GMU Conference on Revisiting Judicial Deference Next Thursday
The Center for the Study of the Administrative State, directed by Neomi Rao, has put together a terrific conference entitled Revisiting Judicial Deference: History, Structure, and Accountability.
That’s next Thursday, 6/2, at George Mason, starting at 8:45AM. The conference is open to the public and free. Please register here. The lunch keynote will be by D.C. Circuit Judge Kavanaugh, and I’ve pasted below the full schedule.
8:45: Welcome
Neomi Rao, Director, Center for the Study of the Administrative State and Associate Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
9:00 – 10:15: History and Justifications for Deference
Aditya Bamzai, Associate Professor-designate, University of Virginia School of Law
Jack M. Beermann, Harry Elwood Warren Scholar Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law
John C. Harrison, James Madison Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
Adam White, Research Fellow, The Hoover Institution
Moderator: Ross E. Davies, Professor of Law, George Mason School of Law
10:30 – 11:45: Is Chevron Retreating?
Ronald A. Cass, President, Cass & Associates, and Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Law
Christopher C. DeMuth, Distinguished Fellow, The Hudson Institute
Daniel A. Farber, Sho Sato Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Catherine M. Sharkey, Crystal Eastman Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
Moderator: Amy Wildermuth, Professor of Law S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
11:45 – 1:00: Lunch and Keynote Address
“Justice Scalia and Deference”— Honorable Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
1:00 – 2:15: Separation of Powers: Congress, Agencies, and the Court
Boyden Gray, Founding Partner, Boyden Gray & Associates
William R. Levi, Chief Counsel, Senator Mike Lee, US Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Neomi Rao, Director, Center for the Study of the Administrative State and Associate Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
Christopher J. Walker, Assistant Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University
Moderator: Ashley C. Parrish, Partner, King & Spalding LLP
2:30 – 3:45: Pushing the Limits of Deference: Seminole Rock and City of Arlington
Jonathan Adler, John Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and Director, Center for Business Law and Regulation, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Michael S. Greve, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
Allyson N. Ho, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aaron L. Nielson, Associate Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark School of Law, Brigham Young University
Moderator: Steven Menashi, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
