This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts

Legal Education:

1. Derek Muller (Notre Dame), Projected Declines Of NYU & Cornell In 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings Highlight Impact Of New Methodology's Shift From Quality To Quantity 
2. Ilya Shapiro (Manhattan Institute), Learning From My Lived Experience With Academic Intolerance
3. Derek Muller (Notre Dame), Hard Questions About Experiential Learning, Legal Education, And The ABA
4. New York Times, AI Got Smarter In 2023 (Especially On The LSAT And Bar Exam)
5. National Review, 1L Sues Rutgers Law School For Ignoring Rampant Campus Antisemitism
6. Peter Wood (President, National Association of Scholars), Free Speech In Academia
7. ABA Journal, Profs Trade Notes As Law Schools Write Generative AI Policies
8. Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Halfway Through Fall 2024 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up +3.3%, With Biggest Decline (-4.3%) In The 170-180 LSAT Band
9. Fox News, California Law Students Provide Pro Bono Help To Struggling Maui Residents After Wildfires
10. Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), The Top 10 Legal Education Posts Of 2023

Tax:

1. Aaron Anderson (BYU), Reforming The Grantor Trust Rules
2. Brian Riedl (Manhattan Institute), Why Cutting IRS Funding Is Not Conservative
3. Cato Institute, 2026 Tax Increases In One Chart
4. Fortune, Former IRS Commissioner John Koskinen's Use Of Charitable Lead Annuity Trust Elevated Duke Athletics, Provided Early Inheritance To His Children, And Allowed Him To Take Public Interest Posts Late In His Career
5. Andrew Hayashi (Virginia) & Justin Hopkins (Virginia), The Charitable Tax Deduction And Civic Engagement
6. Omaha World Herald, Tax Prof Victoria Haneman Participates In New Fox Game Show Tonight: The Floor
7. Bloomberg, Longtime Tax Watchdog J. Russell George Dies After Illness
8. AALS Tax Section, Pat Cain & Cliff Fleming Receive Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Awards
9. SSRN, The Top Five New Tax Papers 
10. Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), The Top 10 Tax Posts Of 2023

Faith: 

1. New York Times Op-Ed, Christmas, God, And Faith
2. New York Times Op-Ed, There's No Better Time To Be A Catholic Than Christmas 2023
3. New York Times & Wall Street Journal Book Reviews, Zero At The Bone: 50 Entries On Faith, Death, And Suffering
4. John Inazu (Washington University), GenXers And Evangelical Culture
5. Christianity Today Op-Ed, Keep Complaining to God. Just Don’t Ignore Him.