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Legal Scholarship Network Publishes New Issue of Tax Law & Policy eJournal

Volume 26, Number 52 (June 2026) of the eJournal of Tax Law and Policy, published by The Social Science Research Network (SSRN), and edited by Paul L.…

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The World Cup: Soccer, Law, and Judging

It’s a bad look, in my own self-interested opinion, for TaxProf Blog to have nothing to contribute to the global phenomenon that is the World Cu…

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Bloomberg: North Carolina Targets Prediction Markets, Sports Betting Taxes

Daniel Moore (Bloomberg): North Carolina Targets Prediction Markets, Sports Betting Taxes: North Carolina lawmakers unveiled a $34 billion budget deal…

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Schapiro, Tripepi, & Blackley: Reclaiming the Writing Process Using AI

Hannah M. Schapiro, Manuela Tripepi, Julia Blackley (Thomas Jefferson University), Reclaiming the Writing Process Using AI: A Scaffolded Writing Assig…

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The Tax Adviser: IRS outlines AI risks, Circular 230 duties for tax practitioners

Martha Waggoner (The Tax Adviser): IRS outlines AI risks, Circular 230 duties for tax practitioners: The IRS Office of Professional Responsibility (OP…

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Legal Scholarship Network Publishes New Issue of Tax Law & Policy eJournal

Volume 26, Number 51 (June 2026) of the eJournal of Tax Law and Policy, published by The Social Science Research Network (SSRN), and edited by Paul L.…

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Bearer-Friend et al.: Critical Tax Meets Law and Political Economy: A Conversation

Jeremy Bearer-Friend (George Washington), Bridget J. Crawford (Pace), Tessa Davis (South Carolina), Anthony C. Infanti (Pittsburgh), Ariel Jurow Kleim…

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Rural Justice, Legal Deserts, and Alternative Pathways in New Mexico

Last week, justices on the New Mexico Supreme Court justices presented the state’s “Rural Justice and Modernizing the Legal Profession in New Me…

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Bernie Moreno and Elizabeth Warren: Our Plan to Save Social Security

In a guest essay for the New York Times, Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) argue for their plan “to save Social Security for gene…

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Debate Over Accreditation Intensifies as States Push Changes

The latest from Karen Sloan at Reuters on the debates around ABA law school accreditation: With three states sidelining the American Bar Association i…

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Tax Notes: Soroban Gets Cool Reception on Limited Partner Argument

Kristen A. Parillo, in Tax Notes, provided an update on the oral argument in Soroban Capital Partners LP v. Commissioner, the Second Circuit case in w…

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Clinical Education and AI

From The National Law Review a piece by Katherine Hughes (Fordham Law School) on clinical education and AI, and how clinics can help prepare “th…

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The Relevance of K-12 Reform to Law Schools

Ross Wiener, “I Thought ‘No Child Left Behind’ Would Fix Public Schools. I Was Wrong.” New York Times, June 22, 2026 Law professors and de…

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The Current Longest Serving Law Deans

AALS Rosenblatt’s Deans Database lists the five current longest serving law school deans as follows: Kearney, Joseph D. Marquette University Law…

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Bankman et al: Home Production and the Income Tax

Joseph Bankman (Stanford), Jacob Goldin (Chicago), Adam Kern (San Diego), and Ana Vasilj (Chicago) have posted “Buy or D.I.Y.: Home Production a…

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DOJ Tax is Hiring

Trevor Sikes, “DOJ Seeks More Tax Attorneys as Caseload Increases” (Tax Notes, June 29, 2026): The Justice Department’s Tax Liti…

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The Orientation Speech That I May Never Give

A couple of weeks ago, Austen Parrish posted a link to Joe Andrew’s recent Forbes piece, “What Law School Grads Need To Know Now: The Seco…

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Newsom Floats Federal Wealth Tax After California Deal Fails

Alicia Clanton & Biz Carson (Bloomberg Law): Newsom Floats Federal Wealth Tax After California Deal Fails Governor Gavin Newsom is calling for a f…

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Fromer & Lemley: “State Supreme Courts Can Resolve Early Legal Recruiting Mess”

Jeanne Fromer (NYU) & Mark Lemley (Stanford): State Supreme Courts Can Resolve Early Legal Recruiting Mess (Bloomberg Law) Law firms now hire peop…

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Herzfeld: “SpaceX Speculation: Who Bears the Risk?”

Mindy Herzfeld (Florida), SpaceX Speculation: Who Bears the Risk?, 191 Tax Notes Fed. 2235 (June 29, 2026) But investors are presumably buying SpaceX …

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