Jeremiah Coder, Conversations: Loyola Law School’s Tax LLM Faculty,130 Tax Notes 286 (Jan. 17, 2011):

As Loyola Law School in Los Angeles celebrates 10-plus years since beginning its graduate tax program, it is taking bold steps to offer educational programs it believes are responsive to changes in the legal market.

Tax Notes contributing editor Jeremiah Coder recently spoke with several members of the Loyola law faculty [Jennifer Kowal, Katherine Pratt, and Theodore Seto] about the school’s approach to tax and legal education. The professors also discussed issues in tax policy. … All three, together with Paul Caron (author of the TaxProf blog and a professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law) recently published two articles on the state of tax LLM programs: Pursuing a Tax LLM Degree: Why and When? and Pursuing a Tax LLM Degree: Where?.

• Loyola is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its tax LLM program. What about the program is unique?
• Loyola recently announced a three-year joint JD/LLM program. What prompted that decision?
• So the joint program is a response to changes in the legal market?
• How does the tax LLM program fit into Loyola’s educational structure?
• What do you recommend students interested in a tax LLM program look for?
• Explain some of the tax LLM program’s recent experiential course additions.
• How does the LLM program blend full-time and adjunct faculty?
• What political elements are missing today that helped achieve the passage of the 1986 Tax Reform Act?
• What is one recent trend in tax administration you have noticed?
• What tax issues will be front and center in the coming new legislative session?

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