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Conference Agenda
Event Description
Supreme Court reform is receiving more and more attention among scholars and policy makers, and for good reason. However, the rest of our judicial system, and its relationship with the administrative state, independently need reform. Lower courts hear the vast majority of administrative law cases. Their processes and doctrines have become a ready tool for powerful industries to stymie government efforts to police their conduct and to regulate in the public interest.
This conference brings together leading scholars and practitioners to consider potential areas for legislative intervention including: (1) forum rules; (2) standing, venue, and remedies doctrines; (3) the Administrative Procedure Act; and (4) the legal framework establishing and governing the lower courts and federal judges and clerks.
Panelists will prepare short proposals outlining different responses to these issues and then have an open dialogue with each other and conference participants in an effort to identify the most promising avenues for further research and analysis.
