This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts

Legal Education: 

1. Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), U.S. News Rankings Potpourri: Waning Influence, Penalizing 53 Boycotting Law Schools, And Declining T14 Lawyer|Judge Reputation Scores 
2. Charleston Gazette-Mail, Over 40% Of Full-Time Faculty Depart West Virginia Law School 
3. Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), More Commentary On Student Protest At Berkeley Law Dean Chemerinsky's Home 
4. Timothy Fisher (Dean, Connecticut (2013-2020)), The Experiences Of Non-Traditional Law Deans And The Law Schools That Hire Them 
5. U.S. News Specialty Rankings
   1. Contracts/Commercial Law Rankings 
   2. Criminal Law 
   3. Dispute Resolution 
   4. Environmental Law 
   5. Health Care Law 
   6. Intellectual Property Law 
6. David H. Schraub (Lewis & Clark), They Managed A Protest: Prohibitory, Ethical, And Prudential Policing Of Academic Speech
7. Scott Fruehwald (Legal Skills Blog), Weekly Legal Education Roundup 
8. Wake Forest Law Review, Symposium: Leading Change In The Legal Profession 
9. University of Houston, Conference On The Future Of Affirmative Action In Legal And Medical Education 
10. Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), 20-Year Anniversary Of TaxProf Blog 

Tax: 

1. Bloomberg Law, Northwestern Law School, 78-Year-Old Tax Professor Settle Age Discrimination Lawsuit 
2. New York Times Op-Ed (Andrew W. Kahrl), How Property Taxes Drive Racism And Inequality 
3. Jonathan Grossberg (Thomson Reuters), Kerry Inger (Auburn) & Carneil Wilson (Dentons Sirote, Birmingham, AL), Moore v. United States And The Original Public Meaning Of 'Taxes On Incomes'
4. Loyola L.A. Law Review, Festschrift To Honor Ellen Aprill 
5. Pittsburg Tax Review, Symposium: The Federal Income Tax—Racially Blind But Not Racially Neutral
6. Richard Winchester (Seton Hall), Tax Day Lecture At Temple On A Simple Tax Case Complicated By Race 
7. Blaine Saito (Ohio State), Weekly SSRN Tax Article Review And Roundup: Saito Reviews Kern’s Progressive Taxation For The World
8. The Tax Lawyer, New Issue 
9. SSRN, The Top Five New Tax Papers 
10. UC-Irvine, Symposium On Moore And The Future Of The Realization Doctrine 

Faith:

1. New York Times, Vatican Says Gender Change And Fluidity Are Threat To Human Dignity; WSJ: Pope Francis Slams Door On 'Cafeteria Catholics'
2. AL.com Op-Ed (Blake Hudson, Dean, Cumberland Law School), Pastors, Are You Prepared To Lose Your Job Or Half Your Congregation To Tell The Truth? Jesus Was. 
3. New York Times Op-Ed (David French), Don’t Let Our Broken Politics Mangle Our Faith 
4. Wall Street Journal Book Review (Peter Thonemann), Enslaved Christians And The Making Of The Bible 
5. Pepperdine Caruso Law, Celebration of Founding Dean Ron Phillips