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$600k for a Tax Prof?
Stephen Bainbridge (UCLA) reports the rumor that Yale has offered a Harvard corporate law professor a salary of $600k/year to jump ship. That got me to thinking — what does the highest paid Tax Prof make? Comments are open! (Hat Tip: Brian Leiter.) Update: Dave Rifkin, an adjunct Tax Prof at Georgetown, correctly notes that…
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Camp Awarded Endowed Professorship at Texas Tech
Tax Prof Bryan Camp has been named George H. Mahon Professor of Law at Texas Tech: The professorship is named (and funded) in honor of George H. Mahon (1900-1985), who was the Congressman from this district for 44 years, from 1934 to 1978. He rose to become chair of the House Appropriations Committee from 1964…
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Tax Visitors at the Top Six Law Schools
I previously have blogged Tax Prof moves for the 2008-09 academic year. Brian Leiter today blogs the visitors at the top six law schools (Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, NYU, Stanford, and Yale). Here are the tax visitors at those schools for 2008-09: Howard Abrams (Emory) to Yale Lily Batchelder (NYU) to Harvard Mitchaell Gans (Hofstra) to…
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Linda Beale Named Director of Graduate Studies at Wayne State
Linda M. Beale has been named Director of Graduate Studies at Wayne State. From the press release: As Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Beale is now responsible for overseeing a significant resource for practicing lawyers in Michigan – a program that provides advanced study in three popular fields of specialization including corporate and finance law,…
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Michael Graetz to Leave Yale for Columbia
Michael J. Graetz, the Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor of Law at Yale, is leaving Yale after nearly 25 years to join the faculty at Columbia in 2009. From the Columbia press release: "Professor Graetz is a sensational addition to our intellectual community,” Dean [and Tax Prof] David M. Schizer said. “He brings extraordinary insight and…
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Gershon Steps Down as Dean of Charleston
After four years as Dean of the new Charleston School of Law, Tax Prof Richard Gershon has stepped down to return to the faculty. Andy Abrams will succeed Richard as Dean. Richard was the subject of TaxProf Blog’s first profile (on May 8, 2004). From this summary of the achievements of his deanship. [T]he foundation…
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Gergen Leaves Texas for UC-Berkeley
A late addition to my list of 2008-09 Tax Prof Moves: Mark P. Gergen, The Fondren Foundation Centennial Chair for Faculty Excellence at Texas, has accepted a senior offer at UC-Berkeley. As many readers of this blog know, Mark is one of the most frequently cited professors who write in the tax field. He is…
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Tax Prof Mitchell Kane Leaves Virginia for NYU
Tax Prof Mitchell Kane is leaving Virginia to join the NYU faculty. Here is the memo from NYU Dean Richard Revesz: MEMORANDUM To: The Law School Community From: Richard Revesz Date: April 7, 2008 Re: Mitchell Kane I am delighted to announce the exciting news that Professor Mitchell Kane, who recently received tenure at the…
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IRS Names David Hasen 2008-09 Professor-in-Residence
IRS Chief Counsel Donald L. Korb announced today (IR-2008-54) that he has selected David Hasen (Michigan) as the 2008-2009 Professor in Residence: We are excited to have David join us in the fall to carry on the fine tradition we reinstituted last year when first Calvin Johnson, and after him Gregg Polsky, joined us as…
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Tax Prof Moves, 2008-09
Entry Level Hires Ted Afield (Barnett, Bolt, Kirkwood, Long & McBride, Tampa, FL) to Ave Maria Joshua Blank (NYU Acting Assistant Professor) to Rutgers-Newark Roger Colinvaux (Joint Committee on Taxation) to Catholic Stephanie Hoffer (Northwestern VAP) to Ohio State Rachelle Holmes (Transactional Studies Research Fellow at Columbia) to George Mason Michele Kwon (IRS Office of…
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Moran Named American Council on Education Fellow for 2008-09
Tax Prof Beverly I. Moran (Vanderbilt) has been named an American Council on Education Fellow for the 2008-09 academic year: The ACE Fellows Program, established in 1965, is designed to strengthen institutions and leadership in American higher education by identifying and preparing promising senior faculty and administrators for responsible positions in college and university administration.…
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Competition Intensifies for Top Tax Talent Among Elite Law Schools
Following up on yesterday’s post on Tax Prof Anne Alstott’s move from Yale to Harvard: From Brian Leiter: This is a particularly important appointment for Harvard because of its distinguished but graying tax faculty (William Andrews recently retired, and Alvin Warren and Daniel Halperin are in their 60s and 70s), and the difficulty HLS has…
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Tax Prof Anne Alstott Leaves Yale for Harvard
I will be doing my annual post on TaxProf moves next month, but Harvard today issued this press release announcing that Anne Alstott is leaving Yale to join the Harvard faculty: Anne Alstott, an expert on federal income taxation, corporate taxation and tax policy as well as on social welfare policy, family policy, and feminism…
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Zelenak Is Finalist for Washington Deanship
Tax Prof Lawrence A. Zelenak (Duke) is one of four finalists for the University of Washington deanship. See the official announcement and CVs of the four finalists here. After law school, Larry worked as an associate at a Seattle law firm for four years before joining the faculty at Lewis & Clark in 1983. He…
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Tax Lions in Winter: Bill Andrews and Bernie Wolfman
Nice tributes on the retirements of Harvard Tax Profs Bill Andrews and Bernie Wolfman in the Harvard Law Record: William D. Andrews: On the Right Side of the Equation, by Edward J. McCaffery (USC): There is much to admire about Bill’s scholarship, but what I best know and love Bill from are three articles published…
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Tax Profs at AALS Meat Market
Here are the Tax Profs who will be at the AALS faculty recruitment conference over the next two days: Alice Abreu (Temple) (Chair) Beau Baez (Charlotte) Joe Bankman (Stanford) (Chair) Rob Bartow (Temple) Allison Christians (Wisconsin) Joseph Dodge (Florida State) Richard Gershon (Charleston) (Dean) Kristin Hickman (Minnesota) Anthony Infanti (Pittsburgh) (Chair) Ronald Jensen (Pace) Christian…
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Sam Thompson Joins Penn State Tax Faculty
I previously blogged Samuel C. Thompson, Jr.‘s move from UCLA (where he was Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Mergers and Acquisitions) to Penn State as Arthur Weiss Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Professor of Law, and Director of the Center for the Study of Mergers and Acquisitions. During this U.S.…
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Tax Profs Named to ABA Tax Section Leadership Positions
Following up on last week’s post on the selection of Stanley L. Blend (Oppenheimer, Blend, Harrison & Tate, San Antonio, TX) as the new chair of the ABA Tax Section: several Tax Profs were named to leadership positions in the Section: Vice Chair (Communications): Ellen P. Aprill (Loyola-L.A.) Secretary: Alice Abreu (Temple) Council Director: Christine…
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McGovern Named Vice President & Associate Dean of Academic Administration at South Texas
Tax Prof Bruce A. McGovern has been named Vice President and Associate Dean of Academic Administration at South Texas. From the press release: In his new position, he will oversee the law school’s admissions, financial aid, and career resources offices while maintaining a half-time teaching load. Professor McGovern … has twice received the teaching excellence…
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Thompson Leaves UCLA for Penn State
Tax Prof Samuel C. Thompson, Jr., Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Mergers and Acquisitions at UCLA, has accepted a senior lateral offer at Penn State.
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Washington University’s New Tax Hires
Washington University issued a press release today on its six new faculty, including two Tax Profs: Cheryl Block, who was a visiting professor at Washington University Law in 2006-07, is joining the school as a tenured member of the faculty. She is a graduate of SUNY-Buffalo and clerked in the U.S. District Court for the…
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Charleston Welcomes Kristin Gutting to its Faculty
Charleston issued a press release today welcoming former Florida VAP Kristin B. Gutting to its tenure-track faculty.
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Polsky Named 2007-08 Professor in Residence
The IRS announced today (IR-2007-111) that Chief Counsel Donald L. Korb has named Gregg D. Polsky the 2007-08 Professor in Residence, succeeding Calvin Johnson (whose term ended May 31): Polsky is a nationally known scholar who recently joined the faculty at Florida State as the Sheila M. McDevitt Professor of Law after serving for six…
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Tax Prof Visits to the “Big Six”
Brian Leiter reports on visiting professors at the Top 6 law schools for 2007-08. Tax Profs on the list (and which I have added to my Tax Prof Moves, 2007-08 post): Mitchell Engler (Cardozo) to NYU Mitchell Gans (Hofstra) to NYU Mark Gergen (Texas) to Harvard Mitchell Kane (Virginia) to Columbia & NYU Joel Slemrod…
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Polsky to Leave Minnesota for Florida State
Gregg Polsky is leaving Minnesota to accept a senior offer at Florida State. (Hat Tip: Brian Leiter.) That is quite a coup for Florida State, as Gregg will be joining Joseph Dodge, Brian Galle, and Charlene Luke in an exceptionally strong group of tax faculty, currently ranked: #21 in Tax by U.S. News & World…