JLR 2025 Symposium: The Future of Agency Independence
On November 8, 2024, Volume 58 of The University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform hosted its symposium entitled “The Future of Agency Independence.” The top law scholars came from across the country to discuss and debate the hottest topics in administrative law. The panel topics included the Traditional Debate on Unitary Executive and Independent Agencies, Scientific Expertise in Agency Decision-making, Agency Adjudicator Independence, and the Future of Federal Civil Service. Former Commissioner of the FTC Noah J. Phillips delivered the keynote address with commentary from Michigan Law Professor Daniel Crane. A special thank you goes out to Professor Chis Walker who served as our main faculty advisor on the Symposium.
Thank you to our Michigan faculty members who moderated the panels:
- Julian Mortensen
- Rachel Rothschild
- Nina Mendelson
- Chris Walker
Thank you to our panelists for traveling to share their time, thoughts, and research. They include:
- Andrea Katz (Washington University in St. Louis)
- Jed Handelsman Shugerman (Boston University)
- Christine Chabot (Marquette University)
- Blake Emerson (UCLA)
- Samuel Bagenstos (Michigan)
- Wendy Wagner (Texas)
- Jonathan Adler (Case Western)
- Rebecca Eisenberg (Michigan)
- Kent Barnett (Ohio State)
- Melissa Wasserman (Texas)
- Michael Asimow (UCLA)
- David Lewis (Vanderbilt)
- Rebecca Ingber (Cardozo)
- Jennifer Selin (Arizona State University)
- Nick Bagley (Michigan)
To memorialize the ideas and conversations from the Symposium, JLR is publishing a special Symposium Issue featuring articles from several of our panelists. The issue will be published in Summer 2025.
