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Bellin: The High Cost of Law School Casebooks
Jeffrey Bellin (Vanderbilt), The High Cost of Law School Casebooks, 34 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 503 (2025): Commentators have forecasted the demise…
Read MoreSaito: Granting Tax
Blaine G. Saito (Ohio State), Granting Tax, 63 Hous. L. Rev. 629 (2026): The U.S. federal tax system is failing to promote the values of democracy and…
Read MoreSteuerLLM: An Open-Source AI Model for German Tax Law
An international team of researchers has released SteuerLLM, am open-source, 28-billion-parameter AI model trained on German tax law materials. In a c…
Read MoreInside Higher Ed: The Risk Proposition of Law School Is Changing
Sari Kisilevsky, Inside Higher Ed, The Risk Proposition of Law School Is Changing (June 22, 2026): [Conventional] narratives miss the real s…
Read MoreLaw clinic students working to bring workplace protections to federal courts
Over the last few years, the workplace abuse by federal judges of law clerks has been in the news (and here). This law school clinic at Emory Universi…
Read MoreGrowiec, Prettner & Szkróbka: Workers’ Incentives and the Optimal Taxation of AI
Jakub Growiec (SGH Warsaw Sch. Econ.), Klaus Prettner (Vienna U. Econ. & Bus.) & Maciej Szkróbka (SGH Warsaw Sch. Econ.), Workers’ Incentives…
Read MoreUCLA Asian American Studies Center: AAPI Multimedia Textbook
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center has unveiled ‘Foundations and Futures: Asian American and Pacific Islander Multimedia Textbook’ is …
Read MoreNetanya Hosts 10th International Roundtable on Taxation and Tax Policy
Netanya Academic College School of Law will host the Tenth International Roundtable on Taxation and Tax Policy on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Details and …
Read MoreMore Than A Degree: A Celebration of Family in Fresno. Was it Illegal?
Commencement season is now behind us. As the celebrations have ended, it is a good time to reflect on recent commencement-related developments. Over t…
Read MoreSSRN Review & Roundup: Narotzki Reviews Avi-Yonah’s Taxation and Deglobalization
This week, Doron Narotzki (Akron; Google Scholar) reviews Reuven S. Avi-Yonah (Michigan; Google Scholar), Taxation and Deglobalization, 80 Tax L. Rev.…
Read MoreBook of the Week
Great books often begin with great questions. My wonderful colleague, Libby Adler, started with this one: “How might a socialist jurisdiction “d…
Read MoreIs the Constitution up to the Task?
Vincent Rougeau, President of the College of the Holy Cross and former dean of Boston College Law School, has penned a provocative essay in America: T…
Read MoreProfessor Sues to Block Dean’s Appointment
This is a hard story to piece together as there is always more behind the scenes than one can read in the press. The basic facts are that Ramsi A. Woo…
Read MoreBloomberg: AMC Theater’s Valuation Was Excessive, Says Arizona Tax Court
Peyton Rhodes (Bloomberg): AMC Theater’s Valuation Was Excessive, Says Arizona Tax Court: An AMC theater location convinced the Arizona Tax Court that…
Read MoreJoint Center For Political And Economic Studies: Future of Black Communities Summit
Joint Center For Political And Economic Studies: Future of Black Communities Summit on July 16, 2026:
Read MoreCult of Pedagogy: The Art of Classroom Timing
Jennifer Gonzalez (Cult of Pedagogy), The Art of Classroom Timing: 10 Ways to Fit It All In (April 27, 2026) For most of my academic life as a student…
Read MoreEuropean Society of International Law Webinar: “Taxation, Racial Capitalism, and the Rule of Law: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Challenges in Global Economic Governance” on July 22, 2026
European Society of International Law Webinar: Taxation, Racial Capitalism, and the Rule of Law: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Challenges in Gl…
Read MoreTeaching Tidbit of the Week: Two Exciting Ideas from Professor Mary Largent Purvis
This week’s blog feature re-introduces an intermittent feature of my contributions to this blog: teaching ideas from faculty colleagues. This week, I …
Read MoreBatchelder: When Money’s Time Isn’t Always Valued
Lily Batchelder (NYU) has posted a new piece on SSRN, “When Money’s Time Isn’t Always Valued: Accounting for Behavioral Consideratio…
Read MoreReport Released Detailing Problems with February 2025 California Bar Exam
Last week, the legislatively mandated audit of the problems of the February 2025 California Bar Exam was released. You can find the report here. And h…
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