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How to Excel on Law School Essay Exams: A Guide for Students by Orin S. Kerr
More sage advice for law students. How to Excel on Law School Essay Exams: A Guide for Students by Orin S. Kerr Abstract This Essay offers guidance on…
Read MoreWSJ: How to Play the Retirement Tax Guessing Game
Laura Saunders, How to Play the Retirement Tax Guessing Game (Wall Street Journal, Sept. 4, 2026) The great obstacle to effective tax planning for ret…
Read MoreLaw.com: ‘At Best Bizarre’: FIU Faculty Balk at Former Trump Aide’s Appointment as Law Dean
As reported last month on the TaxProf blog, the Florida International law faculty may have some misgivings about the new dean and the selection proces…
Read MoreWisdom of the Ages
As another school year commences, Stanford’s Orin Kerr shares with us these remarks from the legendary Learned Hand made in 1958 reflecting back…
Read MoreClarke & Glogower, The Indirect Taxes
Conor Clark (Wash. U.) & Ari Glogower (Northwestern), The Indirect Taxes, 102 Notre Dame L. Rev. (forthcoming 2027) Article I of the Constitution …
Read MoreAccesLex Joins the Blog Party
I missed this announcement that AccessLex had launched its own blog on legal education, with the site’s customary emphasis on finance but contai…
Read MoreBloomberg: Business Group Urges Tax Court to Stop Covid-19 Interest Accrual
David Schultz (Bloomberg), Business Group Urges Tax Court to Stop Covid-19 Interest Accrual: Interest that accrued on unpaid taxes during the Covid-19…
Read MoreDean Opening: City University of New York School of Law
Call for applications. The City University of New York (CUNY) seeks a mission-oriented, engaged, and highly collaborative leader with a deep commitmen…
Read MoreLegal Scholarship Network Publishes New Issue of Tax Law & Policy eJournal
Volume 26, Number 61 (August 2026) of the eJournal of Tax Law and Policy, published by The Social Science Research Network (SSRN), and …
Read MoreTeaching Tidbit of the Week: My Students Have Spoken; Now, It’s Your Turn
In each class I teach, I ask students to fill out index cards in which they share with me how they wish me to pronounce their names, why they are in l…
Read MoreThe Florida Bar Tax Section’s 2027 National Tax Moot Court Competition
Registration is open for the Florida Bar Tax Section’s 2027 National Tax Moot Competition. The competition will take place January 21-23, 2027: …
Read MoreNational Jurist: 7 law school study habits that improve learning and retention
Michelle Weyenberg, 7 law school study habits that improve learning and retention, National Jurist (August 25, 2026). While I do not agree with everyt…
Read MoreCall for Nominations: AALS Tax Section Lifetime Achievement Award
Please submit nominations for the AALS Tax Section’s Lifetime Achievement Award by emailing Phyllis Taite at phyllis.taite@ou.edu by October 2. …
Read MoreNew Financial Aid Rules Did Not Impact Class Size, Other Impacts Uncertain
The latest from the ABA Journal: The much-anticipated crisis brought on by changes in federal regulations regarding financial aid has not manifested—y…
Read MoreN.Y. Times: Audit Revenue Has Plummeted Under Trump, Watchdog Finds
Andrew Duehren for the New York Times reports in “Audit Revenue Has Plummeted Under Trump, Watchdog Finds,” as follows: The amount of mone…
Read MorePlans for New Arizona Law School
Last week, news indicated that Grand Canyon University is moving forward with plans to open a new law school in Arizona. From the announcement: GCU is…
Read MoreIntertax Online Workshop: Tariffs and Trade Workshop
Today, at 8:00 AM, Intertax will be hosting on online workshop titled, “Tariffs and Trade Workshop.” To join, please click here. Here is t…
Read MoreThe Bluebook: An Insider’s Perspective
The Blue Book and blue booking is a gift that keeps on giving law professors. M. Burke Craighead (Law Clerk, Hon. Chad Readler, U.S. Court of Appeals …
Read MoreLibby Presents “Tax-Exemption and the Shadow of Law” Today at Missouri
Lauren Libby (Texas) will present Tax-Exemption and the Shadow of Law at Missouri today as part of its Tax Policy Colloquium hosted by David Gamage, f…
Read MoreTop Law Schools for Family Law
The National Jurist has published its Family Law Honor Roll. From the article: Family law is about far more than divorce and custody disputes. Attorne…
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