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Tax Profs
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NYU Tax Prof Quiz
The Fall 2008 issue of NYU’s alumni magazine — The Law School — is out (and, as the granddaddy of Law Porn, mailed to every law professor in the United States in advance of next month’s U.S. News peer review survey). It includes a Professorial Pop Quiz with fun facts about faculty hired during Dean…
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Repetti Named Kenealy Professor at Boston College
Congratulations to my friend and co-author Jim Repetti, who has been named the inaugural Rev. William J. Kenealy Professor of Law, in honor of BC’s former Dean (1939-1956). From the BC press release: "This is a great honor, and it is fitting that it will go to someone of Jim’s distinction," said BC Law Dean…
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Cockfield Publishes Two Tax Papers and Receives Two Grants
Arthur J. Cockfield (Queen’s University Faculty of Law) has published: Use Taxes to Open Up U.S. Border, National Post, Sept. 6, 2008: Finding Silver Linings in the Storm: An Evaluation of Recent Canada-U.S. Cross-border Tax Developments, C.D. Howe Commentary No. 272 (Sept. 2008) Art also was awarded two major federal research grants: $77,750 (as sole…
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Dilley Receives Rockefeller Foundation Innovation Award
Tax Prof Patricia E. Dilley (Florida) has received a Rockefeller Foundation Innovation Award for her proposal, Restoring Old Age Income Security for Low Wage Workers. See press releases from the Rockefeller Foundation and the University of Florida Levin College of Law.
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Welcome: Penelope Everett Fleischer
Congratulations to Illinois Tax Profs Vic Fleischer and Miranda Perry-Fleischer, who welcomed Penelope Everett Fleischer into the world on Tuesday (4 weeks early!) at 6 lbs 3 oz. See the great picture here. For TaxProf Blog coverage of their journey, see here (engagement), here (marriage), and here (move to Illinois).
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Tax Prof Steve Willis Applies to Fill Florida Supreme Court Vacancy
Tax Prof Steven J. Willis (Florida) is one of the fifty candidates who have applied to fill two upcoming vacancies on the Florida Supreme Court. Steve joined the Florida faculty in 1981, having previously taught at NYU. He earned his B.A. (1974) and J.D. (1977) from LSU, and his tax LL.M. (1979) from NYU. He…
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Tax Prof in China
Tax Prof Ann Murphy (Gonzaga), teaching in China on a Fulbright, is profiled in Chinese Law or Murphy’s Law?
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Say It Ain’t So, Jim
Jim Maule noted on his blog yesterday that "retirement is around the corner if I have my way." That took me by surprise, since Jim is one of the most active Tax Profs I know, and he’s only 57! I hope Villanova students are lining up to take Jim’s tax courses while they still have…
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Oregon Names Gary, Shurtz to Professorships
Oregon has announced several professorship appointments, including: Susan Gary, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, as Orlando J. and Marian H. Hollis Professor of Law: Professor Gary’s research examines the way inheritance laws apply to changing family structures, regulation of nonprofit organizations, and use of mediation in estate planning and probate. She currently serves as reporter…
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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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Call for Participants: Third Annual Junior Tax Scholars’ Workshop
The third annual Junior Tax Scholars’ Workshop will be held this year at New York University from the evening of Thursday, June 5th through Saturday, June 7th. The workshop is an opportunity for junior tax faculty to meet each other and present works-in-progress in a supportive environment. All participants present a work-in-progress, are assigned two…
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Changing of the Tax Prof Guard
I previously blogged Sarah Lawsky’s colloquium at NYU last Thursday on her paper, Probably? Understanding Tax Law’s Uncertainty. Dan Shaviro, the co-convenor of the colloquium, reports: One thing I’ll say for Sarah, she definitely came in with some flair. A key feature of the paper that she came to NYU to present is its criticizing…
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Illinois Receives $1.3 Million Gift to Honor Tax Prof John Colombo
The University of Illinois College of Law has received a $1.3 million gift from June E. Michael to honor Tax Prof John D. Colombo. The gift will be used to create the John D. Colombo Professorship in Law and several need-based student scholarships.
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Tax Teachers of the Year
The AALS has announced that the following Tax Profs have been selected as the Teacher of the Year for 2006-07 at their respective law schools: J. Martin Burke (Montana) Bridget J. Crawford (Pace) James M. Delaney (Wyoming) Jeffrey…
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Tax Prof Quotations
There are 63 quotations by Tax Profs in As Certain as Death — Quotations About Taxes (2008 Edition), an annual collection of 1,371 quotations published in Tax Notes by Jeffery L. Yablon (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Washington, D.C.). Below the fold are the quotations from these Tax Profs: Alice G. Abreu (Temple) Joseph Bankman (Stanford)…
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Mauled Again Named Best Law Professor Blog of 2007
Kudos to Tax Prof Jim Maule (Villanova), whose Mauled Again was named "Best Law Professor Blog" in the 2007 Blawggie Awards by Dennis Kennedy: Jim Maule’s Mauled Again is all about tax law developments and it is so darn interesting that you won’t believe. Or maybe the time I spent earlier in my career as…
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Marty Ginsburg: “The Funniest [Tax] Law Professor in America”?
In my pre-tenure attempt at tax humor (Tax Myopia, or Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Tax Lawyers, 13 Va. Tax Rev. 517 (1994)), I relied on several items about tax legend Martin Ginsburg. Dan Solove pointed me (via Peter Lattman) to Marty’s wonderful web bio: Professor Ginsburg attended Cornell University, stood…
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Jorge Marquez: A Fictional Tax Prof Who “Won’t Play Nice”
Richard Delgado (Pittsburgh) discusses the case of Jorge Marquez, a fictional Tax Prof at a mid-tier law school, in That New Latino Won’t Play Nice, part of his regular Ask Mom series of advice columns on BlackProf, dealing with the "everyday problems that professors (especially professors of color) face" in the legal academy.
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How Cool Is Your Tax Prof?
The Tax Girl asks: How Cool is Your Tax Prof? How cool is your tax professor? I’m going to be adding some reader-generated interviews to my “Getting to Know You Thursday” feature – and I’m specifically looking for great tax professors. If you know one (or are one), send me a quick blurb with a…
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What Tax Profs Are Thankful For
Bryan Camp (Texas Tech): "I am thankful for all the rejection letters I recevied over the years. If any of them had been otherwise, I may not have ended up here at Texas Tech, or meeting and marrying my wonderful wife, or being blessed to be a dad, for all of which I am very…
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Politico: Victor Fleischer — “Academic It Boy”
Check out the cool video and article on Politico on Victor Fleischer’s role in sparking the private equity tax debate: Here is the beginning of the article (Professor’s Proposal Angers Wall Street, by Lisa Lerer): With a shock of spiky red hair and a self-described case of stage fright, University of Illinois law professor Victor…
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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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Tax Prof “Guilty Pleasures”
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently carried a piece in which "several scholars shared their secret (or not so secret) guilty pleasures — their passions outside the classroom." Chicago Law Prof Cass Sunstein responded that his guilty pleasure is the Lost TV show. Following the lead of other Law Prof Blogs, I asked the members…
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Abreu Named Beasley Professor of Law at Temple
Alice G. Abreu has been named Beasley Professor of Law at Temple. Update: The TaxGirl applauds the choice (here and here): Alice Abreu, one of my favorite law school professors, is the well-served recipient of the 2007 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching at Temple University. Abreu teaches taxation, corporate taxation, international tax, and tax policy…
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Fogg Named IRS Chief Counsel Attorney of the Year
Keith Fogg (Villanova) has been named Attorney of the Year by the IRS’s Office of Chief Counsel. From the Villanova press release: Approximately 1,600 lawyers work for the department in over 40 offices around the country. Each year the IRS Office of Chief Counsel selects one attorney from around the country as its Attorney of…