Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Teaching
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Tax Executives Institute Student Case Competition
The deadline to apply for the TEI – International Tax Case Competition is May 1, 2024 (application): TEI supports students in developing a passion for taxation with our annual International Tax Case Competition. With a prize of CAD$2,000, the competition will bring together mentors from the TEI membership and judges from IFA Canada for an…
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Teaching Evaluations Are Broken. Can They Be Fixed?
Chronicle of Higher Education, Teaching Evaluations Are Broken. Can They Be Fixed?: Superficial assessments hurt professors and students, but reform is hard. When Phoebe Young began working at the University of Colorado at Boulder as an assistant professor of history in 2009, her annual teaching reviews were fairly perfunctory. Everyone knew, she says, that student…
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Winners Of The 23rd Annual Law Student Tax Challenge
ABA Tax Section, Winners Of The 23rd Annual Law Student Tax Challenge: J.D. Division 1st Place: Natalie Romano-Nuesch and Victor Ficarra (right)Temple 2nd Place: Emmanuel Backus and Logan WagnerWest Virginia
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2024 Tannenwald Tax Writing Competition
The Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship and American College of Tax Counsel are sponsoring the 2024 Tannenwald Writing Competition. Named for the late Tax Court Judge Theodore Tannenwald, Jr., and designed to perpetuate his dedication to legal scholarship of the highest quality, the Tannenwald Writing Competition is open to all full- or part-time law…
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2023 IFA International Tax Student Writing Award; Call For Entrants In 2024 Competition
The winner of the International Fiscal Association's 2023 International Tax Student Writing Competition is: Takato Masuda (NYU), The Controversy over the Tax Treaty Compatibility of the UTPR Faculty Sponsor: Mitchell Kane Some commentators have argued that the UTPR would conflict with existing tax treaties. This argument now appears in the U.S. political context as well. In reality,…
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Today’s AALS Tax Highlights
Section on Taxation, Taxation and Democracy 10-11:40 AM Independence Salon A, Level M4, Marriott Marquis Taxation plays a fundamental role in democratic societies. This panel will focus on the relationship between tax policy and democratic principles. It will explore the various roles that tax policy plays in shaping our democracy and consider innovative approaches to advancing…
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2023 Tannenwald Tax Writing Competition Winners
The Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship has announced the winners of the 2023 tax writing competition: First Prize ($5,000):Colin Heath (NYU), Taxing “Borrow” in “Buy/Borrow/Die” Faculty Sponsor: Daniel Hemel
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St. Louis Symposium: Teaching Immigration Law
Symposium, Teaching Immigration Law, St. Louis U. L.J. 473- 570 (2023): Kevin R. Johnson (UC-Davis), Teaching Racial and Social Justice in the Immigration Law Survey Course, 67 St. Louis U. L.J. 473 (2023) Sabrina Balgamwalla (Wayne State) & Lauren E. Bartlett (St. Louis), Anti-Carceral Theory and Immigration: A View From Two Law School Clinics, 67 St.…
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2024 Florida Bar Tax Section Moot Court Competition
Update: the new registration deadline is December 1. Registration closes November 17 for the Florida Bar Tax Section 2024 Moot Court Competition to be held at Stetson on March 7-9, 2024 (registration): A tradition of excellence. For more than 30 years, The Florida Bar Tax Section has hosted an annual National Tax Moot Court Competition to…
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Are Professors Too Soft On Grading? Survey Says 8 In 10 Give In To ‘Grade Grubbing’
University Business, Are Professors Too Soft on Grading? Survey Says 8 in 10 Give in to ‘Grade Grubbing’: A hallmark of students’ learning experience is their ability to approach and engage their professor outside of the classroom to pick their brain in a less formal setting. Unfortunately, student-professor dialogue isn’t always that rosy. A new…
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ABA Tax Section Releases 23rd Annual Law Student Tax Challenge Problem
The ABA Tax Section has released the J.D. Problem (rules) and LL.M. Problem (rules) for the 23rd Annual Law Student Tax Challenge: An alternative to traditional moot court competitions, the LSTC is organized by the Section’s Young Lawyers Forum. The LSTC asks two-person teams of students to solve a complex business problem that might arise in everyday tax practice. Teams are initially…
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AI Assistance In Legal Analysis: An Empirical Study
Jonathan H. Choi (USC; Google Scholar) & Daniel Schwarcz (Minnesota; Google Scholar), AI Assistance in Legal Analysis: An Empirical Study: Can artificial intelligence (AI) augment human legal reasoning? To find out, we designed a novel experiment administering law school exams to students with and without access to GPT-4, the best-performing AI model currently available. We…
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Sarah Lawsky Provides FREE, Customizable Code And Regs Selected Sections For Any Tax Class
Following up on last month's post, Lawsky Website With Practice Problems And Quizzes For Federal Income Tax: Sarah Lawsky (Northwestern; Google Scholar) has added a new feature that allows users to download a FREE Internal Revenue Code and Regulations Selected Sections (PDF) as well as a customizable version with only the code and regs that are…
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Lawsky Website With Practice Problems And Quizzes For Federal Income Tax
Sarah Lawsky (Northwestern; Google Scholar) has created a wonderful website that generates practice problems and quizzes for federal income tax. For more details, see the FAQ page.
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Great Teachers 2023: Jennifer Bird-Pollan Guides Students Through Complicated Tax Law
University of Kentucky News, Great Teachers 2023: Jennifer Bird-Pollan Guides Students Through Complicated Tax Law: In February, the University of Kentucky Alumni Association honored the six recipients of this year’s Great Teacher Awards. Launched in 1961, they are the longest-running UK awards that recognize teaching. Over the next six weeks, UKNow is highlighting the passionate and accomplished educators who were named a…
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Winners Of The 22nd Annual Law Student Tax Challenge
ABA Tax Section, Winners Of The 22nd Annual Law Student Tax Challenge: J.D. Division 1st Place: Tracy Costanzo and Amanda HepingerSyracuse University College of Law 2nd Place and Best Written: Ivan Rudd and Isaac Fuhrman BorgmanUniversity of Miami School of Law 3rd Place: Justin Sung and Judd Baguioro University of California College of the Law, San…
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2022 IFA International Tax Student Writing Award; Call For Entrants In 2023 Competition
The winner of the International Fiscal Association's 2022 International Tax Student Writing Competition is: Neil Kelliher (Virginia), Improving Transfer Pricing Litigation by Aligning Section 482 with Litigants’ Incentives, 52 Tax Mgmt. Int’l J. __ (2023). Faculty Sponsor: Ruth Mason The Section 482 regulations create a comprehensive system for regulating transfer pricing. But litigation involving these…
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Ryznar: Exams In The Time Of ChatGPT
Margaret Ryznar (Indiana-McKinney), Exams in the Time of ChatGPT, 80 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. Online __ (2023): This article offers various methods to administer assessments while maintaining their integrity—after asking artificial intelligence writing tool ChatGPT for its views on the matter. The sophisticated response of the chatbot, which students can use in their written…
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The Case Against Commercial Casebooks
W. David Ball (Santa Clara; Google Scholar) & Michelle Oberman (Santa Clara; Google Scholar), The Case Against Commercial Casebooks, 71 J. Legal Educ. __ (2023): Open-source, online casebooks are a free alternative to the for-profit commercial casebooks that dominate the legal academy. They offer a host of benefits for students and professors alike. Online casebooks…
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2023 Tannenwald Tax Writing Competition
The Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship and American College of Tax Counsel are sponsoring the 2023 Tannenwald Writing Competition Announcement. Named for the late Tax Court Judge Theodore Tannenwald, Jr., and designed to perpetuate his dedication to legal scholarship of the highest quality, the Tannenwald Writing Competition is open to all full- or part-time…
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Today’s Pepperdine And Tax AALS Highlights
Section on Associate Deans for Academic Affairs and Research, LLM (Law, Learning and Motivation): Transforming Legal Education via Learning and Motivation Principles1–1:50 pm Marriott Grand Ballroom 9, Lobby Level, North Tower Legal education and support are often described as entrenched in traditional methods of teaching and assessing student learning. Pedagogical considerations in law school classrooms and…
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2022 Tannenwald Tax Writing Competition Winners
The Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship has announced the winners of the 2022 tax writing competition: First Prize ($5,000):Danny Hirsch (Yale), The CIC Two-Step and the Future of Litigation Against the IRSFaculty Sponsor: Michael Graetz Second Prize ($2,500):Alexander Stephenson (Northwestern), Stacking the Chips: Qualified Small Business Stock ExclusionFaculty Sponsor: David Cameron Third…
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Call For Papers: 2023 Tax Notes Student Writing Competition
Tax Notes Student Writing Competition: The 2023 submission period for the Tax Notes Student Writing Competition is now open! Each year we recognize superior student writing on unsettled questions in tax law or policy. Learn more about the competition guidelines: Eligibility: The competition is open to any student enrolled in a law, business, or public…
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2022 Tax Notes Student Writing Competition Winner: The Intersection Of Tax And The Art Market
Arielle Zhivko (J.D. 2024, Osgoode Hall), Concealed Masterpieces: The Intersection of Taxation and the Art Market, 176 Tax Notes Fed. 2075 (Sept. 26, 2022) (1st Place: Tax Notes Student Writing Competition): In this article, Zhivko explores how the collection of art has morphed into a highly appealing outlet for tax evasion and avoidance and examines…
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ABA Tax Section Releases 22nd Annual Law Student Tax Challenge Problem
The ABA Tax Section has released the J.D. Problem (rules; entry form) and LL.M. Problem (rules; entry form) for the 22nd Annual Law Student Tax Challenge: An alternative to traditional moot court competitions, the Law Student Tax Challenge (LSTC) is organized by the Section’s Young Lawyers Form. The LSTC asks two-person teams of students to…