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Tax Prof Spotlight

  • The UCLA School of Law made one of the largest leaps in the latest US News survey of tax programs, moving from #25 in 2002 to #6 in 2004. In large part, this move was fueled by the unprecedented hiring of three tax professors in 2003, joining the four tax professors already on the faculty…

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  • The UCLA School of Law made one of the largest leaps in the latest US News survey of tax programs, moving from #25 in 2002 to #6 in 2004. In large part, this move was fueled by the unprecedented hiring of three tax professors in 2003, joining the four tax professors already on the faculty…

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  • The UCLA School of Law made one of the largest leaps in the latest US News survey of tax programs, moving from #25 in 2002 to #6 in 2004. In large part, this move was fueled by the unprecedented hiring of three tax professors in 2003, joining the four tax professors already on the faculty…

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  • Lily Batchelder (NYU) A.B. 1994, Stanford M.P.P. 1999,  Harvard, Kennedy School of Government J.D. 2002, Yale   Lily initially became interested in tax law for its potential to "simultaneously affect poverty, broad disparities of income and opportunity, and economic growth." After college (Stanford University), she worked as a client advocate in a small soup kitchen…

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  • Craig Boise (Case Western) B.A. 1991, University of Missouri-Kansas City J.D. 1994, University of Chicago LL.M (Taxation) 1999, New York University   Like a number of other new tax professors, Craig arrived at the profession by a rather circuitous route. He began college as a piano performance major but ran out of money after two…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Dan Sheaffer

    This week’s Tax Prof Spotlight of  Dan Sheaffer (Thomas Cooley) continues our series of profiles of folks starting their careers this fall as tenure-track tax professors at American law schools. We hope the profiles will help introduce our newest tax colleagues to the academic tax community. I graduated from Thomas Cooley Law School and received…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Meredith Conway

    This week’s Tax Prof Spotlight of Meredith Conway (Texas-Wesleyan) continues our series of profiles of folks starting their careers this fall as tenure-track tax professors at American law schools. We hope the profiles will help introduce our newest tax colleagues to the academic tax community./p> When I was in the eighth grade, my civics teacher…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Alex Raskolnikov

    This week’s Tax Prof Spotlight of Alex Raskolnikov (Columbia) continues our series of profiles of folks starting their careers this fall as tenure-track tax professors at American law schools. We hope the profiles will help introduce our newest tax colleagues to the academic tax community. My road to becoming a tax academic has been indirect,…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Michael Yu

    This week’s Tax Prof Spotlight of Michael Yu (Cal-Western) continues our series of profiles of folks starting their careers this fall as tenure-track tax professors at American law schools. We hope the profiles will help introduce our newest tax colleagues to the academic tax community. Michael Yu credits his federal income tax professor at Columbia,…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Steven Dean

    This week’s Tax Prof Spotlight of Steven Dean (Brooklyn) continues our series of profiles of folks starting their careers this fall as tenure-track tax professors at American law schools. We hope the profiles will help introduce our newest tax colleagues to the academic tax community. Having flatly ruled out attending law school during my senior…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Kristin Hickman

    This week’s Tax Prof Spotlight of Kristin Hickman (Minnesota) continues our series of profiles of folks starting their careers this fall as tenure-track tax professors at American law schools. We hope the profiles will help introduce our newest tax colleagues to the academic tax community. Whenever someone asks me how I became interested in tax,…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Terry Turnipseed

    Saturday, October 2, 2004 This week’s Tax Prof Spotlight of Terry Turnipseed (Syracuse) continues our series of profiles of folks starting their careers this fall as tenure-track tax professors at American law schools. We hope the profiles will help introduce our newest tax colleagues to the academic tax community. I’m an accidental Tax Professor. I…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Ethan Yale

    Saturday, September 25, 2004 This week’s Tax Prof Spotlight of Ethan Yale (Georgetown) continues our series of profiles of folks starting their careers this fall as tenure-track tax professors at American law schools. We hope the profiles will help introduce our newest tax colleagues to the academic tax community. Ethan Yale comes to Georgetown off…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Eric Chason

    Saturday, September 18, 2004 This week’s Tax Prof Spotlight of Eric Chason (William & Mary) continues our series of profiles of folks starting their careers this fall as tenure-track tax professors at American law schools. We hope the profiles will help introduce our newest tax colleagues to the academic tax community. I went to Duke…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Adam Chodorow

    Saturday, September 11, 2004 This week’s Tax Prof Spotlight continues our series of profiles of folks starting their careers this fall as tenure-track tax professors at American law schools. We hope the profiles will help introduce our newest tax colleagues to the academic tax community. This fall, ten new tenure-track professors joined the faculty of…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Bradley Borden

    Saturday, September 4, 2004 This week’s Tax Prof Spotlight of Bradley Borden (Washburn) continues our series of profiles of folks starting their careers this fall as tenure-track tax professors at American law schools. We hope the profiles will help introduce our newest tax colleagues to the academic tax community. Growing up in a small farming…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Francine Lipman

    Saturday, August 28, 2004 This week’s Tax Prof Spotlight continues our series of profiles of folks starting their careers this fall as tenure-track tax professors at American law schools. We hope the profiles will help introduce our newest tax colleagues to the academic tax community. In fall 2003, Chapman University School of Law launched an…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Bradley Myers

    Saturday, August 21, 2004 This week’s Tax Prof Spotlight continues our series of profiles of folks starting their careers this fall as tenure-track tax professors at American law schools. We hope the profiles will help introduce our newest tax colleagues to the academic tax community. Brad Myers came to tax law as a second career.…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Yariv Brauner

    Saturday, August 14, 2004 This week’s Tax Prof Spotlight continues our series of profiles of folks starting their careers this fall as tenure-track tax professors at American law schools. We hope the profiles will help introduce our newest tax colleagues to the academic tax community. Yariv Brauner joins the Arizona State faculty this fall. He…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Amy Monahan

    Saturday, August 7, 2004 This week’s Tax Prof Spotlight inaugurates a series of profiles of folks starting their careers this fall as tenure-track tax professors at American law schools. We hope the profiles will help introduce our newest tax colleagues to the academic tax community. Amy Monahan never thought she would be a tax professor.…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Mike McIntyre

    Saturday, July 31, 2004 Michael J. (“Mike”) McIntyre has been an active player in the tax reform movement in the United States and elsewhere for over three decades. He has written widely on many tax topics and is especially well known for his work on international taxation, taxation of the family, the deduction for interest…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Linda Beale

    Saturday, July 24, 2004 Linda Beale (Illinois) came to tax law late in her career, having spent much of her time in the sciences. Born in Tennessee, she’s lived in Mississippi, Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Texas, Washington D.C., and, most recently before her move to Illinois, New York. She completed a B.S. degree in chemistry…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Jack Bogdanski

    Saturday, July 17, 2004 John A. (“Jack”) Bogdanski is a true tax Renaissance man: 5-time teacher of the year, author of a leading tax treatise, and the first tax professor to venture into the blogosphere. Jack is a native of Newark, N.J. After graduating in 1975 with a degree in Classical Languages and Literature from…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Thomas Griffith

    Saturday, July 10, 2004 Thomas Griffith, John B. Milliken Professor of Taxation at USC, is one of those rare academics who is a leading figure in two very different areas of scholarship and teaching. Tax Profs undoubtedly are aware of Tom’s contributions in the tax arena. His most recent published article, Taxing Sunny Days: Adjusting…

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  • Tax Prof Spotlight: Pat Dilley

    Saturday, July 3, 2004 Pat Dilley (Florida) was a late comer to the Tax Prof world, having pursued careers in history teaching and then in government before even going to law school. She has made up for lost time and established herself as an important tax academic, producing major scholarly work in the social security…

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