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Other Tax Profs Take the Political Survey Challenge
Wednesday, September 1, 2004 The other two Tax Prof Bloggers have taken the political survey mentioned here yesterday: • Jack Bogdanski (Lewis & Clark) is somewhat left of center (left of Tony Blair) and somewhat idealistic • Jim Maule (Villanova) is “a wee bit right of center and barely on the pragmatic side.” I reported…
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Colombo Quoted in USA Today
Monday, August 30, 2004 John Colombo (Illinois) was quoted in a USA Today article on the increasing pressure on non-profit hospitals to defend their tax-exempt status.
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Tax Faculty Hires at Florida
Monday, August 30, 2004 Most Tax Profs by now have received the spiffy brochure from the University of Florida’s Graduate Tax Program announcing two permanent, and one visiting, tax hires: • Paul McDaniel, formerly Director of the NYU Graduate Tax and International Law Programs (1993-2002) and Professor of Law at Boston College (1970-87 and 2002-04),…
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University President Orders That Law Prof Be Allowed To Teach Con Law
Friday, August 27, 2004 A follow up on last month’s post about Law Prof Rob Natelson of Montana, who alleged that his dean refused to allow him to teach con law solely because of his conservative views: the university president this week ordered that Natelson be allowed to teach con law this fall.
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Interview with Noel Cunningham
Friday, August 27, 2004 The July/August Business Entities journal has a great interview with Noel Cunningham, partnership tax guru and Director of NYU’s graduate tax program. The interview spans the history of the program and contains many interesting current tidbits, including: • NYU has 120 full-time students and 300 part-time students in the graduate tax…
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Samansky v. Tobin on Political Activities of Churches
Wednesday, August 25, 2004 Allan Samansky and Donald Tobin square off in a Point-Counterpoint debate on the Election Law web site at Ohio State over the permissible political activities of churches. In one corner, Allan argues that “a strict and absolute prohibition of campaign activity by religious institutions that supports or opposes candidates is neither…
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Back to School Special: Can You Pass Mundstock’s Quiz on U.S. Taxation of Multinational Businesses?
Monday, August 23, 2004 Can you pass the 13-part quiz on U.S. tax treatment of multinational businesses from George Mundstock (Miami)? • Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 • Part 6 • Part 7 • Part 8 • Part 9 • Part 10 • Part 11 •…
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Welcome Back, Jack!
Wednesday, August 18, 2004 After a 6-week self-imposed exile (blogged here), Tax Prof Jack Bogdanski (Lews & Clark) has re-started his eclectic Jack Bog’s Blog. For a funny video announcing Jack’s reappearance in the blogosphere, see here (warning to Tax Prof Jrs: the video carries a well-deserved PG-13 rating). Although his blog is only occasionally…
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Tax Quotes, Biblical Edition
Wednesday, June 18, 2004 More from the TaxProf E-Mail Discussion Group’s thread on neat quotations about taxes: Calvin Johnson (Texas) offered this from Frank & Ernest: Moses is on top of Mt. Sinai with a tablet talking to a dark cloud in the sky, saying “Now don’t take this the wrong way, but I brought…
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Nominate a Tax Prof for National Law Journal’s Board of Editors
Friday, August 13, 2004 The National Law Journal is assembling an editorial board of prominent members of the legal community to provide advice, feedback and occasional opinion pieces. To nominate a Tax Prof for the Board of Editors, email here.
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Maule’s Tax Blog Featured in Wall Street Journal
Friday, August 13, 2004 Jim Maule’s blog item comparing teaching tax to teaching the rules of cricket, blogged here three weeks ago on TaxProf Blog, was featured in Tom Herman’s Tax Report in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal: TAXING HUMOR: A law professor has an idea for how to interest his students in taxes. Sure, taxes…
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Lederman Files Amicus Brief in Ballard & Kanter
Thursday, August 12, 2004 Leandra Lederman (George Mason) has filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in the companion Ballard (No. 03-184) and Kanter (03-1034) cases. Here is the summary of her argument: One of the questions in this case is whether the Tax Court effectively can shield from appellate review the work of…
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Beale Profiled in Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
Tuesday, August 10, 2004 Linda Beale (Illinois), recently profiled on TaxProf Blog, was featured in the July 23 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Here is the wonderful opening: As a professor who started out in the Peace Corps in the 1960s and then became a tax lawyer, Linda M. Beale has an idealist’s view of the…
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Southern Illinois Looking to Hire Tax Prof
Sunday, August 6, 2004 Southern Illinois University School of Law is looking to hire a tax professor at the rank of assistant, assoociate, or full professor. For more information, see here or contact Eugene Basanta, Chair of the Personnel Committee.
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Advice for Aspiring Tax Profs
Wednesday, July 28, 2004 Brian Leiter describes here what folks need to crack the law teaching market: “(a) a very strong academic record from strong academic institutions; (b) at least one post-law school publication; and (c) at least two recommenders who are established legal academics.”
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Quiz on U.S. Tax Treatment of Multinational Busniness Enterprises
Sunday, July 25, 2004 Can you pass George Mundstock’s quiz on U.S. taxation of multinational business enterprises here, here, and here?
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New Tax Prof Conway Joins Texas-Wesleyan Faculty
Saturday, July 24, 2004 New Tax Prof Meredith Conway (J.D. Rutgers; LL.M. NYU) joins the Texas-Wesleyan faculty this fall from Drinker Biddle & Reath L.L.P. (Philadelphia).
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New Columbia Dean Says Teaching Tax Is Like Making Students Eat Spinach
Friday, July 23, 2004 The Chronicle of Higher Education has a nice quote from new Columbia Dean (and Tax Prof) David Schizer on teaching tax: Mr. Schizer, who won a teaching award at Columbia in 2003, says he believes that the stereotype of the dull tax lawyer has been a benefit to him. “It’s like…
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Ault Gives Speech in Italy on International Tax Issues
Thursday, July 22, 2004 Hugh Ault (Boston College) recently deleivered a Lecture on International Taxation in Naples, Italy. Here is a summary: International taxation has undergone an important development in the past few years, as a result of the growing economic integration in Europe and, more in general, of international globalisation. Those issues are no…
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More Tax Profs Needed Down Under
Thursday, July 22, 2004 Following up on Monday’s post about Monash University of Melbourne, Australia’s hunt for a tax professor to fill a newly-created position: Chris Evans, Director of the Australian Taxation Studies Program (Atax), writes of another tax position available Down Under: The University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia is creating up…
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Tax Prof Mundstock Enters the Blogosphere
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 Tax Prof George Mundstock (Miami) has entered the blogosphere as a guest blogger on Michael Froomkin’s Discourse.Net blog for the next three weeks. Here’s Michael’s introduction of George to his readers: My colleague George Mundstock has heroically volunteered to step into the breach as a guest blogger (starting this week), which…
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Maule Finally Finds Something More Complicated Than Tax: Cricket
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 Tax Prof Jim Maule (Villanova) offers advice for those teaching the basic income tax class next month: “[B]egin the basic tax class with a cricket rules lesson [so] the students will be thrilled to ease up with a study of the Internal Revenue Code, its regulations, and all the law associated…
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Australian University Seeking to Fill Newly-Created Tax Position
Monday, July 19, 2004 Monash University in Melbourne, Australia is looking to fill a newly-created tax professor position. Salary is $A106,327 per annum. Superannuation, relocation travel, and removal allowances are available. For the full advertisement, position description, background informaton, and application package, see here.
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Gallanis Named Director of Center for Law & History at Washington & Lee
Wednesday, July 7, 2004 Thomas Gallanis, Professor of Law and Professor of History at Washington & Lee, has been named Director of the W&L Center for Law and History.
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Leiter Ranks Impact of Law Prof Moves on Top 18 Law Schools
Wednesday, July 7, 2004 Brian Leiter examines law faculty moves at the top 18 law schools over the past five years and ranks the schools in five categories: • Schools That Improved the Most: UCLA, Texas, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Yale • Schools That Gained Some Ground: Columbia, Duke, Penn • Schools That Broke Even: Georgetown, NYU,…