
Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law

Monday, June 21, 2004 Tax Prof David Schizer today was named the new dean of Columbia. At 35 years of age, David is the youngest dean of the nation’s leading law schools. This appointment marks the growing influence of Tax Profs in legal education, coming of the heels of Carolyn Jones’ selection as the new…
Monday, June 21, 2004 Robert Peroni is a Visiting Scholar at Northwestern during the summer and fall of 2004 while on a research leave from Texas.
Sunday, June 20, 2004 Mark Gergen, Joseph C. Hutcheson Professor of Law at Texas, has been named Fondren Foundation Centennial Chair for Faculty.
Friday, June 11, 2004 Tax Profs (and indeed all law professors) recently received this ad trolling for new faculty at the new law school in Phoenix: Phoenix International School of Law (PISL) seeks candidates for full-time and visiting faculty positions. Applicants should be (1) student-centered; (2) skilled instructors and effective mentors; (3) comfortable with change;…
Wednesday, June 9, 2004 David Brennen has been named Ellison C. Palmer Professor of Tax Law at Mercer.
Wednesday, June 9, 2004 In a gigantic upset, the Tax Prof nominee has lost out in the “Law Prof Hunk” contest to — as predicted here — a Con Law Prof! I mean, I know that Con Law is viewed by many as a “sexier” area than Tax Law, but come on: look at this…
Monday, June 7, 2004 Dorothy Brown (Washington & Lee) has been named 2004-2005 Alumni Faculty Fellow.
Friday also marked the close of balloting in the “Law Prof Hunk” contest run by Tax Prof Jack Bogdanski (Lewis & Clark) as “a statement, however small, about the silliness of the many ‘best of’ lists that now surround the practice of law and the legal academy” (such as LawTV’s current search for the “The…
Tuesday, June 1, 2004 The University of Oklahoma College of Law has announced that applications and nominations are being accepted for four endowed positions: • The William J. Alley Professorship of Law • The Frank Elkouri and Edna Asper Elkouri Professorship in Law • The Alfred P. Murrah Professorship of Law • The Floyd H.…
Tuesday, May 11, 2004 As noted earlier on TaxProf Blog, LawTV is running a poll to find “America’s 100 most influential law professors.” According to the site: “‘Influential’ is a measure of how large an impact a particular professor has on society. This influence can be, for instance, through academic writings, popular writings, litigation, media…
Wednesday, May 5, 2004 Deborah Geier (Cleveland State) has been selected to fill a newly-endowed professorship. Beginning in the fall, she will be the Leon M. & Gloria Plevin Professor of Law at Cleveland State. Congratulations to Professor Geier, who is one of the leading tax scholars of her generation. She is the co-author of…
Tuesday, May 4, 2004 Georgia tax professor Larry Blount died Sunday. He was only 53 years old. Professor Blount earned his B.A. from Michigan (1972), his J.D. from Cincinnati (1975), and his LL.M. from Columbia (1980). He joined the Georgia law faculty in 1976 and taught federal income tax, partnership tax, corporate tax, tax policy,…
Wednesday, April 21, 2004 LawTV is running a poll to find “America’s 100 most influential law professors.” According to the site: “‘Influential’ is a measure of how large an impact a particular professor has on society. This influence can be, for instance, through academic writings, popular writings, litigation, media appearances, business activities, teaching, lecturing, charitable…