Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Faith
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Hasen: Taxation Of Work In Christian Theology
David Hasen (Florida; Google Scholar), Taxation of Work in Christian Theology: How should Christian theological principles inform rules for the taxation of work? The answer to this question is ambiguous because work plays an ambiguous role in the life of the believer. Scripture accords dignity to work, but work, like almost any activity, can become…
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NY Times Op-Ed: Can Conservative And Liberal Catholics Coexist?
New York Times Op-Ed: Can Conservative and Liberal Catholics Coexist?, by Ross Douthat: Before Pope Francis was elected, conservative Catholics had fallen into a habit of dismissing the more liberal form of Catholicism as an old and faded thing, a vision of the future that belonged to the church’s past, a relic of the 1970s…
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WSJ Op-Ed: The Smear Campaign Against ‘Christian Nationalists’
Wall Street Journal Op-Ed: The Smear Campaign Against ‘Christian Nationalists’, by Ralph Reed (Founder & Chairman, Faith & Freedom Coalition): House Speaker Mike Johnson stared down anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University last month and affirmed the nation’s support for Jewish students. His remarks were sharp and unequivocal, a welcome contrast with university officials’ hand-wringing and…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: Law360, UC-Berkeley Law Student Dinner Leads To Lawsuit By Jewish Advocacy Group Over Alleged Antisemitic Campaign Against Dean And University Civil Rights Investigation Of Alleged Harassment Of Muslim Student By His Law Professor Wife Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Law Prof Commentary On The Campus Protests Aaron Sibarium (Washington Free Beacon), 13 Federal Judges…
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NY Times Op-Ed: The Three Strands Of American Evangelicalism: Fundamental, Evangelical, And Pentecostal
New York Times Op-Ed: The Line Between Good and Evil Cuts Through Evangelical America, by David French (Author, Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation (2020)): American evangelicalism is best understood as a combination of three religious traditions: fundamentalism, evangelicalism and Pentecostalism. These different traditions have different beliefs, different cultures and different effects…
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Robby George And John Inazu On Antisemitism And The Campus Protests
Robert P. George (McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University; Nootbaar Honorary Distinguished Professor of Law, Pepperdine Caruso Law School; Google Scholar), Why Christians Must Do More Than Merely Reject Antisemitism: I hope it goes without saying to a Christian audience that we, as followers of Jesus, must reject antisemitism and, indeed, all forms of ethnic, racial,…
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Religious Diversity At Pepperdine Caruso Law
Pepperdine Caruso Law Surf Report, April 2024 Spotlight: Religious Diversity: Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law values the religious diversity among its faculty, staff, and student body. During the months of March and April, many of our community members celebrated the beginning of Ramadan, the Easter season, and Passover. These seasons remind us to pause…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: Washington Post Op-Ed (Paul Berman), Punish Columbia Professors, Not Students Protesters, For The Intellectual Degeneration On Campus Vivia Chen, A 47-Year Old Lawyer Dies. Is Big Law To Blame? The Atlantic (Erwin Chemerinsky), No One Has A Right To Protest In My Home Law.com, Pro-Palestinian Protests Disrupt Law School Finals And Commencement Ceremonies…
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How Speaker Mike Johnson’s Faith Changed His Path On Ukraine
NOTUS, How Mike Johnson’s Faith Changed His Path on Ukraine: For House Speaker Mike Johnson, the fight to get new aid to Ukraine was as much a religious question as it was about policy — and it offered the clearest window into how his Southern Baptist faith has influenced his decision-making since claiming the gavel.…
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‘Friendly Gentile’ And Jewish Law Profs, A Rabbi, And A Passover Contract
ABA Journal, How to Rid House of Leavened Products During Passover? Mormon Law Prof Has Contracts for That: A professor at the William & Mary Law School was acting as a “friendly gentile” when he helped draft contracts to purchase unused leavened foodstuffs and lease its storage locations from members of another law professor’s synagogue…
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WSJ: Going To Church Enhances Your Mental Health
Wall Street Journal, The Mental-Health Benefits Linked to Going to Church: Active religious practice, such as going to churches, synagogues and mosques, is linked to mental well-being, according to a growing body of research. One possible explanation for the link, researchers and clergy say, is that places of worship can provide community and belonging, which…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: U.S. News Specialty Rankings Omnibus Specialty Rankings Omnibus Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings International Law Legal Writing Trial Advocacy New York Times, 54 Columbia Law Faculty Condemn Administration For Disciplinary Action Against Anti-Israel Student Protesters Law.com, 27 Law Schools (Including Cornell (Est. 1887) & Michigan (Est. 1859)) Have Not Had A Woman Dean…
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Harvard Law Prof Ruth Okediji: Music And Faith Foster Hope In Difficult Times
Harvard Law Today, A Show of Faith: Harvard Law Professor Ruth Okediji Explains Why She Believes Music — and Faith — Foster Hope in Difficult Times: Shortly before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his legendary “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington in 1963, iconic gospel singer Mahalia Jackson performed an…
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WaPo Op-Ed: It’s Not So ‘Terribly Strange To Be 70’
Washington Post Op-Ed: It’s Not So ‘Terribly Strange to be 70’, by Anne Lamott (Author, Somehow: Thoughts on Love (2024)): I I turned 70 today, a young age for an older person to be, but it is the oldest I have ever been by a long shot. It has been well over six decades since…
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Pepperdine Caruso Law 3L Commissioning Service
We hosted our 13th annual 3L Commissioning Service at Pepperdine Caruso Law last week. Like many of the best things at our school, it is the brainchild of a student. In 2012, 2L Raija Churchill proposed that the last Wednesday night Dean's Bible study of the year model the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20) as a send-off…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), U.S. News Rankings Potpourri: Waning Influence, Penalizing 53 Boycotting Law Schools, And Declining T14 Lawyer|Judge Reputation Scores Charleston Gazette-Mail, Over 40% Of Full-Time Faculty Depart West Virginia Law School Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), More Commentary On Student Protest At Berkeley Law Dean Chemerinsky's Home Timothy Fisher (Dean, Connecticut (2013-2020)),…
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20-Year Anniversary Of TaxProf Blog
Today (April 15, of course) marks the 20-year anniversary of TaxProf Blog (and the 29-year anniversary of the TaxProf Email Discussion Group). In 2004, I was in my fourteenth year on the University of Cincinnati College of Law faculty. I would be taking my son (age 13) to a ranch in Northern California (JH Ranch)…
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NY Times: Vatican Says Gender Change And Fluidity Are Threat To Human Dignity; WSJ: Pope Francis Slams Door On ‘Cafeteria Catholics’
New York Times, Vatican Document Casts Gender Change and Fluidity as Threat to Human Dignity: The statement is likely to be embraced by conservatives and stir consternation among L.G.B.T.Q. advocates who fear it will be used as a cudgel against transgender people. The Vatican on Monday issued a new document approved by Pope Francis stating…
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NY Times & WSJ Book Reviews: Enslaved Christians And The Making Of The Bible
Wall Street Journal Book Review: The Bible’s Hidden Contributors, by Peter Thonemann (Oxford) (reviewing Candida Ross (University of Birmingham), God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible (2024)): “The stupid, the lowborn, the gullible; slaves, women, and children.” For the second-century pagan writer Celsus, it was easy to sneer at the adherents of…
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Pepperdine Caruso Law Celebrates Founding Dean Ron Phillips
On April 6, Pepperdine University paid tribute to one of the most significant figures in its history—Ronald F. Phillips, founding dean and dean emeritus of the Caruso School of Law. Alumni, faculty, staff, and friends shared their stories of the profound impact Dean Phillips has made on their lives. Thanks to the generosity of the…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: Donald Tobin (Maryland), The Silly U.S. News Law School Rankings U.S. News, 2024-25 Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings) U.S. News Specialty Rankings Tax Business/Corporate Law Clinical Training Constitutional Law Derek Muller (Notre Dame), Law Schools That Don’t Double The Size Of Their Career Development Departments In Response To U.S. News…
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NY Times Op-Ed: Don’t Let Our Broken Politics Mangle Our Faith
New York Times Op-Ed: Don’t Let Our Broken Politics Mangle Our Faith, by David French (Author, Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation (2020)): In 2007, I had a conversation about the culture war with the evangelical pastor Tim Keller that I’ve never forgotten. Keller, who was the founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in…
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NY Times: They Want To Become Nuns And Priests. Student Debt Holds Them Back.
New York Times, They Want to Become Nuns and Priests. Student Debt Holds Them Back.: For young adults who want to join certain religious orders, paying off debt before taking a vow of poverty can prove challenging. But their communities are willing to help. … People wishing to enter religious life in the Catholic tradition…
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Hudson: Pastors, Are You Prepared To Lose Your Job Or Half Your Congregation To Tell The Truth? Jesus Was.
AL.com Op-Ed: Pastors, Are You Prepared to Lose Your Job or Half Your Congregation to Tell the Truth? Jesus Was., by Blake Hudson (Dean, Cumberland): Remember when Jesus got really angry? In Matthew 21: 12-17 of the Bible, Jesus entered the temple courts and literally flipped tables over and drove out people who were exploiting…
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This Week’s Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
Legal Education: Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), U.S. News Releases 2024-25 Law School Top 50 Rankings Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), U.S. News Delays Release Of Embargoed 2024-25 Law School Rankings Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), U.S. News Updates Embargoed Law School Rankings, Impacting Overall Ranking Of 80 Schools Mike Spivey, U.S. News 2024-25 Top 25 Law Schools Reuters, Law…