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Best Law Schools for Coffee
Message Co-Pilot cautioned that “No major ranking organization evaluates law schools by coffee quality, so there is no official list of `law sch…
Read MoreWSJ: America’s New Tax Mantra: “The IRS Isn’t Going to Catch Me”
In advance of Tax Day, Richard Rubin has a long read on enforcement dynamics in today’s leaner IRS. Lots on evolving taxpayer attitudes, the IRS…
Read MoreLaw Schools Ranked by Best Steak Restaurants
Message Copilot warned me that“Here’s the truth: no reputable ranking system evaluates law schools based on nearby steak restaurants — but we ca…
Read More2026-27 U.S. News Intellectual Property Law Rankings
The new 2026-27 U.S. News Intellectual Property Law Rankings include the intellectual property law programs at 194 law schools (the faculty survey had…
Read MoreBook of the Week
It’s one thing to criticize this or any President from the comfort of the faculty lounge. It’s quite another to lose one’s job and t…
Read MoreSSRN Review & Roundup: Elkins Reviews Brauner’s Income and Territoriality
This week, David Elkins (Netanya; Google Scholar) reviews a new work by Yariv Brauner (Florida; Google Scholar), Income and Territoriality: A Purpose-…
Read MoreNY Times: “Mamdani’s Tax Return: $1,600 From Rapping and $131,000 From Politics”
Dana Rubinstein and Sally Goldenberg, Mamdani’s Tax Return: $1,600 From Rapping and $131,000 From Politics (New York Times, April 16, 2026) Springtime…
Read MoreJudges Jump the Gun Again
The Harvard Crimson reports that a group of conservative federal judges are once again wreaking havoc with the idea that clerkship hiring should be de…
Read MoreMitchell: “The other two-tiered U.S. tax system: How pass-through businesses let the ultra-wealthy dodge federal taxes”
David S. Mitchell (Washington Center for Equitable Growth): “The other two-tiered U.S. tax system: How pass-through businesses let the ultra-wea…
Read MoreWho picks a Dean
This guest essay from the Louisville Courier Journal tells a story about what happened in March at the University of Kentucky Law School when, accordi…
Read More2026-27 U.S. News Health Care Law Rankings
The new 2026-27 U.S. News Health Care Law Rankings include the health care law programs at 191 law schools (the faculty survey had a 50% response rate…
Read MoreTaxing Consumption and Work: The Cost to Black Households
On April 9, 2026, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies hosted the webinar, Taxing Consumption and Work: The Cost to Black Households:
Read MoreLegal Scholarship Network Publishes New Issue of Tax Law & Policy eJournal
Volume 26, Number 32 (April 2026) of the eJournal of Tax Law and Policy, published by The Social Science Research Network (SSRN), and edited by Paul L…
Read MoreTeaching Tidbit: End Your Classes with Style
As we get close to the end of the semester, it is worth a moment to consider how you would like to end your spring classes. As a student, I never like…
Read MoreDharmapala Presents “The Origins of the Corporate Income Tax: An Event Study Approach” Today at Irvine
Dhammika Dharmapala (Berkeley) presents The Origins of the Corporate Income Tax: An Event Study Approach at Irvine, as part of its Graduate Tax Policy…
Read MoreFaculty Focus: Why Students Ignore Feedback and Tips to Fix It!
Dr. Julia Colella (Faculty Focus), Why Students Ignore Feedback and Tips to Fix It!, April 13, 2026 According to Mather and Scheepers (2025),&nbs…
Read More2026-27 U.S. News Environmental Law Rankings
The new 2026-27 U.S. News Environmental Law Rankings include the environmental law programs at 189 law schools (the faculty survey had a 52% response …
Read MoreTax Workshop Clearinghouse: A Reminder and a Renewed Invitation
A few weeks ago, TaxProf Blog announced a Tax Workshop Clearinghouse, a resource designed to make it easier for workshop and conference organizers to …
Read MoreBest Law Schools for Practical Training (2026)
National Jurist has updated their annual Best Schools for Practical Training Honor Roll. You can find the 2025 list from a post earlier this year. The…
Read MoreBouadi & Weare: Overruling the Insular Cases: What About Federal Taxes?
Sumaya H. Bouadi (Withers) and Neil Weare (Right to Democracy) have a new article on SSRN titled “Overruling the Insular Cases: What About Feder…
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