Location:
Program Sponsors:
- Administrative Conference of the United States
- Center for Progressive Reform
- George Mason University's C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State
Panel 1: Appointment and Removal of Federal Agency Adjudicators
August 6, 2020 – 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm EDT
This panel explored the constitutional issues surrounding the appointment and removal of agency adjudicators and how agencies have and could address those issues in selecting and removing adjudicators.
Panelists:
- Margaret Miller, Administrative Law Judge, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; Treasurer, Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference
- Linda Jellum, Associate Dean for Faculty Research & Development and Ellison Capers Palmer Sr. Professor of Tax Law, Mercer University School of Law
- Richard J. Pierce, Jr., Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School
- Michael Rappaport, Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
Moderator:
- William Funk, Lewis & Clark Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, Lewis & Clark Law School
A transcript of the event is available here.
Panel 2: Managing Federal Agency Adjudication Programs
August 11, 2020 – 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm EDT
This panel explored how agencies can use appellate review and enhanced case-management and quality assurance techniques to promote accurate, consistent, and efficient decisionmaking in high-volume adjudicative programs.
Panelists:
- Daniel E. Ho, William Benjamin Scott and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
- James McHenry, Director, Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. Department of Justice
- Christopher J. Walker, John W. Bricker Professor of Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
- Melissa Feeney Wasserman, Charles Tilford McCormick Professor of Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Moderator:
- Anna W. Shavers, Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and Cline Williams Professor of Citizenship Law, University of Nebraska College of Law
A transcript of the event is available here.
Panel 3: Procedures of Federal Agency Adjudication
August 21, 2020 – 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm EDT
This panel explored possible procedural reforms that the executive branch or Congress might adopt to improve agency adjudications.
Panelists:
- Kent Barnett, J. Alton Hosch Associate Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law
- Emily Bremer, Associate Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law School
- Bijal Shah, Associate Professor of Law, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
- Matthew L. Wiener, Acting Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States
Moderator:
- Renée Landers, Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School
A transcript of the event is available here.
Panel 4: Alternatives to Traditional Agency Adjudication
August 27, 2020 – 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm EDT
This panel explored alternatives to federal agency adjudication, including independent administrative tribunals, Article I courts, and general or specialized Article III courts.
Panelists:
- Hon. Ronald A. Cass, Cass & Associates, PC; Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Law
- Robert L. Glicksman, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, The George Washington University Law School
- Michael Greve, Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
- Richard E. Levy, J.B. Smith Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Kansas School of Law
- A. Ashley Tabaddor, President, National Association of Immigration Judges
Moderator:
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Adam J. White, Assistant Professor, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
A transcript of the event is available here.
Panel 5: The State of Administrative Adjudication
Recorded September 4, 2020
Concluding the Symposium, three of the foremost administrative law scholars offer their thoughts on the state of administrative adjudication.
Panelists:
- Michael Asimow, Dean’s Executive Professor of Law, Santa Clara Law School
- Jeffrey Lubbers, Professor of Practice in Administrative Law, American University Washington College of Law
- Richard J. Pierce, Jr., Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School
Moderators:
- Jeremy Graboyes, Deputy Research Director, Administrative Conference of the United States
- Adam J. White, Assistant Professor, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
A transcript of the event is forthcoming.