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Paul L. Caron
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Past Posts


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SSRN 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-…

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NY 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…

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Judges 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…

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Mitchell: “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…

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Who 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…

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2026-27 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…

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Taxing 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:

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Legal 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…

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Teaching 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…

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Dharmapala 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…

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Faculty 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…

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2026-27 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 …

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Tax 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 …

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Best 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…

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Bouadi & 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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Rankings: Graduate Employment in Bar Required (FT, LT) Jobs

While attention has been devoted to USNWR’s annual rankings, Internet Legal Research Group has released its 2026 Law School rankings that allow …

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Tax Day 2026

Today is well-known as Tax Day, or the day that the procrastinators among us finally get around to filing our tax returns (or file for an extension so…

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Salkin & Rosenblum: “The Challenge to ABA Accreditation…”

A new article from Patricia Salkin and Gabrielle Rosenblum: “The Challenge to ABA Accreditation of Legal Education and Its Impact on Licensing o…

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2026-27 U.S. News Dispute Resolution Rankings

The new 2026-27 U.S. News Dispute Resolution Rankings include the dispute resolution programs at 149 law schools (the faculty survey had a 53% respons…

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Bastian and Harvey: The 2021 Child Tax Credit and Consumer Sentiment

Jacob Bastian (Rutgers) and Melody Harvey (Wisconsin) have a new NBER working paper, “When Policy Shapes Perception: The 2021 Child Tax Credit a…

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