Distinguished Senior Fellows

Ronald A. Cass

Dean Emeritus of Boston University School of Law

Ronald A. Cass is Dean Emeritus of Boston University School of Law, where he was Dean from 1990-2004, former Vice-Chairman and Commissioner of the U.S. International Trade Commission, Chairman and Resident Scholar at the Center for the Rule of Law, and President of Cass & Associates, PC. Dean Cass also sits as an arbitrator or mediator for commercial, international, and intellectual property rights disputes and is a former United States Member of the Panel of Conciliators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. He is a Member of the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States and has received six presidential appointments, from Presidents Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama.

Dean Cass’s teaching and writing spans issues in administrative law and regulation, constitutional law, antitrust law, intellectual property law, international trade, separation of powers, and legal process. He has published more than 140 scholarly books, chapters, articles, and papers, including Administrative Law, with Colin Diver, Jack Beermann & Jody Freeman (Aspen/Wolters Kluwer, 7th ed. 2016), has taught judges and students in law, economics, business, and public administration, and has been a commentator for radio, television, and print media.

Dean Cass has participated in numerous important legal cases as an amicus, consultant, or expert, and has advised businesses, law firms, investment funds, and government agencies on a range of issues. He has a large number of affiliations with professional groups—including as Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of the Administrative State—and has received numerous honors, fellowships, and awards.

Christopher DeMuth

Distinguished Fellow at Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C

Christopher DeMuth is a Distinguished Fellow in American Thought at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. He was President of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research from 1986–2008. A graduate of Harvard College and the University of Chicago Law School, Mr. DeMuth was Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) and Executive Director of the Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief during President Reagan’s first term.

Previously he practiced law with Sidley & Austin; was an Economic Consultant with Lexecon Inc. and Editor-In-Chief and Publisher of Regulation magazine; and taught at the Kennedy School of Government and directed the Harvard Faculty Project on Regulation. His writings are posted at ccdemuth.com.

Jeffrey A. Rosen

Nonresident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute

Jeffrey A. Rosen is a nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He previously served as acting Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General of the United States at the U.S. Department of Justice (2019-2021), as Deputy Secretary of Transportation (2017-2019), as General Counsel and Senior Policy Adviser at the White House Office of Management and Budget (2006-09), and as General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation (2003-06). Mr. Rosen also worked nearly three decades at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he focused on litigation and regulatory problems on behalf of leading companies from a range of major industries, and served in the firm’s management. In addition, he was an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center (1996-2003).

Mr. Rosen was Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice during 2015-2016, was a public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States during 2013-2017, and is a life member of the American Law Institute. He has appeared in state and federal trial courts across the country, and has argued in multiple federal appeals courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has also published several articles on regulation, including the Foreword to “Modernizing the Administrative Procedure Act” (2020). Mr. Rosen has a JD magna cum laude from Harvard Law School and a BA in economics with highest distinction from Northwestern University.

Paul R. Verkuil

Served as the Tenth Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States

Paul R. Verkuil served as the Tenth Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States from 2010 to 2015. He reestablished the agency following a 15-year hiatus and helped to ensure its future by emphasizing its bipartisan governance structure and objective research and recommendations. He is currently a Senior Fellow of ACUS and the National Academy of Public Administration, where he has been working on matters of civil service reform and government reorganization.

Mr. Verkuil is a well-known and oft-cited administrative law scholar who has coauthored a leading treatise, Administrative Law and Process, now in its fifth edition, several other books (most recent, Valuing Bureaucracy (Cambridge 2017)), and over 65 articles on public law and regulation. A Festschrift held in his honor has been published at 32 Cardozo Law Review 2159 (2011).

He is President Emeritus of the College of William & Mary, has been Dean of the Tulane and Cardozo Law Schools, and a faculty member at the University of North Carolina Law School. He is a graduate of William & Mary and the University of Virginia Law School and holds a JSD from New York University Law School. Among his career highlights is serving as Special Master in New Jersey v. New York, an original jurisdiction case in the Supreme Court, which determined sovereignty to Ellis Island. He is a Life Member of the American Law Institute and the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.

Jeremy A. Rabkin

Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

Jeremy A. Rabkin, Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University. Before joining the faculty in June 2007, he was, for over two decades, a professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University. Professor Rabkin serves on the Board of Directors of the US Institute of Peace (originally appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007, then appointed for a second term by President Barack Obama). He also serves on the Board of Academic Advisers of the American Enterprise Institute and on the Board of Directors of the Center for Individual Rights, a public interest law firm based in Washington, DC Professor Rabkin’s books include Law Without Nations? (Princeton University Press, 2005). His articles have appeared in major law reviews and political science journals and his journalistic contributions in a range of magazines and newspapers, including the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.