further information can be found in the attached agenda.