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Perkins Presents “Venmo and the Persistence of Invisible Income” at Pepperdine
Rachelle Holmes Perkins (George Washington) presents Venmo and the Persistence of Invisible Income at Pepperdine as part of its Tax Policy Workshop Se…
Read MoreRequest for Papers and Presentations: Christian Legal Thought from the Margins
Request for Papers and Presentations: Christian Legal Thought from the Margins on January 21-22, 2027, at Emory University School of Law: Emory Univer…
Read MoreNew Issue of The Tax Lawyer
The Tax Lawyer has published a new issue (Volume 79, Issue 3). Here are the new articles:
Read MoreApplications Open for NYU Tax VAP
Applications are open for candidates for the Visiting Assistant Professor of Tax Law in the Graduate Tax Program at NYU. The position is a one-year te…
Read MoreStudy: “When Demands Equal Distress: An Updated Understanding of Lawyer Mental Health and Well-being”
From an ABA Press release: “The American Bar Association, through its Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs (CoLAP), and Krill Strategies, a …
Read MoreLegal Scholarship Network Publishes New Issue of Tax Law & Policy eJournal
Volume 26, Number 62 (September 2026) of the eJournal of Tax Law and Policy, published by The Social Science Research Network (SSRN), and edited by Pa…
Read MoreJustice and Education Departments Alleged That Admissions Practices at UC Berkeley School of Law Unlawfully Favored African American Applicants and Discriminated Against White and Asian Candidates
Reuters reports that the U.S. Justice and Education Departments alleged that admissions practices at the University of California, Berkeley School of …
Read MoreTeaching Tidbit of the Week: How to Build a Good Working Relationship with Your Students
The more you invest in your students, the more likely your students are to invest themselves in your class. We saw this principle play out repeatedly …
Read MoreNational Jurist: Top law schools for human rights law
The National Jurist has listed law schools that have “earned a place on [its] Human Rights Law Honor Roll, recognized for the strength of their …
Read MoreNew Report by NYSBA Tax Section
The New York State Bar Association’s Tax Section has recently released a new report, Report Number 1532 on Application of the Corporate Alternative Mi…
Read MoreLaw Dean Gets Tattoo
Well now that’s some dean commitment…. From a local news story: A deal is a deal. That’s the way Elon University School of Law Dean Zak Kr…
Read More2026 Law School ‘Revealed Preference’ Rankings
LSD.Law updated their “revealed preference” rankings for law schools as of September 3, 2026. The 2026 law school rankings compare 198 ABA…
Read MoreArticle: Disbarment Disparities: How Law School Prestige Affects Disbarment Rates
Michael Conklin (Texas A&M), Christopher Houston (Angelo State) & Gayle Randall (Angelo State), Disbarment Disparities: How Law School Prestig…
Read MoreLaw Schools Tell Students to Put AI Away
From the Financial Times, although describing the practices of only two law schools. These days, we are all struggling to balance the human and the ma…
Read MoreNational Tax Journal Publishes New Issue
The National Tax Journal has published volume 79, number 3 (September 2026): Patrick Sullivan (Yale, ISPS), Teaching Tax Brackets: Evidence From A Ran…
Read MoreABA Council Repeals Diversity Standard
From the New York Times; The American Bar Association, the lawyers group that sets standards for the legal profession, eliminated on Tuesday a diversi…
Read MoreLaw.Com: ABA Council Repeals Diversity Standard Amid Uncertainty About the Organization’s Future as a Law School Accreditor
Christine Charnosky for Law.com (subscription required) reports that “[t]he American Bar Association’s Accreditation Council repealed its …
Read MoreEvidence on Tax Incentives and Venture Capital Risk-Taking
Murillo Campello & Guilherme Junqueira (Florida), “Tax Incentives and Venture Capital Risk-Taking: Evidence from the QSBS Program” (NB…
Read MoreNational Tax Journal Publishes New Issue
The National Tax Journal has published a new issue (Volume 79, Number 3, September 2026). Here are the articles:
Read MoreAbove the Law: Law Reviews And AI Detection, A Letter To Law Review Editors: Law reviews potentially rejecting submissions because the journals detect AI is problematic for a variety of reasons
AI seems to be everywhere all the time. This post on Above the Law by LawProBlawg is a letter to a law review editor: “Bottom line: I have a pro…
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