Celebrating 10 Years at GW

As the Fall 2019 semester drew to a close, the GW Regulatory Studies Center celebrated its 10th year as part of the GW community. This page has a commemorative video featuring Center staff and supporters over the years, and a series of videos and photos from our celebratory event!

A Decade of Making a Difference

Our sincerest thank you to the GW community, our contributors, and supporters who helped make the past decade possible for the GW Regulatory Studies Center students, faculty, and staff!

From Prohibition to Flying Cars: The History and Future of Regulation

On Tuesday, February 4th the GW Regulatory Studies Center hosted an exciting event with key thought leaders in public policy and academia to look back on the past century of regulatory policy and to speculate on what the next century might look like.

Download Event Brochure (PDF)

Opening Remarks

Cary Coglianese; Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he is also director of the Penn Program on Regulation.
Interviewed by Christopher Carrigan; Associate Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University Trachtenberg School and Co-Director of the GW Regulatory Studies Center.

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"Ultimately, people make the decisions about when and how to regulate."

Cary Coglianese
Edward B. Shils Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania

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Bryce Chinault welcoming the audience and introducing Christopher Carrigan.

Christopher Carrigan introducing Cary Coglianese.

Cary Coglianese providing keynote remarks.

Christopher Carrigan interviewing Cary Coglianese.

Christopher Carrigan and Cary Coglianese concluding the first part of our event.

Panel One: Regulatory Lessons from the Last Century

Featuring:

• Sally Katzen; Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at NYU Law.
• Richard J. Pierce, Jr.; Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law at GW Law.
• Susan E. Dudley; Distinguished professor of practice in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at GW.
• Jerry Ellig; Research Professor at the GW Regulatory Studies Center.
• Moderated by Shawne McGibbon; General Counsel for the Administrative Conference of the United States.

Shawne McGibbon moderating the first panel.

Sally Katzen speaking at the podium.

Richard Pierce speaking at the podium.

Susan Dudley speaking at the podium.

Jerry Ellig speaking at the podium.

Keynote Speaker

Senator James Lankford (R-Oklahoma)
Introduced by Robert H. Miller; Vice President for Research at the George Washington University.

*Note: Senator Tom Carper (D-Delaware) was unable to participate due to changes in the Congressional schedule.

Robert Miller introducing Senator James Lankford.

Senator James Lankford providing keynote remarks.

Bryce Chinault thanking Senator James Lankford after his keynote remarks.

Susan Dudley, Robert Miller, and Senator James Lankford speaking outside of the event.

Robert Miller, Senator James Lankford, and Susan Dudley outside of the event.

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"If we're going to get to flying cars we need a good, predictable regulatory system."

Senator James Lankford
United States Senator (R-OK)

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Panel Two: Opportunities and Challenges in the Century Ahead

Featuring:

• Sarah A. Binder; Professor of political science at GW's Columbian College of Arts and Science.
• Remington A. Gregg; Counsel for Civil Justice and Consumer Rights at Public Citizen.
• Andrew W. Torrance; Paul E. Wilson Distinguished Professor of Law at Kansas Law.
• Moderated by Bridget C.E. Dooling; Research Professor at the GW Regulatory Studies Center.

Bridget Dooling introducing the topics for the second panel.

Sarah Binder speaking at the podium.

Remington Gregg speaking at the podium.

Andrew Torrance speaking at the podium.

Bridget Dooling leading the discussion following the panelists' opening remarks.