Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Conferences
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Inaugural Conference: Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies
Registration is open for the inaugural conference of the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Energy Innovation Lab: Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies on April 17, 2026. It is free to attend. Register here for in person or virtual attendance. This full-day event will provide CLE credit and features 70+ speakers, including current and former
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Navigating the New Health Law Landscape
Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law holds its annual health law conference today, April 3. Event schedule can be found here. Dr. Rachel Pearson, MD, PhD., author of No Apparent Distress: A Doctor’s Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine will deliver the keynote address at 9 a.m.
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American Constitution Society Convention in June
Early bird registration for this year’s ACS convention ends Tuesday. March 31. Here’s a preview. You can register here. Join the American Constitution Society as we celebrate our 25th Anniversary and welcome new ACS President Phil Brest for the premier progressive legal gathering of the year. The 2026 ACS National Convention will bring together lawyers,
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USC: 2026 Poverty Law Conference: Scholarship, Pedagogy, and Community in a Time of Attacks on the Vulnerable
Professors Ariel Jurow Kleiman and Clare Pastore hosted the 2026 Poverty Law Conference: Scholarship, Pedagogy, and Community in a Time of Attacks on the Vulnerable on February 20-21, 2026, at USC. The panels were as follows: Thank you to Mira Dalpe and Angela Houff for their work making the conference possible.
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Law for Influencers
A few years back I was taking a friend’s son, age 17, on a tour of Northeastern. I asked him what he was looking for in a college. He told me he wanted a place that would help him build his brand. I guess he was ahead of his time. “Influencing” now seems to be
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Call For Papers And Commentators: 29th Annual Critical Tax Conference At Connecticut
The 29th Annual Critical Tax Conference will be hosted by the University of Connecticut School of Law: The 29th Annual Critical Tax Conference will be held at the University of Connecticut School of Law March 20-21, 2026. The conference continues a tradition that began in 1995 to analyze tax law through lenses of race, gender,
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Call for Papers: 2026 National Business Law Scholars Conference
The National Business Law Scholars Conference has issued a call for papers. The deadline for submissions (form here) is April 3, 2026, and the conference is May 26 and 27, 2026, at UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law in Las Vegas. From experience, it’s an excellent and welcoming conference for all aspects of business
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Appleby Presents “Constitutional Commandeering” Today at AALS
Andrew Appleby (Tennessee) presents Constitutional Commandeering during the Section on State and Local Government Law’s main session, Crisis and Capacity: State and Local Government Law in a Time of Constraint, today at AALS: This Article traces the evolution of the anti-commandeering doctrine and its increasing relevance to federal limitations on state taxation, before exploring the role of
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Last Day For Annual Meeting Early Bird Pricing
The 2026 Annual Meeting will take place in New Orleans from 1.6.26 -1.9.26. Today is the last day to take advantage of early bird pricing.https://am.aals.org
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Pepperdine Caruso Law Nootbaar Institute Hosts Workshop on Christian Legal Thought
On Friday, November 7, 2025, the Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law held an academic workshop titled “Christian Legal Thought from the Margins.” The workshop brought together legal scholars to share their current research projects from a diverse array of fields (including bankruptcy, tax, labor, criminal law, immigration,
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Legal AI at Carnegie Mellon University
Late last week my feed brought me news of a “2025 Pittsburgh Legal AI Summit,” a day-long event coming up on November 20, 2025 at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). That is literally just down the block from my own law school. CMU is the home of a legendary computer science program and elite-level research in
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Saturday’s Law Panels at the 118th Annual National Tax Association Meeting
Law panels on Saturday, November 8, at the National Tax Association‘s 118th Annual Conference on Taxation include:
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OECD COP30 Virtual Pavillion: Competitiveness, cost of living and cutting emissions: Can policy do it all?
OECD COP30 Virtual Pavillion: Competitiveness, cost of living and cutting emissions: Can policy do it all? (Online event, November 13, 2025, registration at link) Description Policymakers around the world are balancing an increasingly complex set of policy priorities when deciding how to tax energy use or price carbon emissions, including securing public revenue, keeping energy
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118th Annual National Tax Association Conference Kicks Off in Boston Today
The 118th annual meeting of the National Tax Association has kicked off in Boston today. Here is the conference website and schedule. Congratulations to Peter Merrill, Benjamin Lockwood, and Adam Looney for organizing an impressive conference (notwithstanding the ongoing challenges of the shutdown). Here are the law-focused sessions and papers on the schedule for today:
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University of Florida 21st Annual International Tax Symposium
The University of Florida Levin College of Law is hosting its 21st Annual International Tax Symposium today. Those interested in joining the symposium by Zoom may contact Professor Yariv Brauner.
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LSA Conference Submissions Extended
The deadline for submissions for the 2026 Law and Society Association Annual Meeting has been extended to Wednesday, October 29, at 5 pm ET. The Annual Meeting will be in San Francisco, California, from May 28 to 31, 2026.
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32nd Annual Hartman State and Local Tax Forum Begins Today
The 32nd Annual Paul J. Hartman Memorial State and Local Tax (SALT) Forum, sponsored in conjunction with the Vanderbilt University Law School, begins today and will run through Wednesday. The Forum commences with a Luncheon & Presentation of the Inaugural Tax Analysts Award of Distinction for Contributions in State and Local Taxation. The full conference agenda,
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15th Annual IRS/TPC Joint Research Conference On Tax Administration
15th Annual IRS/TPC Joint Research Conference on Tax Administration: 8:30 AM | Opening Remarks Robert McClelland, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center Reza Rashidi, Research, Applied Analytics, and Statistics, Internal Revenue Service Michael Faulkender, Deputy Secretary, US Treasury; Acting Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service 8:45 AM | Session 1: Leveraging Machine Learning to Boost Service and Compliance
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15th Annual IRS/TPC Joint Research Conference On Tax Administration
15th Annual IRS/TPC Joint Research Conference on Tax Administration: 8:30 AM | Opening Remarks Robert McClelland, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center Reza Rashidi, Research, Applied Analytics, and Statistics, Internal Revenue Service Michael Faulkender, Deputy Secretary, US Treasury; Acting Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service 8:45 AM | Session 1: Leveraging Machine Learning to Boost Service and Compliance
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AEI Hosts Program Today On International Tax Cooperation And Competition
American Enterprise Institute, International Tax Cooperation and Competition: A Reset: The global minimum tax—created by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the G20’s Inclusive Framework—was supposed to bring in a new era of global tax harmony. But the agreement on a global minimum tax has come at the cost of increased pressure on
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AEI Hosts Program Today On International Tax Cooperation And Competition
American Enterprise Institute, International Tax Cooperation and Competition: A Reset: The global minimum tax—created by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the G20’s Inclusive Framework—was supposed to bring in a new era of global tax harmony. But the agreement on a global minimum tax has come at the cost of increased pressure on
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Cambridge Conference On Legal Perspectives On The Development And Enactment Of Tax Policy
U.S. Tax Prof presentations at last week's conference on Perspectives On The Development And Enactment Of Tax Policy at the Centre for Tax Law at the University of Cambridge (call for papers): Victoria Haneman (Georgia; Google Scholar), Temporary Tax Law: Temporary legislation has been utilized before the founding era of American history, and Thomas Jefferson even
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Cambridge Conference On Legal Perspectives On The Development And Enactment Of Tax Policy
U.S. Tax Prof presentations at last week's conference on Perspectives On The Development And Enactment Of Tax Policy at the Centre for Tax Law at the University of Cambridge (call for papers): Victoria Haneman (Georgia; Google Scholar), Temporary Tax Law: Temporary legislation has been utilized before the founding era of American history, and Thomas Jefferson even
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Netanya Hosts 9th International Roundtable On Taxation And Tax Policy
Netanya hosts the 9th International Roundtable on Taxation and Tax Policy (program) today: Session I: International Taxation I: Pillar Two Chair: Yoram Margalioth (Tel Aviv University) Sagit Leviner (Ono Academic College; Google Scholar), The Two Pillar Reform in International Taxation of Multinational Corporations: Challenges and Policy Recommendations: The current international tax system, designed over a
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Netanya Hosts 9th International Roundtable On Taxation And Tax Policy
Netanya hosts the 9th International Roundtable on Taxation and Tax Policy (program) today: Session I: International Taxation I: Pillar Two Chair: Yoram Margalioth (Tel Aviv University) Sagit Leviner (Ono Academic College; Google Scholar), The Two Pillar Reform in International Taxation of Multinational Corporations: Challenges and Policy Recommendations: The current international tax system, designed over a