Paul L. Caron
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Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Legal Education
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Alleged Tax and Financial Improprieties at Harvard Endowment
Harvard Crimson: HMC Tax Concerns Aided Federal Inquiries; Former Employee Expressed Concerns Over Tax Reporting, Offshore Accounts, by Peter F. Zhu: He says he was told it was simply a difference in investment policy. But to Steven M. Rose, then a tax director for Harvard Management Company, the deceptive financial reporting and pervasive ethical deficiencies…
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Careers in Tax Law: Perspectives on the Tax Profession
The ABA Tax Section has published Careers in Tax Law: Perspectives on the Tax Profession and What It Holds for You, by John Gamino, Robb A. Longman & Matthew R. Sontag: Designed for those considering or beginning a career in tax law, this informative guide presents a series of offerings — autobiographies in miniature —…
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2010 U.S. News Rankings: Peer, Lawyer-Judge, LSAT & GPA
Here is a ranking from Nathan Gimpel of the 184 law schools using only four U.S. News measures: Peer Assessment, Lawyer/Judge Assessment, LSAT, and GPA (which together account for 62.5% in the U.S. News methodology), taking into account the data over the past two years. Interestingly, the schools in the Top 17 under this measure are exactly…
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U.S. News Is Looking Into Possible Errors in 2010 Law School Rankings
From Robert Morse, Director of Data Research at U.S. News: It has come to our attention, since the law rankings were published, that a few schools might have submitted incorrect data to U.S. News. We are studying these situations very carefully and will have more to say next week. Possible errors include: Brooklyn (#61, up…
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Law School Reactions to 2010 U.S. News Rankings
Continuing a TaxProf Blog tradition: here are law school reactions to the 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Arkansas-Fayetteville: U.S. News Ranks University of Arkansas School of Law in Top Tier Boston College: BC Law Ranked 26th by U.S. News BYU: U.S. News Ranks BYU's Business and Law Schools in Top 50 Cardozo: US News 2010…
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New 2010 U.S. News Tax Rankings
The new 2010 U.S. News Law School Tax Rankings were released today: 1. NYU (#1 last year) 2. Florida (#2) 2. Georgetown (#3) 4. Northwestern (#4) 5. Harvard (#6) 6. Boston University (#8) 6. Miami (#6) 6. UCLA (#5) 9. Michigan (#10) 10. Stanford (#13) 11. San Diego (#16) 11. Virginia (#9) 13. Columbia (#19) 13. Texas (#10) 15. Chicago (#17)…
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Chicago Grad Faces 3-Year Suspension For Altering Grades on Law School Transcript
The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission has recommended that 2003 Chicago Law Grad Loren Friedman have his law license suspended for three years for altering grades in twenty courses on his law school transcript. Mr. Friedman had failed to disclose in his law school application that he had been dismissed from the University of Illinois Medical School because…
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Methodology Changes in 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings
On Monday, I blogged the 2010 U.S News Law School Rankings (overall and peer reputation), which will be officially released tomorrow. Today's Wall Street Journal Law Blog reports that Robert Morse, Director of Data Research at U.S. News, has confirmed four changes to the law school rankings methodology: [T]he staff combined admissions data for full…
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Elite Law Reviews Launch The Legal Workshop
The law reviews at Chicago, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, NYU, Northwestern, and Stanford ("[t]ogether, these 7 law reviews—out of a total of 1530 in print") have launched The Legal Workshop, "a website providing a single online forum for cutting-edge legal scholarship from the top law journals in the country": The Legal Workshop features “op-ed” versions of the articles published…
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School’s Out For Summer!
I taught my last Estate and Gift tax class of the semester today — which can only mean one thing: Thank goodness for 3-course teaching loads and 13-week semesters!
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“Party School” Rankings
Yesterday, I blogged the new U.S. News Law School Rankings (here, here, and here). Inside Higher Ed has a piece on Competing Party School Rankings by Playboy and Princeton Review. Here is how Inside Higher Ed describes the methodologies of the two rankings: The differing methodologies of the two operations result in different "winners" of the…
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U.S. News’ Top 14 Law Schools, 1987-2010
Following up yesterday's posts (here, here, and here) on the new U.S. News rankings, Law School Almanac has updated its great chart of the Top 14 Law Schools for every year U.S. News has published its rankings (since 1987). (Hat Tip: Law Librarian Blog.)
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Foundation Press Publishes Corporate Law Stories
Foundation Press has published Corporate Law Stories, by J. Mark Ramseyer (Harvard): Taking eleven pivotal cases that have shaped the evolution of corporate law, internationally renowned scholars explore the people behind the disputes, and the forces that led the judges to decide the cases the way they did. From Meinhard v. Salmon to Paramount v. QVC,…
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Affirmative Action “Mismatch” at Duke
Inside Higher Ed: Testing for "Mismatch", by Scott Jaschik: If members of some minority groups are admitted to elite colleges because of affirmative action — and don't perform as well as they expected — does this show a serious flaw in efforts to diversify student bodies? Critics of affirmative action answer in the affirmative, and…
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2010 U.S News Peer Reputation Rankings (v. Overall Rankings)
Following up on this morning’s post, Early Release of 2010 U.S. Law School Rankings: Brian Leiter has blogged the Top 40 law schools by academic and lawyer/judge peer reputation. Here is the full list of the 184 law schools ranked by academic peer reputation: Peer Rank Peer Score School Overall Rank 1 4.8 Yale 1 1…
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Early Release of 2010 U.S. News Tax Rankings
Although the 2010 U.S. News Law School Tax Rankings will not be released until Thursday, April 23, the Top 10 list appearing in the magazine has been published on the Internet. Perhaps the biggest development is Georgetown moving up to #2 (tied with Florida): 1. NYU (#1 last year) 2. Florida (#2) 2. Georgetown (#3)…
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Early Release of 2010 U.S. Law School Rankings
Although the 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings are scheduled for release on Thursday, April 23, the Internet is abuzz with early copies — these scans of the Top 100 (via The Faculty Lounge) appear legitimate. If so, here are the biggest moves among the Top 50: Indiana-Bloomington #23 (+13) UC-Davis #35 (+9) North Carolina #30 (+8) Utah…
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Leo Martinez Named Interim Dean at UC-Hastings
UC-Hastings announced on Friday that Tax Prof Leo Martinez has been been named Interim Chancellor and Dean, effective July 1, 2009, when Nell Newton steps down to accept the Notre Dame deanship: Professor Martinez’s experience and lengthy tenure with UC Hastings provides stability for the university as we continue our search for a permanent Chancellor and Dean,” said Board Chair James…
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Do Law Students Benefit When Their Professors Blog?
Jeff Sovern (St Johns) asks a provocative question: Do Law Students Get What They Pay for When Law Professors Blog?: [W]hat do law students get from professorial blogging? At least three things: [T]o the extent that blogging enhances a school's prestige, the students benefit from that. … But does blogging really enhance prestige? …[D]o schools with…
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Cornell LII Offers Writer/Editor Positions For Jobless/Job-Deferred Grads on Wex Legal Dictionary/Encyclopedia
Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute (LII) has launched Wex, an ambitious effort to construct a collaboratively-created, public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia. See the Wex FAQ. For a list of existing pages (which includes several tax-related pages), see here. The LII welcomes contributions from qualified experts — for more information on the editorial contributions process, see here. The LII…
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TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday: 18 States Tax iPod Music Downloads; More to Joint Them? Jones: Taxation of Profit Interests FutureFirm 1.0 Son of the Boss and the Troubling Legacy of Colony, Inc. Impact of Capital Gains Taxes on Asset Prices and Welfare Sunday: Obama's College Savings Plan For His Kids The Worthlessness of American Legal Education Top 5…
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The Worthlessness of American Legal Education
The Legal Satyricon has posted a 2,300-word critique of legal education, The Worthlessness of American Legal Education. Here is a taste: When I went to law school, it absolutely shocked me to learn how much the legal academy despises legal practitioners. In fact, laypeople might not know that for those who aspire to teach in…