Prof. Bridget Dooling

Bridget Dooling is a nationally recognized expert on administrative law and regulatory policy. Her scholarship on regulatory matters has been or will be published in leading legal journals including the Duke Law Review, the Administrative Law Review, the Minnesota Law Review Headnotes, the American University Law Review and The Annals of Health Law.  

Professor Dooling teaches courses on legislation and regulation, administrative law and other regulatory topics. She serves on the Council of the American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice and as a Senior Fellow at the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS). 

Prior to joining the faculty at Ohio State, Dooling was a research professor with the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center and a professor of law (by courtesy) at GW Law. Before that, Professor Dooling spent over 10 years in the federal government as a deputy chief, senior policy analyst and attorney for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. She also served on Biden-Harris Presidential Transition Team as a member of the agency review teams for the Office of Management and Budget and the National Archives and Records Administration.  

Dooling is active with the Food & Drug Law Institute, currently serving on the editorial board of the Food & Drug Law Journal. She is a regular contributor to the Yale Journal on Regulation’s Notice & Comment blog and the Brookings Institute’s Series on Regulatory Process and Perspective.