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Albany Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

Albany Law School is looking to hire full-time faculty members in several areas, including Tax and Trusts and Estates:

We are willing to consider all qualified candidates, including those with no prior teaching experience, for appointment at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level, as appropriate.

Albany Law School is the oldest independent law school in the country. We have a strong tax program, traditionally taught by three full time faculty members (Ira Bloom, Harold Dubroff, David Pratt) and several adjuncts. We also have a low-income taxpayer clinic.

We offer considerable support to new faculty, particularly in connection with scholarship. Albany Law School is an excellent place to teach and Albany is a great place to live. We will be interviewing at AALS in November, but we would be delighted to hear from or about potential candidates over the summer. If you are interested in knowing more, please feel free to contact me (David Pratt).

Indiana-Indianapolis Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

Indianana-Indianapolis is looking to a hire a tenure-track or tenured Tax Prof to begin in the 2010-11 academic year.  For details or to apply, see here.

ABA Tax Section to Award Two Public Service Tax Fellowships

The ABA Tax Section has announced that it will award two two-year pro bono fellowships to recent law school graduates (J.D. or LL.M.) or judicial clerks for their work in tax-related public service organizations:

The section is now accepting applications for those interested in the two annual fellowships. Applicants must arrange employment with a tax-related § 501(c)(3) organization of choice, and must commit to working there for two years. Their work must involve taxation or the administration of tax law. Possible options include the Low Income Taxpayer Clinics in all fifty states, supported in part by the IRS. The section will pay the salary and benefits for two fellows each year, and will provide a law school debt service plan to those not already covered by such a program.

For more information, see here. Completed application forms are due August 1, 2009.

Toronto Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

The University of Toronto Faculty of Law seeks to hire a Tax Prof at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor rank:

The position will commence July 1, 2010. The closing date for applications is July 1, 2009.

Job Qualifications:  The successful candidate will have completed or be close to completing graduate studies in law or a related field, preferably at the doctoral level, and will have demonstrated excellence in research and teaching. ...

About the University: The University of Toronto, Faculty of Law is one of the world's great law schools. The University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty committed to research and teaching. The Faculty of Law offers opportunities for collaborative and interdisciplinary research and teaching, the excitement of working with a diverse student population, and actively encourages innovative scholarship. As the economic and intellectual hub of Canada, Toronto provides access to policy and decision makers at all levels, and is a vibrant, cosmopolitan and safe city.

Application Procedure: Applications will be accepted electronically on our website between May 15 and July 1st, 2009. Applications must include a detailed covering letter which identifies the applicant's areas of interest in research and teaching as well as a brief research plan, a C.V., copies of all law and graduate transcripts, two sample publications, and a teaching dossier, where relevant. We also require at least three signed letters of reference, to be sent directly by referees, by email.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Secunda: The Law Professor Lateral Hiring Market

Paul M. Secunda (Marquette) has published Tales of a Law Professor Lateral Nothing, 39 U. Mem. L. Rev. 125 (2008). Here is the abstract:

This Essay seeks to uncover the mysterious world of the law professor lateral hiring market, which has become increasingly important in the last number of years as law schools seek to build their reputations in this U.S. News & World Report world through the hiring of prominent faculty members. Although the advice and guidance given in this Essay are sometimes written with tongue firmly in cheek, I do attempt to accomplish two important objectives here.

First, there has been scarcely anything written about the lateral hiring market for law professors, as opposed to the cottage industry that has been devoted to the entry-level law professor hiring market. This Essay methodically takes the lateral-to-be professor through every step of the lateral process from the first-person perspective of one who has been on the market for three years and successfully lateraled this past year.

Second, and perhaps more importantly, I want to contribute to the process of bringing back to legal academic writing the form of the first-person narrative. Like my colleague, David Case, I believe that, the narrative voice is an important, and perhaps underutilized, tool in deconstructing the arbitrary processes of the legal academic hiring market. See David Case, The Pedagogical Don Quixote de la Mississippi, 33 U. Mem. L. Rev. 529, 530 n.2 (2003).

Entry Level Hiring Report

Larry Solum (Illinois) is compiling his annual Entry Level Hiring Report.  Please enter your school's information via Survey Monkey.  He plans to report preliminary results next week.  (For the 2008 report, see here.)

Tax Notes Seeks to Hire Senior Editor

Tax Analysts, a nonprofit multimedia tax publisher, seeks an experienced senior editor:

Responsibilities include planning, editing, and taking overall responsibility for Tax Notes magazine, the company's flagship publication. Evaluates material submitted for publication. Keeps abreast of current events in tax law through pertinent literature, media, and contacts with government officials and others. Writes editorials, and conducts weekly editorial meetings. Provides guidance and editorial direction to the staff and works closely with sales and marketing on advertising efforts. Must be willing to work late hours and excel under daily deadlines.

We strive to stir up great tax policy debate -- and fuel it with the best news and commentary around. Because our publication has no advertising, no holds are barred in the aggressive pursuit of all angles of a given story -- an advantage that few other periodicals can offer.

We offer a competitive compensation package with a wide range of generous benefits including 401(k) with employer match, medical and dental insurance and much more.

Tax Analysts resides in a spacious new office building midway between the East and West Falls Church metro stops. Our employees enjoy an excellent benefit package as well as a casual dress code, ample free underground parking, exercise room, and contemporary training and conference facilities.

Requirements: J.D. required; LL.M in taxation and experience in tax publishing strongly preferred. Six years experience in editing and writing for print and electronic products. Must have demonstrated ability to manage a staff and must display sound judgement and problem-solving skills.

Contact: To apply, please send resume and cover letter to Tax Analysts, Human Resources (Code NOTES) by email to hr@tax.org or fax to (703) 533-4619. No phone calls, please. EOE.

Cal Poly Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

California Polytechnic State University, Orfalea College of Business, invites applications for a full-time, academic year Assistant/Associate/Full Professor tenure-track positions in taxation beginning September 14, 2009. For details or to apply, see here.  (Hat Tip:  Francine Lipman.)

University of Luxembourg Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

The University of Luxembourg is has an opening in its Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, for one Professor/Associate- Professor in Tax Law:

The successful candidate will be expected to have extensive research and teaching experience in European taw law and taw system of one or more of EU member states. Knowledge of Belgian, German or French tax system as well as the willingness to invest in the study of Luxembourg tax regime, is an advantage.

Profile:

• A PhD in law.
• A significant record of publications in internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals.
• Experience and aptitude for teaching and supervision of research at university level.
• The capacity and interest to engage in academic research at the highest level.
• The capability to work in a multilingual environment in which good knowledge of both French and English are essential, fluency in German is an additional advantage.

For more information, or to apply for the position, see here.

Lipshaw: Memo to Lawyers: How Not to "Retire and Teach"

Jeffrey M. Lipshaw (Suffolk) has published Memo to Lawyers: How Not to "Retire and Teach," 30 N.C. Cent. L. Rev. 151 (2008).  Here is the abstract:

Many long-time practitioners muse about what it might be like to retire and teach, not realizing there is no more galvanizing phrase to their counterparts who have long toiled in the academy, nor one less likely to enhance the prospects of the unfortunate seasoned applicant who utters the phrase. I intend this essay not for law professors (though it may either amuse or irritate them), but for those in the practice who aspire, after all these years, to return to the academy. With a good deal of humility acquired along the way, I offer some realistic advice to job seekers, concluding that wistful phrase is precisely the opposite of the true sine qua non of success: demonstrating the capability of, and commitment to, being a productive scholar.

Law School Faculty Recruitment Should Emulate Medical School Match Program for Residents

Tax Prof Bridget J. Crawford (Pace) proposes that law school faculty recuitment emulate medical school matching programs for residents:

The main beneficiaries of a matching system would be schools that historically have difficulty in recruiting their first, second, or even third-choice candidate. Might women of all colors and other “outsiders” fare better under a matching system, too? ... A match program would minimize faculty fatigue and increase efficiencies in hiring, defined as slots being filled by candidates that a faculty deemed desirable, although perhaps not first-preferred.

Tax Prof Job Openings

With the AALS faculty recruitment conference beginning today, and formal interviews on Friday and Saturday, here are the law schools I am aware of that are looking to hire one of more entry-level (EL) or lateral (L) tax professors, along with the school's contact person:

• Albany (EL, L)
• American (EL, L)
• Cleveland State (EL)
• CUNY (EL, L) (Maureen McCafferty)
• Drexel (EL, L) (Dan Filler)
• Georgia State (EL, L) (Ronald Blasi)
• Hamline (EL, L) (James Coben)
• Indiana-Indianapolis (EL, L) (Andrew Klein)
• Iowa (El, L)
• Louisville (EL, L) (Grace Giesel)
• Loyola-Chicago (EL, L) (Diane Geraghty)
• Ohio State (EL, L) (Katherine Federle)
• Oklahoma City (EL, L) (Paula Dalley)
• Pace (EL, L) (David Cassuto
• Pittsburgh (EL, L) (John Burkoff)
• Queen's (EL, L)
• Quinnipiac (EL, L)( Robert Farrell)
• Seattle (EL, L) (Margaret Chon, Julie Shapiro)
• SMU (EL, L) (Xuan-Thao Nguyen)
• Syracuse (EL) (Margaret Harding)
• Toledo (EL, L) (Lee Pizzimenti)
• Tulane (EL, L) (James Gordley)
• Utah (EL, L)
• Valparaiso (EL, L) (JoEllen Lind)
• West Virginia (EL, L) Gerald Ashdown)
• Widener-PA (EL, L) (John Dernbach)
• Widener-DE (EL, L) Nicholas Miray)

Cal-Western Seeks to Hire Tax Visitor

California Western School of Law invites applications for visiting faculty positions to fill curricular needs in several areas, including Business Entity Tax, Property, Contracts, and Trusts & Estates:

Preference may be given to candidates who express interest for both semesters of the 2009-2010 academic year. ... CWSL is a private, independent law school located in San Diego – a city abounding with cultural and recreational resources and blessed with near-perfect weather year-round. Send letter of interest, CV, and three references Robert A. Bohrer.

IRS Office of Chief Counsel Seeks 2009-10 Professor in Residence

IRS Chief Counsel Donald L. Korb seeks applications from full, associate, or assistant law professor at ABA-accredited law schools to serve as the 2009-10 Professor in Residence (September 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010):

The Professor in Residence Program.  The Professor in Rsidence Program at the IRS Office of Chief Counsel is designed to achieve greater understanding of the academic and governmental perspectives on the development of tax law and policy. The program provides one law school professor per year the opportunity to apply his or her scholarly experience, research and writing in tax law to the full range of technical legal work and litigation handled by the Office of Chief Counsel by serving full-time on the Chief Counsel’s immediate staff for a full academic year. This prestigious position will enhance the professor’s stature within the tax bar and provide him or her the ability to serve the public and the law by meaningfully contributing to the development of tax policy, as well as to attain a comprehensive understanding of the Office of Chief Counsel. The program will also positively reflect upon the sponsoring law school’s reputation for excellence and help stimulate the interest of its students in public service and tax practice. The fresh ideas and perspectives brought to the position by the Professor in Residence will greatly benefit the Office of Chief Counsel and its attorneys as they pursue their mission to provide the best possible legal support to the Internal Revenue Service.

Position Description.  The Professor in Residence will undertake assignments of legal, technical and tax matters. The range of projects the Professor In Residence may be asked to undertake include the development of regulations, rulings, proposed legislation, technical advice, and matters affecting litigation, as directed by the Chief Counsel or his designee. The Professor In Residence will, from time to time, be called upon to perform exhaustive and detailed research on difficult, important, complex and/or complicated legal problems and/or tax matters; consider legal cases or problems that may have broad ramifications that cut across division lines; prepare and/or make recommendations and/or render decisions regarding research and findings; and advise on possible courses of action. In the course of performing these duties, he or she may become involved in interpreting laws, examining procedures, conducting substantive research and preparing technical memoranda. The Professor in Residence will attend meetings, conferences, and other events where invited as a guest speaker before Treasury, IRS, and other professional groups. The Professor in Residence may be engaged in teaching and training assignments as directed by the Chief Counsel to further the exchange of ideas between academia and the attorneys in the Office of Chief Counsel.

We previously have extolled the virtues of the program, reinstituted by Donald Korb with the first three selection:

• 2008-09:  David Hasen (Michigan)
• 2007-08:  Gegg Polsky (Florida State)
• 2007:  Calvin Johnson (Texas)

Application process:

• Candidates must submit a one page letter of introduction and full CV by December 5, 2008.
• The selection panel will make its decision in early January.

More details:

• The Professor in Residence is detailed by the law school to the IRS Office of Chief Counsel under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act for a full academic year (September – June).
• During the detail period, he or she remains an employee of the university:
  • Salary and benefits continue to be paid by the university;
  • The Office of Chief Counsel provides proportional reimbursement of salary and benefits to the law school under a negotiated cost-sharing agreement.
• The Office of Chief Counsel pays travel to and from Washington and lodging expenses in D.C.

Cleveland State Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

Cleveland State is looking to make an entry level tax appointment, For more information or to apply, contact:

Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
2121 Euclid Avenue, LB138
Cleveland, OH 44115

Syracuse Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

Syracuse is looking to make an entry level or lateral tax appointment,  For more information or to apply, contact Tax Prof Terry L Turnipseed.

A Law Faculty Hiring Comment Thread/Wiki/Spreadsheet

PrawfsBlawg is all over this year's faculty hiring season with a hiring thread, thoughts about a hiring wiki, and a spreadhseet with the 2008-09 hiring chairs at the Top 100 law schools.

CTJ & ITEP Seek to Hire Tax Lawyer

Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ) and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) are seeking to hire an experienced tax attorney to handle both state and federal tax issues:

CTJ is a 501(c)(4) organization that advocates progressive tax policies with a focus on federal legislative issues. ITEP is the corresponding 501(c)(3) organization researching tax fairness issues. ITEP works primarily on state tax issues but also provides research on federal tax issues to CTJ.

Job Responsibilities

• Identify loopholes and tax avoidance schemes in the federal tax code, as well as common state tax loopholes. Write short reports that describe these loopholes and comment on proposed remedies.
• Produce short reports (4-10 pages each) addressing highly technical tax issues that are affected by federal legislative proposals or that interest Hill staff.
• Identify and analyze federal legislative proposals that would affect states' ability to raise revenue and ensure that all businesses are taxed fairly (like the Business Activity Tax Simplification Act).
• Identify proposed state ballot initiatives that would impair funding for vital public services or deliver inordinate benefits to affluent residents and help state partners to educate the public about the potential costs.

Qualifications

• Law degree and at least 3-5 years of experience in tax law or tax policy analysis.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of corporate tax loopholes and tax avoidance schemes.
• Ability to write about complicated tax issues in a concise style that is clear and understandable to the public and to Hill staffers.
• This position is full-time and based in Washington, DC.

To apply for the position:  email a CV, writing sample, and salary requirements here.

American Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

American University, Washington College of Law, seeks to hire an entry-level or lateral tax professor to replace Dennis Ventry, who will be returning to the San Francisco area next fall to join the faculty at UC-Davis.  To apply for the position, submit a cover letter and resume here.

Fellowships for Aspiring Law Professors (Updated)

For practitioners and others contemplating joining the law professor ranks, many law schools offer wonderful opportunities to transition into the legal academy with one- or two-year fellowships which allow you to enter the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference (the "meat market") with published scholarship (and in many cases teaching experience) under your belt:

• Alabama: Hugo Black Fellowship Program (for Supreme Court clerks)
• Arizona State:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Brooklyn:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• California Western:  Legal Scholars Teaching Fellowship Program
• Chicago:
  • Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellowships
  • Fellowship in Law and Philosophy
  • John M. Olin Fellows in Law
• Chicago-Kent: Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Columbia:
  • Academic Fellows Program
  • Associates in Law Program (J.S.D., LL.M., and Non-degree)
  • James Milligan Law Review Fellowships (for Columbia Law Review alumni)
  • Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts Fellowships
• Connecticut:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program (contact Jeremy Paul)
• Cornell:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Duke:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Federalist Society:  Olin/Searle/Smith Fellows in Law Program
• Florida:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program (Tax)
• Fordham:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• George Mason:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program (not offered for 2008-09)
• George Washington:  Frank H. Marks Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Administrative Fellow in the Intellectual Property Law Program
• Georgetown:
  • Clinical Graduate Teaching Fellowships
  • Graduate Fellowship Program for Future Law Professors
• Harvard:
  • Byse Fellowships
  • Climenko Fellowship
  • Kauffman Legal Fellowship (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Reginald F. Lewis Fellowship for Law Teaching
  • Petrie-Flom Fellowships in Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics
  • Post-Graduate Fellowship in International Law (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Post-Graduate Fellowship in Public Law (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Post-Graduate Research Fellowship Program (for Harvard Law alumni)
  • Program on Negotiation Research Fellowships
  • Raoul Berger Visiting Fellowship in Legal History
  • Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Illinois:  Academic Fellowship Program
• Loyola-Chicago:  Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies Research Fellowship
• Loyola-L.A.:  Visiting Assistant Professor (Tax)
• Loyola-New Orleans:  Westerfield Fellows Program
• New York University:
  • Acting Assistant Professor of Lawyering Program
  • Acting Assistant Professor Program (Tax)
  • Furman Academic Fellowship Program (for NYU grads)
  • Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy Research Fellowship (contact Vicki Been)
  • Golieb Fellowships in Legal History
  • Wagner Fellowship in Law & Business
• Northwestern:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
  • VAP in Negotiations
  • VAP in Securities and Finance
  • VAP in Taxation
• Pennsylvania:
  • Law Faculty Fellowship Program
  • Sharswood Fellowship (for Penn Law alumni)
• Princeton:  Law and Public Affairs Fellowship
• Stanford:
  • Center for Ethics in Society
  • Center for Internet & Society Teaching Fellowship Program
  • Center for Internet & Society and Constitutional Law Center Joint Fellowship
  • Center for Law and the Biosciences
  • Center on the Legal Profession
  • Clinical Teaching Fellowship Program
  • CodeX: Center for Computers and Law
  • Constitutional Law Center
  • Criminal Justice Center
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Program
  • Legal Resarch & Writing Teaching Fellowship Program
  • Rock Center for Corporate Governance
• Temple:  Abraham L. Freedman Graduate Teaching Fellowship Program
• Texas:  Emerging Scholars Program
• Tulane:  Forrester Fellowship Program
• UC-Berkeley:  Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, Microsoft Research Fellowship
• UCLA:
  • Binder Clinical Teaching Fellowship
  • Critical Race Studies Law Teaching Fellowship
  • Evan Frankel Environmental Law and Policy Fellowship
  • Law and Philosophy Program Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Williams Institute Law Teaching Fellowships -- Sexual Orientation Law
• Wake Forest:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Washington University:  Visiting Faculty Fellows Program
• University of Windsor:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Wisconsin:
  • William H. Hastie Fellowship Program
  • Law & Society Post-doctoral Fellowship
• Windsor:  Visiting Assistant Professor Program
• Yale:  Fellowship Home Page
  • Richard A. Bartlett Fellowship at the American University in Cairo
  • Robert M. Cover Fellowship Program
  • Information Society Project (law and technology)
  • Irving S. Ribicoff Fellowship Program
  • Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fellowship Program
  • Oscar M. Ruebhausen South Asia Fellowship Program

For more information on becoming a law professor, including a discussion of the advantages of these fellowship programs, see:

• Jack Chin (Arizona) & Denise Morgan (New York Law School), Breaking Into the Academy: The 2002-2004 Michigan Journal of Race & Law Guide for Aspiring Law Professors, 7 Mich. J. Race & L. 457 (2002)
• Glenn Cohen (Harvard):
  • Why Not/Do a Fellowship
  • So You Are a Fellow, What Exactly Does That Mean?
  • Job Market Timetable
  • Recommenders and the Entry-Level Job Market
  • The Meat Market Is Like ... The Meat Market
  • Asking Questions on the Job Market - Part 1: Before the Offer
  • Asking Questions on the Job Market - Part II: About the Offer
• James D. Gordon III (BYU), An Insider's Guide to the Faculty Recruitment Conference, 43 J. Legal Educ. 301 (1999)
• Eric Goldman (Santa Clara), Careers in Law Teaching
• Law Crossing, Becoming a Law Professor: Part 1 and Part 2
• Brian Leiter (Texas), Information and Advice for Persons Interested in Teaching Law
• Rick Swedloff (Temple VAP), The Fellowship of the (Hi)Ring
• Brad Wendel (Cornell), The Big Rock Candy Mountain: How to Get a Job in Law Teaching
• David Zaring (Washington & Lee), Whether a Fellow or a Visitor Be
• Don Zillman (Maine), Marina Angel (Temple), Jan Laitos (Denver), George Pring (Denver) & Joseph Tomain (Cincinnati), Uncloaking Law School Hiring: A Recruit's Guide to the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference, 39 J. Legal Educ. 345 (1988)

UConn Seeks to Hire Two-Year Tax Clinic VAP

The University of Connecticut School of Law invites applicants for an anticipated opening as an assistant clinical professor of law serving in a two-year position in its tax clinic.  The position will begin in the fall of 2009 and requires the applicant to apply for and receive the ABA Tax Section Public Service Fellowship. The application must be completed and received by the ABA Tax Section by October 15, 2008.  For more details, see the job posting.

Atax Issues Call for Tax Research Fellows

The Australian Taxation Studies Program (Atax), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, is seeking two research fellows for 2009:

In 2009 Atax will offer two Research Fellowships to international academics and professionals keen to further their research in the field of taxation and related disciplines. Each Fellowship is valued at up to A$7,500.

Research Fellows normally spend four weeks working at Atax on a mutually agreed area of research. During their stay, Fellows are involved in the following activities:

• producing at least one research paper on taxation, preferably in collaboration with Atax academic(s), to be published in a refereed journal with due acknowledgement of the Fellowship;
• conducting an Atax research seminar for interested members of the broader tax research community; and
• participating in Atax collegial activities during the period of the Fellowship.

Atax will provide office space and computer equipment at its campus in Sydney, Australia. Fellows will be responsible for organising their own travel and accommodation arrangements. The preferred timing for successful applicants to undertake the Fellowship is August-October 2009, but other times of the year may also be possible.

To apply, send a letter of application indicating the tax area to research under the Fellowship, a current curriculum vitae, and preferred timing to undertake the Fellowship to Associate Professor Binh Tran-Nam, Research Fellowship Convenor, by November 30, 2008. Successful applicants will be notified by December 31, 2008. For more details, and a list of prior research fellows, see here.

University of Luxembourg Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

The University of Luxembourg is looking to hire a Professor/Assistant Professor in Tax Law:

The successful candidate will be expected to have extensive research and teaching experience in various aspects European tax law as well as the fiscal system of one or several EU-countries. Preference will be given to candidates with strong knowledge of Belgian, German and French fiscal system and should be willing to study Luxemburgish tax law.

Responsibilities include research, tutoring students at Bachelor, Master and PhD levels, the preparation and management of research projects as well as teaching at different levels.

Applications (in French or English) will contain following documents:

• A detailed curriculum vitae
• A list of publications of the candidate
• A text of up to 6000 characters (3 pages) describing the scientific activities which the applicant wishes to carry out
• A copy of the doctoral thesis
• A copy of the three publications that the candidate considers as most representative of his or her research activity
• A list of three references with their name, address and present position

All applications should be sent in printed form and electronic version before August 31, 2008 to Professeur Andre Prum Dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance University of Luxembourg Campus Limpertsberg 162 A, avenue de la Faiencerie L-1511 Luxembourg.

Federalist Society Offers Paid Research Leaves to Junior Faculty

The Federalist Society has announced a new Searle Young Legal Scholars Research Fellowship Program to provide two junior tenure-track faculty members funding to take a semester-long research leave to make major progress on an important scholarly article:

• The Award: Fellows will receive a stipend set at a level reasonably comparable to their salary for half of a year. The stipend will be sufficient to enable fellows to take negotiated leaves from teaching duties in order to devote themselves full time to production of a significant piece of legal scholarship. In addition, fellows will receive advice and feedback on their project from a member of the Fellowship Selection Committee. The leave should begin no later than the middle of the 2009-2010 academic year. The program assumes that fellows will continue to use the offices and research facilities of their home institutions.
• Selection Criteria: To qualify, an applicant must be a tenure-track faculty member at a law school. Special consideration will be given to applicants in the second to fifth years of their teaching careers. The Fellowship Selection Committee will consider the following criteria:
  • Prior demonstration of outstanding academic talent
  • Promise and importance of proposed scholarly article
  • Demonstrated commitment to intellectual diversity in the legal academy
  • Current teaching load (and, thus, likely utility of a fellowship)
• Selection Process: A distinguished group of academics will select the Fellows.
• To Apply: Applicants should submit:
  • A description of the project for which the applicant seeks the fellowship, including its current status
  • A list and copies of completed or close-to-complete articles (published or not), with a notation indicating the single non-coauthored article that represents the applicant's best work
  • A curriculum vitae
  • Preliminary information concerning the applicant's school's policies on granting academic leave for the pursuit of research funded by an outside entity, including any minimum financial commitment generally required in those circumstances
  • In addition, though not required, applicants may submit the following:
    • Two to three letters of recommendation from faculty members or other academic authorities familiar with the applicant's work
    • Any information relevant to the applicant's qualifications under the selection criteria listed above
  • All application materials should be submitted to: Searle Junior Scholar Fellowship Selection Committee c/o The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies 1015 18th Street, N.W. Suite 425 Washington, DC 20036 Or by email to Erin Sheley, Deputy Faculty Division Director.
• Application Deadline: All application materials should be submitted by September 15, 2008.
• Announcement of Fellowships: Applicants will be notified no later than November 17, 2008.

Loyola-Chicago Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

Loyola-Chicago is looking to make an entry level or lateral tenure-track appointment focused primarily on income tax and corporate/commercial law. The person will be expected to teach the Income Tax and Corporate Law courses.  To apply, send a cover letter and CV to Tax Prof and Faculty Appointments Committee Chair Jeffrey L. Kwall.

Western State Seeks Spring 2009 Tax Visitor

From Cheyanna Jaffke:

Western State University College of Law in beautiful and sunny Southern California (Orange County) needs a spring semester visitor to teach basic tax and maybe one upper division course while I am on sabbatical. You can surf in the morning and snow ski in the afternoon. Classes will run from January through May. If you are interested, please e-mail Associate Dean Greg Sergienko.  Please email me if you have particular questions about the area.

Pace Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

Pace University School of Law seeks to hire a full-time, tenure-track Tax Prof to begin in the 2009-10 academic year:

The ideal candidates ... will be entry-level or in the early part of their academic careers. ...  Candidates should have demonstrated commitment to scholarly achievement and should be interested in enriching both our curriculum and our academic community. Applications are especially encouraged from people of color, people with all sexual and gender identities, individuals who are differently-abled, veterans of the armed forces or national service, and anyone whose background and experience will contribute to the diversity of our faculty. Pace is committed to achieving completely equal opportunity in all aspects of University life.

For more information or to apply, contact David N. Cassuto, Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee.

Queen's Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

Queen's University Faculty of Law seeks to hire (1) a full-time, tenured-track or tenured Tax Prof to begin July 1, 2009, at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level, and (2) a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor:

The Faculty is seeking candidates who will contribute actively to the life of the academic community at Queen's and beyond. The main criterion is academic excellence, or a demonstrated potential for excellence, as reflected in the candidate's scholarly and teaching record. ...

Queen's Law is one of Canada's leading law schools, with a distinguished record of outstanding teaching and research. Located in historic Kingston, Ontario, Queen's is a mid- sized law school with a proud history of a high degree of faculty and student engagement. Queen's Law has a curriculum and research profile that is global in scope.

For more information or to apply, see here.

Albany Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

Albany Law School seeks to hire a full-time tenure-track tax professor, beginning Fall 2009.  Candidates must demonstrate: (1) a record of strong academic performance; (2) a record of, or potential for, excellent scholarly publication; and (3) a record of, or potential for teaching in accordance with Best Practices for Legal Education.  Applications (cover letter, C.V., and list of publications) and should be sent electronically to the Faculty Recruitment Committee, c/o Barbara Jordan-Smith.

Junior Prof Wanted to Teach in Seoul, South Korea

Beginning September 1, 2008, teach law at Transnational Law and Business University Graduate School of Law, one of Asia's most elite graduate law schools, in Seoul, Korea. Language of instruction (and all on-campus communication) is English-only.  Students are mostly valedictorian or salutatorian law graduates from top Asian universities (in China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Laos, etc); are virtually fluent in English; and are obtaining their graduate (second) law degrees in international law (but more core American subjects are needed).  Salary is roughly equivalent to similar U.S. position.

If interested, send CV and cover letter here.  The position includes four months paid holiday per year, and free housing and food provided near campus.  No teaching experience is required for this position.  Term is for a one-year visitor, with the possibility of renewal. We are looking for an energetic, ambitious, adventurous and personable lawyer or current law professor. The person hired will have flexibility in choosing subjects for instruction. New or fairly recent law graduates will be considered for this junior position. The position likely will require some travel both in Asia and globally.

Washington & Lee Seeks Fall 2008 Tax Visitor

Washington & Lee is seeking a Fall 2008 tax visitor to teach basic tax (3 credits) and the basic trusts and estates course (3 credits).  For more information or to apply, please contact Associate Dean (and Tax Prof) Bob Danforth.

Florida State Seeks One-Semester Tax Visitor for 2008-09

Florida State is seeking a one-semester tax visitor for the 2008-09 academic year.  For more information, or to apply, contact Joseph Dodge.

Loyola-Chicago Seeks Tax Visitor

Loyola-Chicago seeks to hire a tax visitor for Fall 2008 (or the entire 2008-09 academic year) to teach Federal Income Tax and other tax or non-tax courses (such as International Tax, Corporate Finance, or Banking). If interested, please e-mail Jeffrey L. Kwall.

Georgia State Seeks Tax Visitor for 2008-09

Georgia State seeks visiting professors for the 2008-09 academic year in a variety of areas, including Tax (Basic Income Tax, Business Tax, and Estate & Gift Tax) and Wills.  For more information or to apply, please email Roy M. Sobelson, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law.

ABA Tax Section Seeks to Hire Pro Bono Lawyer

The ABA Section of Taxation is looking for a Pro Bono lawyer to join its staff in Washington, D.C.:

This position will work with the Section's Pro Bono Committee to coordinate efforts to provide service to the pro bono tax assistance community and individual taxpayers. As such, he/she will assist in providing technical tax assistance, guidance and support to persons and organizations throughout the United States that are engaged in the development, promotion and delivery of pro bono legal services in the tax area. Candidate will assist in developing training and educational opportunities at state and national conferences, drafting reports, writing for publications and making presentations in the area of tax.

This position requires a J.D. degree, with 5-10 years of experience in the pro bono tax area.

For information about the position, and to apply online, go here. If you have questions or need additional information, please email Anne Nicholas.

Tulane Seeks Tax Visitor

Tulane seeks a 2008-09 visitor to teach Income Tax and Corporate Tax, either as a full-year or one-semester Spring visit.  For more information or to apply, contact Vice-Dean Steve Griffin.

Oxford Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

Oxford University seeks to fill the McGrigors University Lecturership in Tax Law:

The University wishes to make an appointment from 1 October 2008 to the University Lecturership in Tax Law, a newly established, permanent post. The post is funded by a generous donation from McGrigors for at least five years and will be known, during that period, as the McGrigors UL in Tax Law. This is a joint appointment to be held in association with a Tutorial Fellowship at St Hugh's College. The combined University and College salary is on the scale up to £52,628 per annum (as at 1 August 2007; a cost of living increase is due in May 2008), plus housing allowance and other College allowances. The Law Faculty offers a support grant of £4,000.

The postholder will be required to give lectures and seminars within the field of corporate and international tax law and to assist in the development of these teaching areas. The postholder will also be expected to supervise research students and to pursue research in taxation law. The duties of the tutorial fellowship include the giving of tutorials for an average of six hours per week over the academic year (a reduction in hours is under consideration). This teaching will include undergraduate and graduate tutorials in Tax Law; and undergraduate tutorials in at least one core subject (A Roman Introduction to Private Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Administrative Law, Contract, EC Law, Jurisprudence, Land Law, Tort, Trusts).

For more details or to apply, see here.

Vermont Seeks 2008-09 Tax Visitors

Vermont Law School is looking for tax visitors for fall semester 2008 and spring semester 2009:

We offer a four-credit basic income tax course in each semester. We also offer a three-credit business tax course and can offer it either in fall 2008 or spring 2009.

If interested, or for more information, please contact Tax Prof Stephanie J. Willbanks, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Vermont Law School.

Georgia State Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

Georgia State University College of Law seeks to hire a visiting professor to teach one or more core tax courses for one semester only in the Fall of 2008. If interested, please send a CV and cover letter to Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Roy M. Sobelson.

IRS Seeks Professor in Residence for 2008-09

The IRS Office of Chief Counsel invites applications for a Professor in Residence for the 2008-09 academic year:

The Professor in Residence Program at the IRS Office of Chief Counsel is designed to achieve greater understanding of the academic and governmental perspectives on the development of tax law and policy. The program provides one law school professor per year the opportunity to apply his or her scholarly experience, research and writing in tax law to the full range of technical legal work and litigation handled by the Office of Chief Counsel by serving full-time on the Chief Counsel’s immediate staff for a full academic year. ...

The Professor in Residence will undertake assignments of legal, technical and tax matters. The range of projects the Professor In Residence may be asked to undertake include the development of regulations, rulings, proposed legislation, technical advice, and matters affecting litigation, as directed by the Chief Counsel or his designee. The Professor In Residence will, from time to time, be called upon to perform exhaustive and detailed research on difficult, important, complex and/or complicated legal problems and/or tax matters; consider legal cases or problems that may have broad ramifications that cut across division lines; prepare and/or make recommendations and/or render decisions regarding research and findings; and advise on possible courses of action. In the course of performing these duties, he or she may become involved in interpreting laws, examining procedures, conducting substantive research and preparing technical memoranda. The Professor in Residence will attend meetings, conferences, and other events where invited as a guest speaker before Treasury, IRS, and other professional groups. The Professor in Residence may be engaged in teaching and training assignments as directed by the Chief Counsel to further the exchange of ideas between academia and the attorneys in the Office of Chief Counsel.

The Professor in Residence will serve from September 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.  Here are the most recent Professor in Residence:

• Calvin Johnson (Texas):  January 1, 2007 - May 31, 2007
• Gregg Polsky (Florida State):  September 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008

Applications are due December 3, 2007.  For more details, see here.

Tax Prof Job Openings

With the AALS faculty recruitment conference beginning today, with formal interviews on Friday and Saturday, here are the law schools I am aware of that are looking to hire one of more entry-level (EL) or lateral (L) tax professors, along with the school's contact person:

• Albany (EL, L) (Barbara Jordan-Smith)
• Arkansas-Fayetteville (EL, L)
• Brooklyn (EL, L) (EL: Roberta S. Karmel; L: Neil B. Cohen)
• Cal-Berkeley (EL, L) (Search Chair)
• Cal-Davis (EL, L) (Evelyn A. Lewis)
• Cincinnati (EL, L) (Tax Prof Paul Caron)
• Emory (EL, L) (Tom Arthur)
• Florida (EL) (Michael Wolf)
• George Washington (EL, L) (Sean D. Murphy)
• Hofstra (EL, L) (EL:  J. Herbie DiFonzo; L: Joanna L. Grossman)
• Iowa (EL, L)
• Indiana-Indianapolis (EL, L) (Florence Wagman Roisman)
• Minnesota (EL, L) (EL: Brad Karkkainen; L: Mary Louise Fellows)
• North Carolina (EL, L) (Kenneth S. Broun)
• Pittsburgh (EL, L) (Tax Prof Anthony Infanti)
• Rutgers-Camden (EL, L) (Allan Stein)
• Rutgers-Newark (EL, L) (Mark Weiner)
• Seattle (EL, L) (Christian Halliburton)
• Southwestern (EL, L) (Doreen Heyer)
• Suffolk (EL, L) (Joseph Franco)
• Temple (EL, L) (Tax Prof Alice Abreu)
• Texas Tech (EL, L) (Jorge Ramirez)
• Texas-Wesleyan (EL, L) (Susan Ayers)
• Tulane (EL, L) (Janet Hoeffel)
• Utah (L)
• Washington & Lee (L)

Here are the tax clinic tax positions of which I am aware:

• Quinnipiac (EL, L) (Tax Prof Toni Robinson)

Here are the tax VAP positions of which I am aware:

• Loyola-L.A. (EL) (Tax Prof Katherine Pratt, Tax Prof Theodore Seto)
• Northwestern (EL) (Cristina Barragan)

If your school is looking to hire a tax person and is not on this list, please contact me so I can add your school in an updated post.

Temple Seeks to Hire Business Tax Prof

Temple invites entry level and junior lateral candidates to apply for a tenure-track business tax faculty position.  For more information or to apply, contact Tax Prof Alice G. Abreu, Chair, Faculty Selection and Recruitment Committee.

Tennessee Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

The University of Tennessee College of Law seeks to hire a full-time tenure-track professor to teach Federal Income Taxation or Business Associations and related courses.  For more information or to apply, contact Thomas E. Plank, Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee.

Cincinnati Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

The University of Cincinnati College of Law is seeking to hire a tax professor.  Both entry-level and lateral candidates are encouraged to apply, as well as those who would like to visit for a semester or a year before deciding whether to permanently join us.  We believe this is a particularly attractive opportunity for a number of reasons, including our:

• Ambitious plans for the future as outlined in our strategic plan and guided by our new dean
• Productive, energetic, diverse, and collegial faculty of scholars-teachers
• Talented and diverse student body (entering class with 161 LSAT and 3.63 GPA medians)
• Three-course teaching package and generous salaries, benefits, and research support
• Robust intellectual environment, including speaker and workshop series, symposia, and vibrant centers and institutes
• Location in a major midwestern city that combines the advantages of a big city (major league sports teams, world class arts and restaurants) that is also liveable, affordable, and family-friendly

For more information, or to apply, please contact me or Chris Bryant, chair of our appointments committee.

Louisville Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

The University of Louisville School of Law seeks to hire two entry-level or lateral professors in a variety of areas, including tax.  For more information or to apply, contact John Cross, chair of the appointments committee.

Loyola-L.A. Seeks to Hire Tax VAP

Loyola Law School-L.A. is soliciting applications for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor in Taxation position commencing summer or fall 2008. A description of the position is available here:

We are prepared to offer a more attractive compensation package than is typical for VAP positions in the hope of attracting highly qualified applicants. The application deadline for the VAP position is October 15, 2007. If you know of any highly qualified graduates of your program who might be interested in the position, please ask them to contact us. Also, feel free to forward this job announcement to your school's Career Services Office. If your school has a faculty committee on law teaching, please pass along this information to that committee as well.

Very truly yours, Prof. Katherine Pratt and Prof Theodore Seto.

Georgia Seeks Tax Visitor for Spring 2008

The University of Georgia School of Law is seeking a tax visitor for Spring 2008 to teach Corporate Tax (3 credits) and Partnership Tax (2 credits). For more information, or to apply, email Associate Dean Paul Kurtz.

Queen's University Seeks to Hire Tax Prof

The Queen's University Faculty of Law is seeking to hire a Tax Prof to begin July 1, 2008:

Queen's University Faculty of Law invites applications for up to three tenure-track or tenured appointments, particularly at the Assistant or Associate Professor level, to begin July 1, 2008. The Faculty is seeking candidates who will contribute actively to the life of the academic community at Queen's and beyond. The main criterion is academic excellence, or a demonstrated potential for excellence, as reflected in the candidate’s scholarly and teaching record. Applicants must have completed, or be close to completing, graduate studies in law or a related field. The Faculty welcomes applicants from all areas of legal study and is particularly interested in applicants with expertise in Business Law, Tax Law, International Law, Intellectual Property Law, and Labour Law.

UDC Seeks Tax Clinic Director

The University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law, is looking to hire a director for its Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic for the 2007-2008 academic year (to begin mid-August).  The current director,  Jacqueline Laínez, will be at Georgetown next year pursuing her tax LL.M.  Interested persons should contact Jacqueline or either of the co-chairs of the Faculty Appointments Committee: Bill Robinson or Joe Tulman.