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Calderón Gómez: Is Tax “Law”?
Luís C. Calderón Gómez (Cardozo), Is Tax “Law”?, 94 Fordham L. Rev. 1781 (2026): Although taxation remains a hotly contested issue in deba…
Read MoreAI Slop Floods Legislative Counsel After Decades of Declining Congressional Capacity
Politico reports that generative AI has created a new problem for the House Office of Legislative Counsel: lawmakers are inundating these nonpartisan …
Read MoreToronto Law’s Laptop-Free Classrooms Have an AI Twist—And Some Students Push Back
The University of Toronto’s Jackman Faculty of Law has announced a framework for laptop-free classrooms. The framework is not a blanket ban. Reporting…
Read More5 time management strategies every 1L needs to succeed in law school
Ashley Heidemann for National Jurist has some pretty good advice for first year law students. Simple but important. Here are her top five time managem…
Read MoreHeilbrun: Political Power and the Global Expansion of the Value-Added Tax
Guy Heilbrun (King’s Coll. London, Dept. Pol. Econ.), Political Power and the Global Expansion of the Value-Added Tax, Eur. J. Pol. Rsch. (forth…
Read MorePodcast: What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law
I will be honest. I love to listen to podcasts as background when I am working. Although there are many law professor blogs, there are not nearly as m…
Read MoreTesting the Limits of Neoclassical Tax-Mobility Arguments
When mobility is global for people and capital, local policy may matter more. Under a strong version of the Tiebout hypothesis, households sort among …
Read MoreAI Says: Here is the best way for a law professor to begin a class
I love this AI stuff. As the school year begins, I thought about the best way for a law professor to start a law class at the beginning of the school …
Read MoreDean Paul Caron Reappointed Dean of Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
Good news for TaxProf blog emperor Paul Caron: Following a five-year review, dean Paul L. Caron has been reappointed the Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean …
Read MoreAccreditation Council Announces Special Open Session to Vote on Standard 206
Accreditation Council Announces Special Open Session to Vote on Standard 206 CHICAGO, Aug. 21, 2026 – The Accreditation Council will convene…
Read MoreSSRN Review & Roundup: Marks Reviews Barnes’s A Mandate Without a Remedy
This week, Noah H. Marks (UNC) reviews a new work by Richard Barnes (Washington State, Accounting), A Mandate Without a Remedy—The IRS’s Unkept Promis…
Read MoreWSJ: When Your Bumper 401(k) Is a Tax Problem Waiting to Happen
Laura Saunders, When Your Bumper 401(k) Is a Tax Problem Waiting to Happen (Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2026) Here’s a good question for mid- and …
Read MoreBook of the Week
Our colleague, Kent Greenfield, Professor of Law at Boston College Law School has penned Secession due out this January from Harper Collins and availa…
Read MoreWhy Be an Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Mary Algero, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and former Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Academic Affairs at Loyola University, New O…
Read MoreUniversity of Baltimore School of Law is Hiring in Tax
The University of Baltimore School of Law is hiring in tax. From the hiring announcement: The University of Baltimore School of Law welcomes applicati…
Read MoreCheers for the NextGen Bar Exam
CUNY’s former dean, Mary Lu Bilek and Marsha Griggs, Professor of Law at Saint Louis University write jointly for Bloomberg News that our profes…
Read MoreMock Job Talk Scheduling Poll
David Sella-Villa (South Carolina), Mock Job Talk Scheduling Poll Some candidates entering the U.S. legal academic market have a lot of people in thei…
Read MoreLegal Scholarship Network Publishes New Issue of Tax Law & Policy eJournal
Volume 26, Number 58 (August 2026) of the eJournal of Tax Law and Policy, published by The Social Science Research Network (SSRN), and …
Read MoreBlaszczyk: “Field Notes from the U.S. Law Teaching Market”
Matt Blaszczyk (University of Georgia), Field Notes from the U.S. Law Teaching Market: The U.S. law teaching market is highly competitive and traditio…
Read MoreFlorida State College of Law Announces Finalists for Deanship
The names of finalists were released 24 hours prior to on campus interviews: William Magnuson (Texas A&M), Jake Linford (FSU), and Jeffrey Manns (…
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