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Saturday, February 27, 2021
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2020 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews
- U.S. News & World Report, 2021 Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings)
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Why Would Iowa Want To Kill Tenure?
- Wall Street Journal, New York's Proposed Mark-to-Market Wealth Tax Would Raise $23 Billion From <200 Billionaires
- Eugene Volokh (UCLA), New Faculty-Edited Law Journal: The Journal Of Free Speech Law
- UC-Irvine, Graduate Tax Program Hosts Virtual Symposium Today On Taxation In A Time Of Crisis
- Rory Bahadur (Washburn), Kevin Ruth (PhD Mathematics, Miami) & Katie Tolliver Jones (Lincoln Memorial), Academic Attrition And Transfers, Not Pedagogy, Drive A Law School's Bar Exam Performance
- Allison Christians (McGill) & Leandra Lederman (UC-Irvine), Should You Get A Tax LLM?
- Patrick Barry (Michigan), Writing White And Teaching Legal Writing
February 27, 2021 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink
Saturday, February 20, 2021
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2020 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews
- Rory Bahadur (Washburn), Kevin Ruth (PhD Mathematics, Miami) & Katie Tolliver Jones (Lincoln Memorial), Academic Attrition And Transfers, Not Pedagogy, Drive A Law School's Bar Exam Performance
- U.S. News & World Report, 2021 Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings)
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: The §104(a)(2) Causality Rule
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions
- Viet Thanh Nguyen (USC; NY Times op-ed), I Like Teaching On Zoom
- Chronicle of Higher Education Review, Cass Sunstein And Adrian Vermeule’s Technocratic Despotism
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), 60% Through The Fall 2021 Law School Admissions Cycle: Applicants Are Up 21%, With Biggest Increases Among The Highest LSAT Bands
- preLaw, The Most Diverse Law Schools
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: The Common Law Mailbox Rule Lives!
February 20, 2021 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink
Saturday, February 13, 2021
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2020 Meta-Ranking Of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews
- U.S. News & World Report, 2021 Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings)
- The Journal Times, Students Call On University Of Wisconsin To Ban Women's Liberation Front From Law School Job Fair
- Tallahassee Democrat, Inmate Says Convicted Dan Markel Hit Man Claims Prosecutor Coerced Him To Lie On The Stand
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: When A Hotel Becomes A Tax Home
- Karen Sloan (Law.com), Students And Alumni Ask Harvard Law School To Shun Anyone Who Worked For The Trump Administration
- Karen Sloan (Law.com), 33 New York, New Jersey, And California Law School Deans Ask ABA To Shift Final Jobs Reporting Date From March 15 To June 15 Due To Delayed Bar Exams Caused By Pandemic
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Ariel Jurow Kleiman Leaves San Diego For Loyola-L.A.
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Reactions To Tax Prof Appointments To Biden's Treasury Department
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions
February 13, 2021 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink
Saturday, February 6, 2021
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- New York Times, College Dropout Jeffrey Epstein Earned Hundreds Of Millions As His Cut Of Billions Of Taxes Saved By Clients Using His Strategies — Typically GRATs
- Press Releases, Colorado Relieves John Eastman Of His Duties, Chapman Bars Him From Speaking At Law Review Symposium He Organized; Eastman Speaks At Arizona State Federalist Society Event Despite Opposition From Students And Dean
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: No Product? No §162 Deduction!
- Kansas City Star, Chaired Professor Resigns From Kansas Law Faculty After Withholding Student Grades In Overload Pay Dispute
- Press Release, Court Rejects University Of Illinois' Motion To Dismiss Former Econ Prof's $7.9 Million Lawsuit
- Jeffrey Kinsler (Belmont), The Best Law Schools For Passing The Bar Exam
- National Jurist, A New Study Identifies Law Schools Whose Graduates Overperform And Underperform On The Bar Exam
- Bostonia, Boston University Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig Named To Nation's First Critical Race Theory Professorship
- Press Release, Northeastern Is Thirteenth Law School To Offer Hybrid Online J.D.
- Press Release, Belonging at Pepperdine
February 6, 2021 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax | Permalink
Monday, February 1, 2021
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Saturday, January 30, 2021
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- New York Times, With Higher Taxes Possible, Here’s What To Do Now
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions
- Wall Street Journal op-ed, God At The Inauguration
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Halfway Through The Fall 2021 Law School Admissions Cycle: Applicants Are Up 22%, With Biggest Increases Among The Highest LSAT Bands
- New York Times, Biden Wants To Raise Taxes, Yet Many Trump Tax Cuts Are Here To Stay
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Ted Lasso, Law School Deaning, And The Power Of Forgiveness
- Press Release, NYU Launches New Tax Law Center, Seeks To Fill Several Full-Time Tax Positions
- Karen Sloan (Law.com), David Kamin (NYU), Other Law Profs Answer President Biden's Call To Public Service
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: No Deduction For Disguised Dividends
- Karen Sloan (Law.com), Lin Wood Wants His $1 Million Donation Back If Mercer Law School Removes His Name From Courtroom
January 30, 2021 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink
Saturday, January 23, 2021
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Brian Leiter (Chicago), Controversy At UIC John Marshall Law School Over Use Of 'N_____ And B_____ (Profane Expressions For African Americans And Women)' On Fall Civ Pro Exam
- Andrew Koppelman (Northwestern), Is This Law Professor Really A Homicidal Threat?
- Harvard Crimson, Harvard Law Students Petition Administration To Denounce Professor Adrian Vermeule's 'Highly Offensive Online Rhetoric'
- Press Release, Tax Analysts Makes Federal Tax Library (Code, Regs, Cases, Rulings, Legislative Materials) Available For Free
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Acceptance Rate
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings: UGPA
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Preview Of The 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings: LSAT
- Princeton Review, 2021 Law School Rankings: Overall Ranking
- Michael Conklin (Angelo State University), Political Ideology And The U.S. News Law School Rankings: Measuring The Conservative Penalty And Liberal Bonus
- New York Times, Biden May Eliminate Step-Up In Basis At Death, Hurting Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, And Efforts To Close The Black Wealth Gap
January 23, 2021 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink
Saturday, January 16, 2021
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- 157 Law School Deans, Joint Statement On The 2020 Election And Events At The Capitol
- State Bar of California, Bar Exam Pass Rate Is Highest In 12 Years, Due To Lower Cut Score; Supreme Court May Grant Licenses To 2,000 Applicants Who Failed Exams Since July 2015 And Scored 1390 Or Higher
- Elise Westhoff (Wall Street Journal op-ed), The Left Wants A Philanthropy Of The Few
- Los Angeles Times, Law Prof John Eastman Retires From Chapman 'Effective Immediately' Amidst Uproar Over Speaking At Trump Rally Last Wednesday
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: Too Much Control Over IRA Distribution Makes It Income
- The Princeton Review, 2021 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Academic Experience
- The Princeton Review, 2021 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Admissions Selectivity
- The Princeton Review, 2021 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Career Rating
- The Princeton Review, 2021 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Professors (Teaching)
- The Princeton Review, 2021 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Professors (Accessibility)
January 16, 2021 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Tax Scholarship | Permalink
Saturday, January 9, 2021
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Colleges Have Shed 550,000 Employees Since The Pandemic Began
- Jerry Organ (St. Thomas), Comparing Congressional Election Results With Presidential Election Results In Key Swing States
- Derek Muller (Iowa), Law Schools With The Best And Worst Debt-To-Income Ratios Among Recent Graduates
- Elise Westhoff (Wall Street Journal op-ed), The Left Wants A Philanthropy Of The Few
- Press Release, Statement Of Congressman Raskin And His Wife On Their Son Tommy, A Harvard 2L, Who Took His Own Life On New Year's Eve
- Mike Spivey, 70% Of Law Schools Give Scholarships To At Least 70% Of Their Students; 28% Give Scholarships To At Least 90% Of Their Students
- Mike Spivey, Reading The Fall 2021 Law School Admissions Tea Leaves: 10%-30% Applicant Increase, Higher LSAT-Flex Exam Scores
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), The 10 Most Popular Tax Articles Of 2020
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), The Top 10 Legal Education Posts Of 2020
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), The Top 10 Tax Posts Of 2020
January 9, 2021 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink
Monday, January 4, 2021
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Saturday, January 2, 2021
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Scott Galloway (NYU), The Secret To Success: Don't Follow Your Passion. Become A Tax Lawyer.
- Jerry Organ (St. Thomas), Comparing Congressional Election Results With Presidential Election Results In Key Swing States
- Edward J. McCaffery (USC), The Death Of The Income Tax
- Tennessee Bar, October 2020 Tennessee Bar Exam Results: Vanderbilt, Tennessee Tie For #1
- Press Release, Michele Bachmann, Former Congresswoman, Presidential Candidate, And IRS Tax Lawyer, Named Dean At Regent
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), What Do You Say To Students, Staff, Faculty, And Alumni Who Have Soldiered Through A Pandemic With You?
- Baptist Press, Baptist Seminary Presidents Declare Critical Race Theory Is Incompatible With The Bible; Several Black Pastors Break Away From Southern Baptist Convention
- Mark Kende (Drake), The Law School Gambit: Five Ways Chess Can Make You A Better Law Student (And Lawyer)
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Fall 2021 Law School Admissions Update: Applicants Are Up 31%, With Biggest Increases Among The Highest LSAT Bands And Applicants Of Color
- ABA Section Of Legal Education And Admissions To The Bar, Mode Of Instruction At 199 Law Schools During The 2020-21 Academic Year: 41% Online, 35% In-Person, 24% Hybrid
January 2, 2021 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink
Saturday, December 26, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: IRS Automated Matching Program Not An 'Examination'
- Jerry Organ (St. Thomas), Attrition Analysis For 2018, 2019, 2020 — With A Focus On Ethnicity
- Jerry Organ (St. Thomas), 2020 Legal Ed Data Show Rebound In Transfer Market
- David Hope & Julian Limberg (London School of Economics & Political Science), The Economic Consequences of Major Tax Cuts for the Rich
- Wall Street Journal op-ed (Hank Adler (Chapman)), Anyone Who Spends More Than 60 Days In A Single Year In California Would Be Subject To Wealth Tax For Ten Years Under Proposed Bill
- Kellye Testy (President & CEO, LSAC), The Fall 2020 Law School Class ... And An Early Look At The Incoming Fall 2021 Class
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), A Year Of Lessons From The Tax Court (2020)
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), What Do You Say To Students, Staff, Faculty, And Alumni Who Have Soldiered Through A Pandemic With You?
- Derek Muller (Iowa), Non-JD Enrollment Continues To Climb
- Columbia Press Release, Gillian Lester Is Eighth Law School Dean To Give At Least $100,000 To Students
December 26, 2020 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, December 19, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- William Jacobson (Cornell), Four Student Groups Demand That Harvard Discipline Law Prof Adrian Vermeule For Tweets Mocking Leftists
- Julie Reuben (Harvard), Where Academic Freedom Ends
- Wall Street Journal, Hit By Covid-19, Colleges Do The Unthinkable And Cut Tenure
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: Taxpayer Who Got $1.6m Assessment Reduced To $170k Not Entitled To Costs
- Wisconsin Public Radio, Marquette To Cut 225 Faculty And Staff As Part Of 25% Reduction In Academic Spending; $12 Million Budget Surplus To Be Used For Strategic Priorities
- David Hope & Julian Limberg (London School of Economics & Political Science), Fifty Years Of Tax Cuts For The Rich Didn’t Trickle Down
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), UCLA Dean Jennifer Mnookin Donates Kidney To Her Father
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: Taxpayers Behaving Badly (2020)
- National Jurist, Law Schools That Overperform On The Bar Exam
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), A Year Of Lessons From The Tax Court (2020)
December 19, 2020 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, December 12, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: Taxpayers Behaving Badly (2020)
- Jack Bogdanski (Lewis & Clark), Did Bob Dylan Sell The Copyrights To His 600 Songs To Avoid A Higher Capital Gains Tax Rate In The Biden Administration?
- Michael Conklin (Angelo State University), The Curious Case of Howard Law School’s Peer Ranking
- Princeton Review, Best 164 Law Schools (2021 Edition)
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Colleges Grapple With Grim Financial Realities: Net-Tuition Losses And Steep Discount Rates Augur A Precarious Spring
- Inside Higher Ed, Tenured George Washington Law Professor Says He Was Suspended Without Cause
- Wall Street Journal, For Remote Workers, Time Is Running Out To Fix State-Tax Messes
- Inside Higher Ed, University Of Colorado Dean: ‘Never Waste A Good Pandemic' — Replace 50 Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty With 25 Instructors Who Teach More And Earn Less
- Charles Rossotti, Natasha Sarin (Pennsylvania) & Lawrence Summers (Harvard), Shrinking the Tax Gap: A Comprehensive Approach
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), The Red-Hot Fall 2021 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up 38%, With Biggest Increases Among The Highest LSAT Bands
December 12, 2020 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, December 5, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: The Right Way To Do Conservation Easements
- Law360, Artist Sues To Prevent Vermont Law School From Painting Over Underground Railroad Murals That Black Students Call Racist
- Yale Daily News, Yale Faculty Call $200,000 Retirement Incentive Offer 'Insulting'
- Washington & Lee, 2019 Tax Journal Rankings: Tax Notes #1, Florida Tax Review #2
- Philadelphia Inquirer, Haverford Students Claim Victory As Strike Ends; Administration Agrees To Implement Bias Training, Change Tenure Standards, Create Accountability Body
- Edward Lane (Albany) & L. Randall Wray (UMKC), It Is Time To Eliminate The Federal Corporate Income Tax
- Inside Higher Ed, Faculty Pandemic Stress Is Now Chronic
- Tax Analysts, Tax Notes Issues Call For Papers
- The Independent Florida Alligator, University Of Florida Denies Requests By 144 Faculty At High Risk For COVID-19 Complications To Teach Remotely In Spring Semester
- University of Florida, Florida Tax Review Publishes New Issue
December 5, 2020 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
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Monday, November 30, 2020
TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup
Thanksgiving:
- WKRP In Cincinnati Thanksgiving Turkey Drop
- NRA Reports Misspending By Executives To IRS
- In High Court Appeal, Ex-Student Alleges Texas Law School's Cheating Scandal Caused His Bad Grades, Dismissal
- Modern Call For A Renewed Commitment To Charitable Giving
Friday:
- Weekly Legal Education Roundup
- Tax Policy In The Trump Administration
- Next Week's Virtual Tax Workshop
- The Future Of Law Schools: COVID-19, Technology, And Social Justice
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- OECD: Taxation And Philanthropy
- Akron's C.J. Peters Is Seventh Law School Dean To Give At Least $100,000 To Students
- Czapanskiy: Tax Policy, Structured Settlements, And Factoring
Sunday:
- Haverford Students Claim Victory As Strike Ends; Administration Agrees To Implement Bias Training, Change Tenure Standards, Create Accountability Body
- From The Texas Cotton Fields To The U.S. Tax Court: The Life Journey Of Judge Vasquez
- Syracuse Law School Will Use Proctoring Software Despite Bias, Security Concerns
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
November 30, 2020 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, November 28, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Edward Lane (Albany) & L. Randall Wray (UMKC), It Is Time to Eliminate Federal Corporate Income Taxes
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Fall 2021 Law School Admissions At The Quarter-Pole: Applicants Are Up 32%, With Biggest Increases Among The Highest LSAT Bands And Applicants Of Color
- U.S. News & World Report, 2021 Tax Rankings
- ABA, Council Permits Law Schools To Use Pandemic As Excuse For Failing 75% Within 2 Years Bar Passage Accreditation Standard
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: International Pilot’s Tax Home Argument Does Not Fly
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), October 2020 Florida Bar Exam Results: Florida International Is #1 For 6th Year In A Row
- Marquette Wire, Marquette Faculty Stage Sickout Over Proposed Budget Cuts, Cancel Numerous Classes
- Cato Institute, Americans Increasingly Are Leaving High-Tax States For Low-Tax States
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Colleges Have Shed 10% Of Their Employees Since The Pandemic Began
- Press Release, Vanderbilt's Chris Guthrie Is Sixth Law School Dean To Give At Least $100,000 To Students
November 28, 2020 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, November 21, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- The Texas Lawbook, Texas Federal Judges Release Music Video: 'We'll Be Back'
- Mike Spivey (Spivey Consulting), Projections For Fall 2021 Law School Applicants: +28% (+53% In 160-180 LSAT Band)
- Wall Street Journal, College Applications Plummet For Next Year's Freshman Class
- Washington University Law Review, Responses To Michael McConnell's Use Of The N-Word In His Stanford Class
- Chronicle of Higher Education, The Faux Righteousness Of Test-Optional Admissions: Increasing U.S. News Rankings, Not Diversity, Is The Motivation
- Chronicle of Higher Education, As Colleges Plan To Return To In-Person Teaching In The Spring Semester, Faculty Rebel
- Leonard Baynes (Dean, Houston), 5 Steps Law School Deans Can Take To Improve Diversity And Inclusion
- Kim Clausing (UCLA), 5 Lessons On Profit Shifting From U.S. Country-By-Country Data
- Michael Froomkin (Miami), Thoughts On My Colleague's Pro-Trump Tweets
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: Taxpayer Wins CDP Case But Cannot Recover Costs
November 21, 2020 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, November 14, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Yale Daily News, Yale Faculty Political Contributions: 97% To Democrats, 3% To Republicans
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: How To Beat The Bureaucracy
- The Hurricane, Students Express Concerns Over Miami Law Professor's Twitter Support For Trump In Presidential Election
- The Hurricane, Miami Law Faculty Condemns Colleague's 'Egregious Lack Of Professional Judgment' In Pro-Trump Tweets
- Inside Higher Ed, 57% Of Haverford Students Boycott Classes; President Says She Will Resign If 'Adequate Progress' Is Not Made On Racial Justice Demands
- Chronicle of Higher Education, The Pandemic Is Dragging On. Professors Are Burning Out.
- Snoop Dog, 'I Get It, You Hated Him 4 Years Ago And You Still Hate Him Now'
- National Law Journal, Lincoln Project Launches $500,000 Campaign To Target Jones Day And Porter Wright Law Firms For Representing Trump In Voting Fraud Litigation
- Joe Lawprofblawg (Anonymous Professor, Top 100 Law School), An Open Letter To ‘Liberal’ Law Professors
- Los Angeles Times, 23,000 Households Reported Income Over $10 Million Last Year. The IRS Audited Seven.
November 14, 2020 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, November 7, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), The Booming Fall 2021 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up Over 35%, With Biggest Increases Among The Highest LSAT Bands And Applicants Of Color
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: To Get Administrative Grace You Must Follow Administrative Rules
- CJ Ryan (Roger Williams), Analyzing Law School Choice
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Thirteen Law Schools Are Looking To Hire Tax Profs
- AccessLex Institute, 2020 Legal Education Data Deck
- Reset Work, States Are Taxing Nonresidents Who Barely Spent Time In Them This Year On Their Full 2020 Income
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Students Cheat. How Much Does It Matter?
- New York Times, Tax Articles
- Vivia Chen (Law.com), Are Women Leaving Big Law Because Of COVID-19?
- David French, A Christian Leader Reminds Believers of the Power of Character
November 7, 2020 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, October 31, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: Losing Gambler Gets Twice Lucky In Tax Court
- Columbia Daily Tribune, University Of Missouri President Admits He Didn't Read Promotion & Tenure Committee's Recommendations, But Stands By Rejection Of 7 Faculty Candidates
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Faculty Joined A Day Of Action To Protest Racial Inequality. Now 2 Are In Hot Water.
- Chronicle of Higher Education, 2020 Has Been A Hard Year For Higher Ed With 337,000 Jobs Lost. Could 2021 Be Worse?
- UCR, Gene Simmons Kisses California Goodbye Due To 'Unacceptable' Tax Rates
- Inside Higher Ed, Faculty Confidence in Online Learning Grows
- Press Release, Tax Prof Michelle Drumbl Named Interim Dean At Washington & Lee (Succeeding Tax Prof Brant Hellwig)
- Conference, Black Lawyers Matter: Strategies To Enhance Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion
- Steven Dean (NYU), The Truth About Taxes: George Floyd Died, Donald Trump Got Millions
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Love is Free. Guac is Extra.: How Vulnerability, Empowerment, And Curiosity Built An Unstoppable Team
October 31, 2020 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, October 17, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Video, Dan Markel's Murder: Wendi Adelson's Alibi
- NBC Chicago, Loyola-Chicago Grad Took Online Illinois Bar Exam While In Labor, Then Gave Birth And Finished Test In The Hospital
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: The Slippery Slope Of Tax Court Review
- Karen Sloan (Law.com), Despite The Hype, Law School Clinics Stagnate
- New York Times, Four Books That Explain The U.S. Tax System
- Roger Alford (Notre Dame), Letter In Support Of Amy Coney Barrett
- Inside Higher Ed, #Manterrupting In The VP Debate ... And The Academy
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), An Invitation To Alumni To Join Our Important Work On Racial Justice
- Jacob Goldin (Stanford) & Katherine Michelmore (Michigan), Who Benefits from the Child Tax Credit?
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Should Law School Deans Have A Chief Of Staff?
October 17, 2020 in About This Blog, Legal Ed News, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, October 10, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Chronicle of Higher Education, The Insufferable Hubris Of The Well-Credentialed
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: Why Vacation Home Losses Are Difficult To Deduct
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Fall 2021 Law School Admissions Season Opens With A Bang: Applicants Are Up Over 35%, With Biggest Increases Among The Highest LSAT Bands
- San Francisco Chronicle, 87-Year-Old Hopes To Pass California Bar Exam On Fifth And Final Try Tomorrow After Studying 'Several Minutes Every Day'
- Karen Sloan (Law.com), States Say The Online Bar Exam Was A Success. The Test Taker Who Peed in His Seat Disagrees
- Jonathan Curry (Tax Analysts), Andy Grewal: The Lucky Law Professor
- Inside Higher Ed, Colleges: Financial Toll Of Coronavirus Is Worse Than Expected
- Amanda Bronstad (Law.com), Update On Student Tuition Refund Lawsuits Following Colleges' Shift To Online Classes During COVID-19
- Adam Chodorow (Arizona State), How I’ll Teach Trump’s Tax Returns
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Selina Farrell And Bob Pushaw Win Pepperdine University Teaching Award
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Saturday, October 3, 2020
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- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), 35 Law Professors Weigh In On Amy Coney Barrett's Nomination
- Cleveland 19 News, Law Schools In Chicago And Cleveland Consider Removing Chief Justice John Marshall From Their Names
- Law.com, Why Law Firms Seem To 'Eat Their Young' During Downturns
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: State Law Matters
- John Garvey (President, Catholic University), Here’s What People Get Wrong About Amy Coney Barrett's Faith
- New York Times, Trump's Tax Returns: Chronic Losses, Years Of Tax Avoidance
- Press Release, Pepperdine Caruso Law Announces Guaranteed Scholarships for Students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Students Will Receive Half to Full Tuition in Scholarship Support
- Kenneth Weil, Tax Consequences On The Sale Of Encumbered Property: Recourse v. Nonrecourse Debt
- Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn Law Removes Statement On RBG’s Death After Inclusion Of Amy Wax Quote Sparked Outrage
- Rep. Gerry Connolly, Connolly Calls on GMU To Rename Law School the “Scalia-Ginsburg School of Law”
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Saturday, September 26, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: Receipts Are Not Enough
- Jack Goldstone (George Mason) & Peter Turchin (Connecticut), Welcome To The ‘Turbulent Twenties’
- Clarion Ledger, State Auditor Tries To Fire Tenured Professor Who Participated In #ScholarStrike
- Mike Madison (Pittsburgh), Legal Education's Waterloo: Urgency, The Fire Swamp, And The End Game
- New York Times, Law Firms Pay Supreme Court Clerks $400,000 Bonuses; New Study Confirms Their Influence With Their Justice
- Chronicle of Higher Education, The Cost Of The University Of Florida's Ascent Up The U.S. News Rankings, From #52 (#17 Among Public Universities) To #30 (#6)
- Chronicle of Higher Education, USC Professors Are 'Scared To Death To Teach' After Colleague 'Thrown Under The Bus' By Dean For Using Mandarin Word 'Nèige' In Class
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Did USC Professor Get What He Deserved For Using Mandarin Word 'Nèige' In Class?
- Sam Brunson (Loyola-Chicago), Using A Pigouvian Tax To Reduce Gun Violence
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Tax Profs On Both Sides In Case Pending in Supreme Court: CIC Services v. IRS
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Saturday, September 19, 2020
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- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: Rejected e-Filed Return Starts The SOL On Assessment
- Rory Bahadur (Washburn), Attrition And Bar Performance
- Erwin Chemerinsky (Dean, UC-Berkeley), David Faigman (Dean, UC-Hastings), Kevin Johnson (Dean, UC-Davis), Jennifer Mnookin (Dean, UCLA) & Song Richardson (Dean, UC-Irvine), Joint Statement About the Value of Critical Race Theory
- David French, The Use And Abuse Of Critical Race Theory In American Christianity
- NALP, More Salary Data For The Law School Class Of 2019
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), September 11th At Pepperdine
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Tax Profs On Both Sides In Case Pending in Supreme Court: CIC Services v. IRS
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), History Is Happening Tonight At 6:00 PM PT On Zoom
- U.S. News, 2021 College Rankings
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Erwin Chemerinsky (Dean, UC-Berkeley), Margaret Dalton (Dean, San Diego), Allen Easley (Dean, Western State), David Faigman (Dean, UC-Hastings), Susan Freiwald (Dean, San Francisco), Andrew Guzman (Dean, USC), Anna Han (Dean, Santa Clara), Jenny Martinez (Dean, Stanford), Jennifer Mnookin (Dean, UCLA), Matt Parlow (Dean, Chapman), Song Richardson (Dean, UC-Irvine), Michael Schwartz (Dean, McGeorge), Sean Scott (Dean, California Western) & Michael Waterstone (Dean, Loyola-L.A.), Letter Request Supreme Court To Make Oct. 5-6 Online Bar Exam Open Book With No Proctoring
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Saturday, September 12, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: Form Over Substance Gives Taxpayers A Double Tax Benefit
- Eugene Volokh (UCLA), USC Professor Removed From Class After Using Mandarin Word That Sounds Like English N***** Racial Slur
- Florida Times-Union, Two Professors Sue Florida Coastal Law School For Breach Of Contract Over Pay Cut
- American Lawyer, Jobs Report: U.S. Economy Adds 1.4 Million Jobs, Legal Profession Adds ... Nothing
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Will Covid-19 Revive Faculty Power?
- William Patton (USC Law & UCLA Medicine), Allowing Law School Graduates To Practice Law Without Taking A Bar Exam Through A Diploma Privilege Does Not Put The Public At Greater Risk Of Attorney Misconduct
- Anthea Butler (University of Pennsylvania) (@AntheaButler) & Kevin Gannon (Grand View University), #ScholarStrike: Professors Plan Strike For Racial Justice
- Daniel Halliday (Melbourne) & Miranda Stewart (Melbourne), On 'Dynastic' Inequality
- Stephen Thomson (City University of Hong Kong), Letterhead Bias and the Demographics of Elite Journal Publications
- ABA Tax Section, 20th Annual Law Student Tax Challenge Problem
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Saturday, September 5, 2020
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- Fire, Tenured Law Prof Diane Klein Sentenced To ‘Academic Death Penalty’
- U.S. News & World Report, Washburn Law School Removes Statues Of Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson
- Anthea Butler (Pennsylvania) & Kevin Gannon (Grand View University), #ScholarStrike: Professors Plan Strike For Racial Justice
- Eugene Volokh (UCLA), The Controversy Over Quoting Racial Epithets, Now at UC-Irvine Law School
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: Audit Reconsideration Is Not CDP
- Randall Kennedy (Harvard): How Racist Are Universities, Really?
- Jeremy Bearer-Friend (George Washington) & Vanessa Williamson (Brookings Institution), Tax-Time Voter Registration
- Inside Higher Ed, University Of Iowa Condemns Faculty Sickout Protesting Campus Reopening Plan
- Rory Bahadur (Washburn), High 1L Attrition And 2L Transfer Rates Contribute To Florida International's Over Performance On The Bar Exam
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Pepperdine Year In Review (2019-2020)
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Saturday, August 29, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: The Cost Of Inattention
- Boston Magazine, Boston University Uses F-Bomb In Marketing Slogan To Get Students To Follow COVID-19 Guidelines On Campus
- Wall Street Journal, The Best-Timed Charitable Gift Ever: 'There Is No Law Against Insider Giving'
- Frank McIntyre (Rutgers) & Michael Simkovic (USC), The Value Of A Law Degree By College Major: $45,000 Humanities/$29,000 STEM Per Year For Life
- UC-Irvine, Call For Papers: UC-Irvine Symposium On Taxation In Times Of Crisis
- Inc, Google's Career Certificates Aim To Replace College Degrees
- Press Release, A Message From Pepperdine Caruso Dean Paul Caron: Our New Academic Year
- Karen Sloan (Law.com), A Day In The Life Of A Law School Dean During COVID-19: Song Richardson (UC-Irvine)
- John Diamond (Rice) & George Zodrow (Rice), The Economic Effects of Wealth Taxes
- Karen Sloan (Law.com), More Dean Generosity: Who Will Be Next?
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Saturday, August 22, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Mark Cohen (Legal Mosaic) & Mike Madison (Pittsburgh), Legal Education Faces Its Waterloo As Wile E. Coyote
- Bloomberg Law, Alexa, Do I Have To Unplug You So I Don't Violate The Attorney-Client Privilege When I Work From Home?
- Inside Higher Ed, Michigan State, North Carolina, Notre Dame Bail On In-Person Classes
- Yair Listokin (Yale) & Ray Noonan (J.D. 2021, Yale), Lawyers Are Not Uniquely Unhappy, But They Abuse Alcohol At Very High Rates
- Jim Gash (President, Pepperdine University), Pepperdine Will Not Furlough/Lay Off Any Employees Through Dec. 31, Thanks To Reductions In Executive Compensation
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From Tax Court: §6662 Contains Multiple Penalties For §6751 Supervisory Approval
- Jerry Organ (St. Thomas), Net Law School Tuition Trends Revisited
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Tax Prof Moves, 2016-20
- FIU News, Antony Page Is Third Law School Dean To Make Major Gift To Students During COVID-19
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Pepperdine Caruso Law Seeks To Hire Tax, Criminal Law, Evidence And Torts Profs
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Saturday, August 15, 2020
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- Eugene Volokh (UCLA), Harvard Law Prof Bruce Hay Sues New York Magazine Over Its Article: 'The Most Gullible Man In Cambridge'
- Law360, Tenured Law Prof Suspended For Use Of N-Word In Torts Class Sues Emory And Former Dean For Libel And Retaliation
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: The Unwritten Advantage Of Small Case Procedure
- New York Times, Can Trump Cut Taxes Without Congress?
- Press Release, Pepperdine Caruso Dean Follows Lead Of Penn State Dickinson Dean In Giving $125,000 To Help Law Students With Emergency Needs
- Josh Blackman (South Texas), Should Colleges (And Law Schools) Force Students To Turn Their Cameras On In Online Classes?
- Emily Grant (Washburn), What I Learned About Teaching Online After A Summer Of Virtual Conferences, Classes, And Meeting
- Jack Bogdanski (Lewis & Clark), Death Of Gersham Goldstein
- MIT Technology Review, Software That Monitors Students During Tests Perpetuates Inequality And Violates Their Privacy
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Welcome, Pepperdine Caruso Law School Class Of 2023
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Saturday, August 8, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- James Phillips (Chapman), Which Law Schools Will Thrive (46), Survive (65), Struggle (23), Or Perish (18) In The Age Of COVID-19?
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: You Get What You Pay For
- Newsweek, University Of North Carolina Faculty Tell Students It Is Not Safe To Return To Campus, Prepare Class Action Lawsuit To Prevent Planned August 10 Reopening
- Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2020 Meta-Ranking of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews
- New York Times, The U.S. Is Pursuing The Worst Possible COVID-19 Education Policy, Forcing Young Children Online While Risking On-Ground Classes For College Students
- Nina Kohn (Syracuse), Teaching Law Online: A Guide For Faculty
- Law360, Tenured Law Prof Suspended For Use Of N-Word In Torts Class Sues Emory And Former Dean For Libel And Retaliation
- James Phillips (Chapman), Political Discrimination And Law Professor Hiring
- U.S. News, 2021 Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings)
- U.S. News, 2021 Tax Rankings
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Saturday, August 1, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Scott Galloway (NYU), Which Of The 436 Universities Ranked BY U.S. News Will Thrive, Survive, Struggle, Or Perish In The Age Of COVID-19?
- James Phillips (Chapman), Which Law Schools Will Thrive (46), Survive (65), Struggle (23), Or Perish (18) In The Age Of COVID-19?
- Marsha Griggs (Washburn), Epic Fail: How Bar Examiners Screwed The Law School Class 2020, 64 Howard L.J. ___ (2020)
- Valley News, Vermont Law School Gives Artist 90 Days To Remove 'Offensive' Mural Celebrating State's Role In The Underground Railroad And Abolitionist Movement
- Kyle McEntee (Law School Transparency), Is Law School's 1L Scholarship A Forgivable Loan For Tax Purposes?
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Movement Builds For Diploma Privilege In California, Connecticut, D.C., Pennsylvania
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Plexiglass Won’t Save Us: Colleges (And Law Schools) Must Go Online In Fall 2020
- Jerry Organ (St. Thomas), LSAT Profiles Of Matriculants And Law Schools, 2010-2019
- Bret Bogenschneider (Indiana University East), How America Was Tricked On Tax Policy
- Sam Brunson (Loyola-Chicago) & Ellen Aprill (Loyola-L.A.), Trump Tweets, Tax Law And Alleged University 'Propaganda'
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Saturday, July 25, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Scott Galloway (NYU), Which Of The 436 Universities Ranked BY U.S. News Will Thrive, Survive, Struggle, Or Perish In The Age Of COVID-19?
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: How Evil §481 Forces Income Recapture
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Colleges Face A No-Win Dilemma: To Cut Or Not To Cut Tuition?
- Los Angeles Times, Reopening Plans At UC-Berkeley, Other California Campuses Fall Apart Amid Coronavirus Surge
- Bryce Clayton Newell (Oregon), 2020 Meta-Ranking of Flagship U.S. Law Reviews
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Budget 'Bloodbath' As University Of Akron Lays Off 23% Of Full-Time (Including Tenured) Faculty Due To COVID-19
- Dorothy Brown (Emory), The Whiteness of Wealth: How The Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), California Deans Ask Supreme Court To Retroactively Apply Lower 139 Cut Score To February 2020 Exam-Takers
- Paul, Weiss, In Memoriam: David Sicular (July 17, 1957 – July 17, 2020)
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Pepperdine Law Hosts Webinar Today On Federal Courts In The Age Of COVID-19
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Saturday, July 18, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Valley News, Vermont Law School To Paint Over Mural Celebrating State's Role In The Underground Railroad And Abolitionist Movement Because Depiction Of Blacks 'Made Some People Uncomfortable'
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Budget 'Bloodbath' As University Of Akron Lays Off 23% Of Full-Time (Including Tenured) Faculty Due To COVID-19
- NCBE, July 2020 Bar Exam Chaos Deepens: Nine Ten States (And DC) Issue Announcements
- Josh Blackman (South Texas), Law Professors Should Not Waste Their Time Creating Online Class Content
- New York Times, Trump Administration Rescinds Plan To Strip Visas From International Students In Online Classes, But New International Student Enrollment Is Projected To Fall Up To 98%
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: The #1 Habit Of Highly Successful Taxpayers
- John Hasnas (Georgetown), Why I’ll Be Teaching On Campus At Georgetown This Fall
- South Carolina Law Review, Call For Papers: Taxation, Finance, And Racial Justice
- New York Times & National Tax Association, Tributes To Ed Kleinbard
- Press Release, Pepperdine Caruso Law Receives $1 Million Gift For Dispute Resolution, The Seventh $1 Million+ Gift Over The Past Three Years Totaling Over $75 Million
July 18, 2020 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, July 11, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: Being Too Smart Precludes Innocent Spouse Relief
- New York Times, Colleges Face Rising Revolt By Professors Over Teaching On Campus In The Fall
- Joe Bankman (Stanford) & Dan Shaviro (NYU), Death Of Ed Kleinbard (USC)
- Wall Street Journal, Tax Lawyer Ed Kleinbard Reinvented Himself As A Crusading Professor
- Concord Monitor, UNH Law School Faculty Votes To Drop Franklin Pierce Name
- California Supreme Court, California Bar Exam: July September October Online?
- Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich (North Dakota), Cultivating Grit In Law Students
- Karen Sloan (Law.com), Law Schools Scramble To Retain Foreign Students Amid ICE Online Education Ban
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), July 4th And Hamilton
- Washington Post, Black Families Pay Significantly Higher Property Taxes Than White Families, New Analysis Shows
July 11, 2020 in About This Blog, Legal Education, Tax, Weekly Top 10 TaxProf Blog Posts | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, July 4, 2020
This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Joe Bankman (Stanford) & Dan Shaviro (NYU), Death Of Ed Kleinbard (USC)
- Michael Hiltzik (L.A. Times) & Thornton Matheson (TaxVox), Farewell To Ed Kleinbard (USC)
- Afsheen John Radsan (Mitchell Hamline), 'Obnoxious, Trump-Voting, Heterosexual, Balding Iranian-American' Law Prof Calls On His White Colleagues To Resign To Make Way For Black Law Profs
- Gabriel Paquette (Oregon), Bashing Administrators While The University Burns
- William Widen (Miami), The Only Question For Law School Reopenings: How Do You Ask a Person To Be The Last Person To Die For A Mistake?
- Richard Vedder (Ohio University), Is a Law School Meltdown Coming?
- Song Richardson (Dean, UC-Irvine) & Christopher Whytock (Vice Dean, UC-Irvine), UC-Irvine To Be 100% Online For 2Ls/3Ls In Fall 2020; 1Ls May Choose To Be On Ground For 1 Or 2 Classes Each Week
- Bryan Camp (Texas Tech), Lesson From The Tax Court: Cheshire Cat Jurisdiction Over Passport Revocation Petitions
- Arlene Kanter (Syracuse), Can Faculty Be Forced Back On Campus?
- Paul Caron (Dean, Pepperdine), Eric Wilson Named Pastor Of Pepperdine's University Church
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