Founded in 1936, the Missouri Law Review is one of the oldest legal journals published west of the Mississippi
River. The law review has produced 81 volumes containing four issues each since the publication’s inception. The 2015-
2016 law review is administered by 52 students.
Each year, law review members partner with faculty sponsors from the University of Missouri School of Law to host a symposium highlighting prominent legal issues and to discuss progressive solutions to complex policy changes.
The University of Missouri will publish the papers featured in this year’s symposium in volume 81, issue 4 of the Missouri Law
Review in spring 2017. Domestic subscriptions of this journal are available for $40; international subscriptions are $45. To view recent issues or request a subscription, please visit law.missouri.edu/lawreview.
All events will be held in Hulston Hall on the University of
Missouri campus.
The symposium is free and open to the public. Registration is not required.
This symposium is approved for 5.4 hours of mandatory continuing legal education credit in the state of Missouri.
203 Hulston Hall Columbia,
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Sym pos ium
MARCH 3, 2016

MARCH 3,
2016
Administrative law occupies a unique space in our republic. Dubbed the Fourth Branch, it wields unquestionable power and touches nearly every aspect of daily life. And yet its existence is not identified in our founding document, the Constitution. Now more than ever, the Supreme Court of the United States is questioning both the breadth of the administrative state and the deferential level of judicial review employed.
This symposium will explore three critical questions regarding the administrative state. First, does the administrative state represent a return to the prerogative power? Second, are there reasonable alternatives (or improvements) to Chevron deference? Third, what are the possible reform measures to the administrative state and do viable alternatives to the system exist?
8:45 A.M. WELCOME
9:00 A.M. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: THE
PREROGATIVE POWER?
RYAN D. MEADE
Director of Regulatory Compliance Studies
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
JOSEPH POSTELL
Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of Colorado-Colorado Springs College of
Letters, Arts, and Sciences
MODERATOR: JUSTIN B. DYER
Associate Professor of Political Science
Director of the Kinder Institute on
Constitutional Democracy
University of Missouri
9:45 A.M. Q&A AND BREAK
10:30 A.M. EARL F. NELSON LECTURE
“IS ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
UNLAWFUL?” presented by
Maurice and Hilda Friedman Professor of Law
Columbia Law School
1:30 P.M. BEYOND CHEVRON
JONATHAN H. ADLER
Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
ADITYA BAMZAI
Counsel, Appellate Staff
U.S. Department of Justice
JEFFREY POJANOWSKI
Professor of Law and Robert and Marion Short Scholar
University of Notre Dame Law School
SHARMILA SOHONI
Associate Professor of Law
University of San Diego School of Law
CHRISTOPHER J. WALKER
Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director,
Washington, D.C., Summer Program
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
MODERATOR: ERIN MORROW HAWLEY
Associate Professor of Law
University of Missouri School of Law
2:45 P.M. Q&A AND BREAK
3:20 P.M. BEYOND THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE
KENT BARNETT
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Georgia School of Law
EMILY S. BREMER
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Wyoming College of Law
ANDY GREWAL
Associate Professor of Law
University of Iowa College of Law
JED STIGLITZ
Assistant Professor of Law and Jia Jonathan Zhu and
Ruyin Ruby Ye Sesquicentennial Fellow
Cornell Law School
ADRIAN VERMEULE
John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law
Harvard Law School
MODERATOR: THOMAS A. LAMBERT
Wall Chair in Corporate Law and Governance and
Professor of Law
University of Missouri School of Law
4:40 P.M. Q&A AND CLOSING REMARKS