Tax Prof Randall W. Roth (University of Hawai‘i) has spent the past three weeks discussing tax and other issues from the Bishop Estate saga in faculty forums and regularly scheduled classes at various law schools, including Boston College, Boston University, Denver, Duke, Harvard, McGeorge, North Carolina, San Diego, Santa Clara, UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, UC-Hastings, and Wake Forest.  This was Prof. Roth's second such "tour" — last year, he made presentations at some of these same law schools, as well as Alabama, Baltimore, George Mason, Georgia, Georgia State, Maryland, Michigan State, New England, and NYU. The University of Hawai‘i has supported these efforts with travel grants and a flexible teaching schedule.

Prof. Roth and Samuel P. King published the bestselling book, Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement, and Political Manipulation at America’s Largest Charitable Trust (University of Hawai‘i Press, 2006), which was named 2007 Book of the Year by the Hawai‘i Book Publishers Association.  They donate all of their royalties to local charities. Thanks to a special arrangement with the publisher, Prof. Roth is able to give copies of the book to interested professors and students at the schools that he visits.  (Hat Tip: Grayson McCouch.)