Koch Administrative Law Forum 2025

On October 15, 2025, The Institute of Bill of Rights Law and the Center for the Study of Law and Markets hosted the Professor Charles Koch Administrative Law Forum. Panelists included Paul Verkuil, Former Chair of the Administrative Conference of the United States and President Emeritus of William & Mary, and John Duffy, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, former clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia, and one of the nation’s leading scholars in administrative and patent law. They were joined by Professor Allison Orr Larsen, director of the Institute of Bill of Rights Law and an expert in administrative law. The subject of the forum this year was Presidential Control Over Administrative Agency Personnel: The Future of Independent Agencies, Civil Service, and More. The program explored fundamental questions at the intersection of constitutional law, separation of powers, and administrative governance.