
Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law

Section on Taxation, Teaching Tax: Textbooks, Tools, and Techniques 2:40 – 5:10 pm Moscone Center, Level Two South (Room 205) This panel, designed for new law teachers as well as more experienced teachers, will explore the opportunities and challenges of selecting and developing course materials in tax courses. How do you choose the right textbook for…
Pepperdine Caruso Law School invites law professors and deans to a receptionhosted by Dean Paul Caron at the 2025 AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Friday, Jan. 10, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.Feinstein's Theater/Kanpai Lounge (Lobby Level) | Hotel NikkoPlease join us for wine & beer and hors d'oeuvres
Section on Taxation, The Expiration of the TCJA and the Future of Tax Policy4:30 – 6:00 pm Moscone Center, Level Two South (Room 212) As the expiration of several provisions of the TCJA looms and as a new administration takes over, there is a potential for significant tax policy changes in the coming years. The…
Pepperdine Caruso Law School invites law professors and deans to a receptionhosted by Dean Paul Caron at the 2025 AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Friday, Jan. 10, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.Feinstein's Theater/Kanpai Lounge (Lobby Level) | Hotel NikkoPlease join us for wine & beer and hors d'oeuvres
Interesting panel at the 2024 Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention today: Professional Responsibility: Oversight or Micromanagement? The ABA & Law Schools: DescriptionThe panel discussion … will address two recently proposed standards for legal education promulgated by the American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. That ABA Section is responsible for…
Michigan Law School has issued a Call for Papers for its 11th Annual Junior Scholars' Conference: The University of Michigan Law School is pleased to invite scholars to submit their abstracts for the 11th Annual Junior Scholars Conference, which will take place in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 25-26, 2025. The conference provides junior scholars…
The American Tax Policy Institute hosts a gender and tax symposium today and tomorrow: It’s a Man’s World: Revealing and Addressing Hidden Gender Bias in Tax Law and Policy: Thursday, October 17 4:30 PM: Academic Roundtable Irina Ewing (IRS), The Price of Inequality: The Impact of U.S. Tax Policy on Gender Economic Disparities Commentator: Phyllis…
Fordham hosts a conference on Forming Lawyer-Stewards: The Special Role of Religiously Affiliated Law Schools today and tomorrow (registration): Join us at the 2024 Religiously Affiliated Law School (RALS) biennial Conference, delving into the vital concept of stewardship — a principle deeply rooted in many of the world’s major religions. Our aim is to explore…
16th Deans' Leadership In Legal Education Symposium, 55 U. Tol. L. Rev. 159-294 (2023): Gregory W. Bowman (Dean, Roger Williams), Strategic and Operational Leadership: Building a Diverse and Talented Leadership Team, 55 U. Tol. L. Rev. 155 (2023) Todd J. Clark (Dean, Widener-DE), Reversing DEI: The Consequence – "IED" Indoctrination and Elimination of Diversity, 55…
Symposium, The New AI: The Legal and Ethical Implications of ChatGPT and Other Emerging Technologies, 93 Fordham L. Rev. 1785-2012 (2024): Deborah W. Denno (Fordham; Google Scholar) & Erica Valencia-Graham (Fordham), Foreword, 93 Fordham L. Rev. 1785 (2024) Abdi Aidid (Toronto), Toward An Ethical Human-Computer Division Of Labor In Law Practice, 93 Fordham L. Rev. 1797…
The University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine and the University of Houston Law Center host a conference on Justice and Health for All: The Future of Affirmative Action in Legal and Medical Education today 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM CST (registration): The Supreme Court’s decision in SFFA v. Harvard generated substantial…
Call For Papers: 2025 AALS Annual Meeting: The AALS Section on Technology, Law and Legal Education will be hosting up to four sessions at the Annual Meeting in San Francisco, January 7 – 11. There will be two programs introducing a variety of issues involving the intersection of technology and law, one program on the…
Tax panel at today's ClassCrits XIV Conference at Southwestern on Demanding Justice in the Face of Retrenchment: Finding Common Ground and Building Coalition Across Borders (program): Tax Law and Policy and Its Implications Ajay Mehrotra (Northwestern; Google Scholar), The Intellectual Origins of the Modern International Tax Regime: Edwin R.A. Seligman, Economic Allegiance, and the League of…
Request for SubmissionsHarvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty ForumJune 3-4, 2024, Stanford Law School Harvard, Stanford, and Yale Law Schools are soliciting submissions for the 2024 Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum, to be held at Stanford Law School on June 3-4, 2024. Twelve to twenty junior scholars (with one to seven years in teaching) will be chosen, through a…
Pepperdine Caruso Law School invites law professors and deans to a receptionhosted by Dean Paul Caron at the 2024 AALS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Friday, Jan. 5, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.Tulip Room (2nd Floor Mezzanine) | Marriott Marquis (Headquarter Hotel)Please join us for local California wine & beer and hors d’oeuvres
Section on Taxation, Taxation and Democracy 10-11:40 AM Independence Salon A, Level M4, Marriott Marquis Taxation plays a fundamental role in democratic societies. This panel will focus on the relationship between tax policy and democratic principles. It will explore the various roles that tax policy plays in shaping our democracy and consider innovative approaches to advancing…
Pepperdine Caruso Law School invites law professors and deans to a receptionhosted by Dean Paul Caron at the 2024 AALS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Friday, Jan. 5, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.Tulip Room (2nd Floor Mezzanine) | Marriott Marquis (Headquarters Hotel)Please join us for local California wine & beer and hors d'oeuvres
Following up on my previous post, Law School Rankings Revolt Spreads To Medical Schools: #1 Harvard Will Not Send Data To U.S. News: Robert Morse (Chief Data Strategist, U.S. News), Plans for Publication of the 2024 Best Medical Schools: [W]e will be making the following changes to the 2024 Best Medical Schools rankings and data collection…
Symposium, Teaching Immigration Law, St. Louis U. L.J. 473- 570 (2023): Kevin R. Johnson (UC-Davis), Teaching Racial and Social Justice in the Immigration Law Survey Course, 67 St. Louis U. L.J. 473 (2023) Sabrina Balgamwalla (Wayne State) & Lauren E. Bartlett (St. Louis), Anti-Carceral Theory and Immigration: A View From Two Law School Clinics, 67 St.…
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law hosts a symposium today on Free Speech And Civility in American Law Schools (register): 8:40 A.M. EST: Welcome A.G. Harmon (Catholic University) Stephen Payne (Dean, Catholic University) 8:45 A.M. EST: Causes Greg Lukianoff (FIRE), Cultural Changes in Society Jonathan Zimmerman (Penn), Institutional Changes in Society and…
Symposium, Leaving Langdell Behind: Reimagining Legal Education for a New Era, 107 Minn. L. Rev. 2407-2826 (2023): Judith Gundersen (National Conference of Bar Examiners), Leaving Langdell Behind: Reimagining Legal Education for a New Era, 107 Minn. L. Rev. 2407 (2023) (video) Anahid Gharakhanian (Southwestern), Natalie Rodriguez (Southwestern) & Elizabeth Anderson (Embraced Wisdom Resource Group), “More than…
Michigan Law School has issued a Call for Papers for its 10th Annual Junior Scholars’ Conference on Reimagining the Public-Private Divide: The University of Michigan Law School is pleased to invite junior scholars to attend the 10th Annual Junior Scholars Conference, which will take place in-person on April 12-13, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Conference…
Symposium, The Religiously Affiliated Law Schools Conference, 38 Touro L. Rev. 1027-1167 (2023): Samuel J. Levine (Touro; Google Scholar), The Conference of Religiously Affiliated Law Schools Foreword, 38 Touro L. Rev. 1027 (2023) Randy Lee (Widener), Can a Christian be a Lawyer or Can Both God and Jackson Browne be Right, 38 Touro L. Rev. 1029…
Stephanie Hunter McMahon (Cincinnati) delivered a keynote address on What Law Schools Must Change to Train Transactional Lawyers, 43 Pace L. Rev. 106 (2022), at Emory last Saturday at the 8th Biennial Conference on the Teaching of Transactional Skills: Not all lawyers litigate, but you would not know that from the first-year curriculum at most…
Following up on my previous posts: Legal Education's Reaction To The Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decisions (June 30, 2023) Stephen Miller Sends Letter To 200 Law School Deans: I'll Sue If You Consider Race In Student Admissions, Faculty Hiring, Or Law Review Membership (July 1, 2023) More Legal Education Reaction To The Supreme Court's Affirmative…