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Journal of Legal Education: “Leadership and Character in the Law”
The Journal of Legal Education has published a new issue (Volume 74, Number 1), a symposium issue titled “Leadership and Character in the Law.&#…
Read MoreAn Uncertain Future for IRS Funding
Cady Stanton, “IRS Funding Up in the Air Ahead of Deadline” (Tax Notes, August 31, 2026): The levels of both mandatory and discretionary f…
Read MoreMcGinnis: AI and the Public Purpose of Legal Scholarship
John O. McGinnis (Northwestern Law), “The Scholar’s Telescope: AI and the Public Purpose of Legal Scholarship” The abstract: The con…
Read MoreNew Issue of The Tax Lawyer
The Tax Lawyer has published a new issue (Volume 79, Issue 2). Here are the new articles (including one by TaxProf editor Andrew Appleby):
Read MoreCalifornia Fix for Montana Plates Tax Loophole Heads to Newsom
Brad Hooker (Bloomberg Law): California Fix for Montana Plates Tax Loophole Heads to Newsom California lawmakers are moving to shut down a tax maneuve…
Read MoreInside Duke’s 1-person pre-law advising office
Ella Moore for The Chronicle writes that “Although law school admissions have rapidly changed in recent years, the structure of Duke’s Office of…
Read MoreAlternative Apportionment: 2026 Flashpoints
Amy Hamilton (Tax Analysts): Alternative Apportionment: 2026 Flashpoints
Read MoreCan AI Handle BlueBooking? Thank Goodness.
Hate bluebooking? Well, perhaps AI might help. This article “Bye-bye, Bluebook? Automating Legal Drudgery With AI-Augmented Rule Following,̶…
Read MoreWSJ: ‘A Roth IRA on Steroids’: Wealthy Americans Find Another Tax-Free Way to Invest
Miriam Gottfried (WSJ): ‘A Roth IRA on Steroids’: Wealthy Americans Find Another Tax-Free Way to Invest Enter private-placement life insurance, a…
Read MoreNational Law Review: The 2026 Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia
The National Law Review lists the 2026 Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia. Eight are law school deans.
Read MoreAI, Your Brain, and Faith
Christianity Today: How to Stop Technology from Rotting Your Brain, by Russell Moore: I was fascinated to read an essay by my friend David Brooks in T…
Read MoreDolly Parton’s Theology
The New Yorker, Dolly Parton, Honky-Tonk Angel: Dolly Parton belonged to a beloved category: the outlaw Christian, who loved Jesus and refused to hate…
Read MoreBorn Jewish, Became a Christian, and Living in the Tension
Dispatch Faith: Born Jewish, Became a Christian, and Living in the Tension, by Michael Reneau & Corey Nathan: [W]hat each gets wrong about the ot…
Read MoreBlackman: AI Freezes The Law Professor’s Scholarly Voice
Josh Blackman (South Texas), AI Freezes The Scholarly Voice: I recently attended a workshop about how law professor are using AI. One professor said t…
Read MoreProfessors Quit After Texas A&M-Victoria Required Them to be on Campus Monday-Friday 8-5 in Response to Texas Law Restricting Remote Work For Public University Faculty
Inside Higher Education, Faculty Quit as Texas A&M Victoria Requires Them On Campus 5 Days a Week: The new policy, announced in June, is a respons…
Read MoreNY Times: The AI Token Tax
New York Times DealBook, The A.I. Token Tax: When Bill Gates warned of the dangers posed by A.I. this week, he also weighed in on a somewhat obscure d…
Read MoreABA Accreditation Council Extends Test-Optional Admissions Variance by 3 Years
ABA Journal, ABA Legal Ed Council Extends Test-Optional Admissions Variance: Law schools can take three more years to determine whether they want to a…
Read MoreLoper Bright Flip Flops on Chevron Deference: A Tax Lawyer’s Perspective
John A. Townsend (Houston), Loper Bright Flip Flops on Chevron Deference: A Tax Lawyer’s Perspective, 79 Tax Law. 323 (2026): This Article exami…
Read MoreTariffs May Be Here to Stay—Even Under Democrats
It’s a myth that August is a quiet month for markets and politics. The same, apparently, is true for tariff policy and litigation, where August …
Read MoreInside Higher Ed on the Rapid Growth of Online and Hybrid Legal Education
Inside Higher Ed features a brief interview with Stephen Burnett, a former information technology dean at Seattle University School of Law, on the cur…
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