
Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law

Jeesoo Nam (USC; Google Scholar) presents Desert-Based Taxation today at Pepperdine, as part of its Tax Policy Workshop Series:
Anthony Infanti (Pittsburgh) presents his book, The Human Toll: Taxation and Slavery in Colonial America, today at Pepperdine, as part of its Tax Policy Workshop Series: How the thirteen colonies deployed the power of taxation to support, promote, and perpetuate the institution of slavery
Here is Deanna Newton‘s lineup for the Fall 2025 Pepperdine Tax Policy Workshop Series: If you would like to attend any of the workshops, please contact Deanna Newton.
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
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
Law.com, 'Dean Developments': Several Deans Move Long Distance: There may be a calm before the storm with only three dean changes within the past month, but June and July are prime time for dean moves. The University of Buffalo School of Law has named a permanent dean [S. Todd Brown], as its former dean [Aviva…
Thanks to Deanna Newton, the faculty who came to Malibu, and our students who made the Spring 2024 Pepperdine Tax Policy Workshop Series such a rousing success: January 22: Jason Oh (UCLA), How Does The Corporate Tax Distort Choice Of Corporate Governance? February 5: Ariel Jurow Kleiman (Loyola-L.A.; Google Scholar), Taxing Nannies (with Shayak Sarkar…
Deanna Newton, Caruso Family Faculty Fellow at Pepperdine Caruso Law School, will join the Pepperdine Caruso Law tenure-track faculty in August. Deanna received her B.A. in political science from Loyola Marymount University in 2013; J.D. from Pepperdine Caruso Law School in 2017; and LL.M. in taxation from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 2018.…
Michael J. Graetz (Columbia), presents The Power to Destroy: How the Antitax Movement Hijacked America (Princeton University Press 2024) (reviewed by Martin Sullivan here) at Pepperdine today as part of the Tax Policy Workshop Series hosted by Deanna Newton: The postwar United States enjoyed large, widely distributed economic rewards—and most Americans accepted that taxes were a…
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)…
Shayak Sarkar (UC-Davis; Google Scholar) presents Internal Revenue's External Borders, 112 Calif. L. Rev __ (2024), at Pepperdine today as part of its Tax Policy Workshop Series hosted by Deanna Newton: The mandate of tax agencies seems clear: to secure revenue for the government and ensure taxpayer compliance. Yet for decades, the Internal Revenue Service…
Goldburn P. Maynard, Jr. (Indiana-Kelley; Google Scholar) presents Penalizing Precarity, 123 Mich. L. Rev __ (2024) (with Clinton Wallace (South Carolina; Google Scholar)) at Pepperdine today as part of its Tax Policy Workshop Series hosted by Deanna Newton: Retirement policy in America is oriented around 401(k) accounts and other employer-sponsored savings plans, which will receive…
Jordan Barry (USC; Google Scholar) presents Tax and the Boundaries of the Firm (with Victor Fleischer (UC-Irvine; Google Scholar); reviewed by Tracey Roberts (Cumberland; Google Scholar) here) at Pepperdine today as part of its Tax Policy Workshop Series hosted by Deanna Newton: One of the most fundamental questions of economics is how firms decide what to produce themselves…
Young Ran (Christine) Kim (Cardozo; Google Scholar) presents Taxing the Metaverse, 112 Geo. L.J. ___ (2024), at Pepperdine today as part of its Tax Policy Workshop Series hosted by Deanna Newton: The buzz surrounding the Metaverse has been growing steadily for the past couple of years, but the tax implications of this novel ecosystem remain…
Ariel Jurow Kleiman (Loyola-L.A.; Google Scholar) presents Taxing Nannies (with Shayak Sarkar (UC-Davis; Google Scholar) & Emily A. Satterthwaite (Georgetown; Google Scholar)) at Pepperdine today as part of its Tax Policy Workshop Series hosted by Deanna Newton: Nannies in the U.S. work long hours for low wages and risk retaliation if they complain. Informal, or “off the…
Jason Oh (UCLA) presents How Does the Corporate Tax Distort Choice of Corporate Governance? at Pepperdine today as part of its Tax Policy Workshop Series hosted by Deanna Newton: To what extent does the tax system distort the organizational governance of business entities? For non-publicly traded entities, the connection between tax treatment and governance is…
Pepperdine Caruso Law was delighted to host a group of junior tax professors last week for a winter writing retreat: Luis Calderon-Gomez (Cardozo), Conor Clarke (Washington University), Maynard Goldburn (Indiana-Kelley Business School), Nyamagaga Gondwe (Wisconsin), Luke Maher (Seattle), Jeesoo Nam (USC), Deanna Newton (Pepperdine), and Alex Zhang (Emory). The only bummer: I was at the…
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
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
Deanna Newton (Pepperdine) presents Closing the Opportunity Gap at Pepperdine today as part of its Faculty Workshop Series hosted by Jacob Charles: Opportunity Zones are low-income areas or economically distressed communities in the United States. The Opportunity Zone program encourages investment in low-income areas or economically distressed communities by offering investors tax benefits. Scholars have…
Deanna Newton (Pepperdine) presents Closing the Opportunity Gap at UC-San Francisco today as part of its Tax Speaker Series hosted by Heather Field: Opportunity Zones are low-income areas or economically distressed communities in the United States. The Opportunity Zone program encourages investment in low-income areas or economically distressed communities by offering investors tax benefits. Scholars…
Deanna Newton (Pepperdine) presents Closing the Opportunity Gap at Boston College today as part of its Tax Policy Collaborative hosted by James Repetti: Researchers have found little to no evidence that Opportunity Zones positively impact zone residents’ lives. Scholars agree that the majority of benefits from Opportunity Zone legislation go to wealthy investors and should…
Deanna Newton (Pepperdine) presents Closing the Opportunity Gap at Toronto today as part of its James Hausman Tax Law and Policy Workshop Series hosted by Benjamin Alarie: Researchers have found little to no evidence that Opportunity Zones positively impact zone residents’ lives. Scholars agree that the majority of benefits from Opportunity Zone legislation go to…
Deanna Newton (Pepperdine) presents Closing the Opportunity Gap at Florida State today as part of its Law and Business Speaker Series hosted by Jeffrey Kahn: Researchers have found little to no evidence that Opportunity Zones positively impact zone residents’ lives. Scholars agree that the majority of benefits from Opportunity Zone legislation go to wealthy investors…
Pepperdine Caruso Law School invites law professors and deans to a receptionhosted by Dean Paul Caron at the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego Friday, Jan. 6, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.Malibu Room | Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina (Headquarter Hotel)Please join us for local California wine & beer and hors d'oeuvres