Congratulations to Tax Prof Edward McCaffery, named Interim Dean at USC. From the June 2 memorandum from the USC Provost:

On behalf of President Sample, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Edward J. McCaffery, the Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law and Political Science, as the Dean of the USC Gould School of Law on an Interim basis, effective July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007. A member of the Gould School faculty since I989, Professor McCaffery is one of the nation’s leading scholars in tax law and among the Law School’s most most prolific and influential faculty members. He has long served in leadership roles in the Gould School of Law, serving on the Administration and Finance Committee for many years; serving on and chairing the Appointments Committee: and overseeing the continuing legal education program, including serving as the Executive Director of the USC Institute on Federal Taxation.

Update:  USC’s press release.