Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Tax Profs
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Former Students Honor Del Cotto
Tuesday, July 6, 2004 SUNY-Buffalo alumni have raised a $75,000 endowment fund to honor retired Tax Prof Louis Del Cotto, who taught at the school for over 40 years. The Louis Del Cotto Fund for Excellence in Tax and Tax-Related Studies will support lectures by visiting tax faculty and practitioners, research by tax faculty, and…
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Loebl to Valpo
Friday, July 2, 2004 James Loebl, who taught tax as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Florida in 2003-04, has accepted a position as Assistant Professor at Valparaiso where he will teach tax, trusts & estates, and commercial law.
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Leiter on Easy Law School Tenure
Thursday, June 24, 2004 Brian Leiter (Texas) today reprises his piece, Why Is it So Easy To Get Tenure in Law Schools? Here’s a sample: [O]utside the ranks of the top 15 or so schools, most law schools tenure almost everyone they hire; and even within the top 15, a tenure review comparable to what…
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Say It Ain’t So Jack — Jack Bog’s Blog Pulling the Plug
Wednesday, June 23, 2004 Tax Prof Jack Bogdanski (Lewis & Clark) is pulling the plug on Jack Bog’s Blog on July 6 (its 2-year anniversary). Although only occasionally about tax law and law schools, Jack Bog’s Blog was one of only three active blogs (to my knowledge) run by tax law professors. With Victor Fleischer’s…
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Professorial Musings on Student Evaluations
Wednesday, June 23, 2004 Law professors handle student evaluations of their teaching in various ways. One makes a ceremonial show of tossing them in the trash unopened. Another assiduously pores over each one, trying to extract pearls of wisdom to improve her classroom performance. A third worries that a drop from 4.5 (out of 5.0)…
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Schizer Named Dean of Columbia
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…
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Peroni Visiting Scholar at Northwestern
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.
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Gergen Named To Centennial Chair at Texas
Sunday, June 20, 2004 Mark Gergen, Joseph C. Hutcheson Professor of Law at Texas, has been named Fondren Foundation Centennial Chair for Faculty.
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Beware of New Tax Prof Jobs in Phoenix
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;…
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Brennen Named to Titled Professorship
Wednesday, June 9, 2004 David Brennen has been named Ellison C. Palmer Professor of Tax Law at Mercer.
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Tax Prof Loses “Law Prof Hunk” Contest
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…
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Brown Named Facuty Fellow at Washington & Lee
Monday, June 7, 2004 Dorothy Brown (Washington & Lee) has been named 2004-2005 Alumni Faculty Fellow.
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Tax Prof Finalist for “Law Prof Hunk” Award
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…
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Oklahoma Seeking To Fill Four Endowed Faculty Positions
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.…
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Early Leaders in Top 100 Law Professor Poll
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…
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Geier Named to Endowed Professorship
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…
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Death of Georgia Tax Prof Larry Blount
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,…
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Vote For Your Favorite Tax Prof
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…