New Normals? The Trump Administration, the Courts, and Administrative Law

December 7, 2018

This conference is certified for 5.0 credits of Virginia CLE 

8:15 – 8:55 am – Registration and Breakfast

8:55 – 9:00 am – Welcome

Adam White, Director, The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State and Assistant Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

9:00 – 10:25 am – Panel 1: Presidents and Administration? – Click here to watch the video of the full panel! 

Bob Bauer, Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence, and Co-Director of the Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic, NYU School of Law
Michael S. Greve, Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Richard J. Pierce, Jr., Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School
The Honorable Paul R. Verkuil, Senior Fellow and Former Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States and President Emeritus, The College of William & Mary

Moderator: Adam White, Director, The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State and Assistant Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

10:25 – 10:35 am – Break

10:35 – 11:50 am – Panel 2: Environmental Regulation – A Case Study in Reform? – Click here to watch the video of the full panel! 

Robert L. Glicksman, J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, The George Washington University Law School
Emily Hammond, Glen Earl Weston Research Professor, The George Washington University Law School
Ashley C. Parrish, Partner, King & Spalding
David B. Rivkin, Jr., Partner, BakerHostetler

Moderator: Adam White, Director, The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State and Assistant Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

11:50 am – 12:00 pm – Break

12:00 – 1:00 pm – Lunch & Keynote Address – Click here to watch the video of the keynote address!

Ambassador C. Boyden Gray, Founding Partner, Boyden Gray & Associates PLLC, and Senior Fellow, C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State

1:00 – 1:20 pm – Break

1:20 – 2:35 pm – Panel 3: Civil Servant Disobedience? – Click here to watch the video of the full panel! 

Sally Katzen, Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence, NYU School of Law
Jennifer Nou, Professor of Law, The University of Chicago Law School
Jeremy Rabkin, Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Bill Valdez, President, Senior Executives Association

Moderator: Philip A. Wallach, Senior Fellow, Governance Project, R Street Institute

2:35 – 2:50 pm – Break

2:50 – 4:10 pm – Panel 4: Nationwide Injunctions – Click here to watch the video of the full panel! 

The Honorable Ronald A. Cass, Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Law; and President, Cass & Associates, PC
Todd F. Gaziano, Chief of Legal Policy and Strategic Research, and Director, Center for The Separation of Powers, Pacific Legal Foundation
Scott A. Keller, Partner and Practice Group Chair of the Supreme Court and Constitutional Law Practice, Baker Botts LLP
Martin S. Lederman, Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown Law Center

Moderator: Andrew Kloster, Deputy Director, C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State

4:20 – 5:30 pm – Panel 5: Do “Acting” Agency Heads Require the Senate’s Advice and Consent? – Click here to watch the video of the full panel! 

Martin S. Lederman, Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown Law Center
Jennifer Mascott, Assistant Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
David B. Rivkin, Jr., Partner, BakerHostetler
Edward Whelan, President, Ethics & Public Policy Center

Moderator: Adam White, Director, The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State and Assistant Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

Presented Research Papers

• Nationwide Injunctions’ Governance Problems: Forum-Shopping, Politicizing Courts, and Eroding Constitutional Structure
  The Honorable Ronald A. Cass, Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Law; and President, Cass & Associates, PC
• The Administrative Law of Regulatory Slop and Strategy
  Robert L. Glicksman, J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, The George Washington University Law School, and Emily Hammond, Glen Earl Weston Research Professor, The George Washington University Law School
• Statutory Interpretation, Administrative Deference, and the Law of Stare Decisis
  Randy J. Kozel, Associate Dean for Faculty Development, and Diane and M.O. Miller II Research Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
• Civil Servant Disobedience
  Jennifer Nou, Professor of Law, The University of Chicago Law School
• How Should the U.S. Public Law System React to President Trump?
  Richard J. Pierce, Jr., Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School