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The Veterans Appeals Process: A Case of Administrative Crisis and Possible Reforms
October 17, 2018
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
8:30 – 9:30 am – Registration and Breakfast
9:30 – 10:05 am – Welcome and Opening Remarks – Click here to watch the video!
Adam White, Assistant Professor of Law and Director, The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
James D. Ridgway, Of Counsel, Bergmann & Moore; and Professorial Lecturer in Law, George Washington University School of Law
10:05 – 11:20 am – Panel 1: A Process in Need of Reform – Click here to watch the video of the full panel!
Phillip Carter, Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation
Daniel E. Ho, William Benjamin Scott and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; Professor (by courtesy) of Political Science, Stanford University; and Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
David Marcus, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Gerald Ray, former Administrative Appeals Judge, Deputy Executive Director Office of Appellate Operations, Social Security Administration
Moderator: James D. Ridgway, Of Counsel, Bergmann & Moore; and Professorial Lecturer in Law, George Washington University School of Law
11:20 – 11:35 am – Break
11:35 am – 12:45 pm – Lunch & Keynote Address – Click here to watch the video of the Keynote Address!
The Honorable Mary J. Schoelen, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
12:45 – 1:00 pm – Break
1:00 – 2:15 pm – Panel 2: Judicial Review in a Time of Reconsideration – Click here to watch the video of the full panel!
Brian Griffin, Deputy Chief Counsel, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Jennifer Mascott, Assistant Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Thomas E. Sullivan, Of Counsel, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Michael J. Wishnie, William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law and Counselor to the Dean at Yale Law School
Moderator: Adam White, Assistant Professor of Law and Director, The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University