Monday, April 19, 2021
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- The False Allure Of Power Posing, Grit, Implicit Bias Test And Other Social Psychology Fads
- Houston Tax Attorney Faces 14 Years In Prison For Allegedly Helping Billionaire Robert Smith Hide $225 Million In Capital Gains
- COVID-19 Has Accelerated College Closings
Sunday:
- Islam And The Euthyphro Dilemma: Does God Command Or Prohibit Things Because They Are Inherently Good And Bad? Or Are Things Good And Bad Because God Decrees Them So?
- Can The Meritocracy Find God?
- Catholic College Basketball: Faith, Hoops And Charity
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
April 19, 2021 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink
Monday, April 12, 2021
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Jones Day Nabs NINE U.S. Supreme Court Law Clerks From October Term 2019-20 With $400,000 Bonuses
- 7th Annual Parris Awards At Pepperdine Caruso Law
- Dorothy Brown: College Exacerbates The Racial Wealth Gap
- U.S. Department Of Education Terminates Florida Coastal Law School's Eligibility For Federal Student Loans; ABA Demands Teach-Out Plan
Sunday:
- 8th Circuit: University Of Iowa Administrators Are Personally Liable For Deregistering Christian Student Group After It Denied Leadership Role To Gay Student
- David French: 'Legal Cannonball' Lawsuit By Dozens Of LGBTQ Christian College Students Has 'No Real Chance Of Success'
- He's A Famous Evangelical Preacher, But His Kids Wish He’d Pipe Down
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
April 12, 2021 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink
Monday, April 5, 2021
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- The U.S. News Law School Rankings Failed Diversity 101
- NY Times: An Accidental Disclosure Exposes A $1 Billion IRS Tax Fight With Bristol Myers
- Why It Matters That More Law Reviews Are Electing Black Editors
Sunday:
- Easter: Recovering The Strangeness Of The Resurrection
- Passover: Lessons For Politicians (And The Rest Of Us)
- U.S. Church Membership Falls Below 50% For First Time In Nearly A Century ... But Easter Teaches Us Not To Fear Religion's Decline
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
April 5, 2021 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink
Monday, March 29, 2021
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- 2021 Boston College-Tulane Tax Roundtable
- NY Times: Why Did The Dean Of The Most Diverse Law School In America Cancel Herself?
- Dorothy Brown On Morning Joe: How The Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans
Sunday:
- U.S. News Issues THIRD Version Of Law School Rankings In Advance Of Their Public Release On Tuesday (12:01 AM ET)
- Legal Theorists Have Much To Learn From Other Fields
- A Christian Vision of Social Justice: Social Change Pursued With Mercy And Hope
- Progressive Christians Arise! Hallelujah!
- I'm A Scholar Of Religion. Here’s What I See In The Atlanta Shootings.
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
March 29, 2021 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink
Monday, March 22, 2021
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- D.C. Circuit Judge Laurence Silberman Urges Supreme Court To Overrule NY Times v. Sullivan, Calls Media Anti-GOP ‘Threat To Democracy’
- Beyond ‘Valid And Reliable’: The LSAT, ABA Standard 503, And The Future Of Law School Admissions
- Lederman & Christians: Tax Work At The DOJ — Behind The Scenes Of A Criminal Tax Case
Sunday:
- Zimmerman: We Can’t Address Systemic Racism If We Can’t Discuss It Without Backlash
- Lord: Religious Legitimacy
- Skeel: God, Puerto Rico And Bankruptcy Law
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
- (Wild)Life On The Pepperdine Campus
March 22, 2021 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink
Monday, March 15, 2021
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Writing Is On The Wall For Vermont Law School's Underground Railroad Murals After Federal Judge’s Ruling
- NY Times: The Tax Headaches Of Working Remotely
- Georgetown Law School Fires Professor For ‘Abhorrent’ Remarks About Black Students Captured On Zoom
Sunday:
- Nonlegal Scholars Who Attack Originalism As Biblical Fundamentalism Fail To Understand That The Constitution Is Both Fallible And Authoritative
- There Is No 'Priesthood Of Professors' At Religious Colleges: Professor Of Social Work Is Not A 'Ministerial Employee'
- Preaching The Gospel After Giving Up My Confederate Flag
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
March 15, 2021 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink
Monday, March 8, 2021
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- College And Law Students Under Age 25 To Get 3 Stimulus Checks Totaling $3,200; Experts Advise Them To Invest In A Roth-IRA
- A Call To 'Detach' From The Strict Interpretation Of The Duberstein Standard
- Katherine Magbanua May Be Retried In The Fall For Dan Markel's Murder
Sunday:
- Originalism’s Original Sin: The Legal Philosophy Cloaks Its Theocratic Impulses In Secular Garb
- To Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy, Philanthropy Must Get Over Its Religion Hesitancy
- Remembering Ed Kleinbard (USC)
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
March 8, 2021 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink
Monday, March 1, 2021
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- California Joins Seven Other Jurisdictions (Thus Far) In Holding Online July 2021 Bar Exam
- Tobin: The Tax Code Can Save The $15 Minimum Wage
- The Pandemic Threatens Summer Associate Programs—Again
Sunday:
- BigLaw Eschews Recruiting At Lower Ranked HBCU Law Schools Despite Pledge To Hire More Black Associates
- First Circuit Dismisses Former Miami Law Student's Libel Claim Against Above The Law For Unflattering Blog Post
- The Seven Deadly Sins And Lawyer Misconduct
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
March 1, 2021 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink
Monday, February 22, 2021
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- The Impact Of The Texas Winter Storm On Next Week's Bar Exam
- NY Times: Law School, NYU Tax LLM, Baked Goods, Wedding. In That Order.
- Coella: Procedural Due Process, The Full Payment Rule And Assessable Tax Penalties
Sunday:
- California Won't Ditch Facial Recognition For February Bar Exam Despite Threatened Lawsuit
- New York's Proposed Mark-to-Market Wealth Tax Would Raise $23 Billion From <200 Billionaires
- Symposium: Catholic Legal Education In The United States
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
February 22, 2021 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink
Monday, February 8, 2021
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Reactions To Tax Prof Appointments To Biden's Treasury Department
- Students Call On University Of Wisconsin To Ban Women's Liberation Front From Law School Job Fair
- AccessLex: Pathways To The J.D.
Sunday:
- Vermont Law School Moves To Dismiss Lawsuit By Artist To Protect Underground Railroad Murals That Black Students Call Racist
- Law Prof Focuses On Positives From COVID-19 Pandemic
- Shmuel Leshem Wins Procedural Challenge To His Denial Of Tenure By USC Law School In 2013
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
February 8, 2021 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink
Monday, February 1, 2021
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Chaired Professor Resigns From Kansas Law Faculty After Withholding Student Grades In Overload Pay Dispute
- Man Who Was Told He Failed Bar Exam Actually Passed; He Blames Software
- Blair-Stanek: How The IRS Should Fight The COVID-19 Economic Crisis
Sunday:
- Kansas Regents Make It Easier To Fire Tenured Professors
- 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
- Belonging At Pepperdine
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
February 1, 2021 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink
Monday, January 25, 2021
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- NY Times: Biden Wants To Raise Taxes, Yet Many Trump Tax Cuts Are Here To Stay
- Fostering And Teaching Creativity In The Law School Curriculum
- David Kamin (NYU), Other Law Profs Answer President Biden's Call To Public Service
Sunday:
- Ted Lasso, Law School Deaning, And The Power Of Forgiveness
- Snow In Malibu!
- God At The Inauguration
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
January 25, 2021 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Organizing A Business Law Department Within A Law School
- 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
- Cui: China’s Tax Policy Response To The Global Financial Crisis
Sunday:
- Donor Who Made $40 Million Naming Gift Loses Court Battle To Force Law School To Include His Name On All Degrees
- The Gospel In A Democracy Under Christian Assault
- Notre Dame Dean Marcus Cole's Statement On The U.S. Capitol Attack
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day:
- 2021 Princeton Review Law School Rankings: Professors (Teaching And Accessibility)
- MLK's Legacy: Push Past Tweetable Quotes To True Christlike Love
- NY Times: Biden May Eliminate Step-Up In Basis At Death, Hurting Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, And Efforts To Close The Black Wealth Gap
- How Not To Lie About Law School Affirmative Action
January 19, 2021 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink
Monday, January 11, 2021
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- 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
- AALS Hosts Virtual Panel Today On New Voices In Taxation
- McLaughlin: Conservation Easements And Federal Tax Law
Sunday:
- Thirty Wealthy Colleges And Universities Are Targeted In Covid Relief Act
- Will Paper Bar Exams Become A Thing Of The Past?
- Dozens Of Kind Deeds Follow Harvard 2L's Suicide On New Year's Eve
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
January 11, 2021 in Legal Ed News, Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink
Monday, January 4, 2021
TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup
New Year's Eve:
- 2019-20 ABA Section Of Legal Education And Admissions To The Bar Annual Report: The Year in Review
- Amarante: Unregulated Charity
- Fall 2021 Law School Admissions Update: Applicants Are Up 31%, With Biggest Increases Among The Highest LSAT Bands And Applicants Of Color
- Why States Should Consider Expanding Sales Taxes To Services, Part 2
New Year's Day:
- Weekly Legal Education Roundup: Best Legal Education Articles Of 2020
- Tax Policy In The Trump Administration
- Home For The Holidays
- The First Sunrise Of 2021
- Caron: My New Year's Wish For 2021
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- 70% Of Law Schools Give Scholarships To At Least 70% Of Their Students; 28% Give Scholarships To At Least 90% Of Their Students
- NPR, 'Already Behind': Diversifying The Legal Profession Starts Before The LSAT
- Facebook, The IRS, And The Commensurate With Income Standard
Sunday:
- COVID-19 Dashboard Rankings Of 349 Colleges
- L.A. Times: California Assesses Retroactive Tax Against Small Businesses Rather Than Amazon
- NY Times: Brooklyn Law Prof And Retired Doctor Find Love In Their 70's Through Yale Alumni Magazine Personal Ad
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
January 4, 2021 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink
Monday, December 28, 2020
TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup
Christmas Eve:
- 'Twas The Night Before Christmas (Legal Edition)
- Christmas Turns The World Upside Down: God's Power Is Made Perfect In Our Weakness
- What Do You Say To Students, Staff, Faculty, And Alumni Who Have Soldiered Through A Pandemic With You?
- Hayashi: Dynamic Property Taxes And Racial Gentrification
Christmas Day:
- A Hallelujah Christmas
- A Pepperdine Christmas
- I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day: The Civil War To COVID-19
- The Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction And The Christmas Star That Pointed Magi To The Birth Of Jesus
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Weekly Legal Education Roundup
- Tax Policy In The Trump Administration
- October 2020 Tennessee Bar Exam Results: Vanderbilt, Tennessee Tie For #1
Sunday:
- WaPo Op-Ed: The Defiant Hope Of Christmas — God Is With Us
- NY Times Op-Ed: The Forgotten Radicalism Of Jesus Christ
- Baptist Seminary Presidents Declare Critical Race Theory Is Incompatible With The Bible; Several Black Pastors Break Away From Southern Baptist Convention
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
December 28, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, December 21, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Fall 2020 Law School Enrollment Increased 2.4% (+1.5% JD, +7.4% Non-JD); 1L Enrollment Fell 0.2%
- California Bar Flags Over 3,000 Applicants For Video Review Of Their Online Exams; Deans Request That Applicants Be Permitted To Sit For February Exam As They Await Resolution
- Jensen: Valuing Tuition Waivers For Tax Purposes
Sunday:
- LSAC: The Fall 2020 Law School Class ... And An Early Look At The Incoming Fall 2021 Class
- More On The Controversy Over 'Dr.' Jill Biden
- The Paradox Of Faculty-Student Interactions
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
December 21, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, December 14, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- 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
- Will Law Firm Partnerships Take Advantage Of State & Local Tax Work-Arounds?
- Haneman: (Re)framing Student Loan Debt As A Commons
Sunday:
- October 2020 Connecticut Bar Exam Results: Yale #1 With 100% Pass Rate For Third Year In A Row
- ROSS Intelligence To Shut Down Due To 'Spurious Lawsuit' By Thomson Reuters And Westlaw
- ‘Happy Holidays’ Is Pro-Christmas
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
December 14, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, December 7, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Kentucky Apologizes For Mistakenly Telling 15 Law Grads They Passed The Bar Exam
- WSJ: For Remote Workers, Time Is Running Out To Fix State-Tax Messes
- The Virtual Law School, 2.0
Sunday:
- Online MBA Ranking Scandal Costs Temple $17 Million; After Ranking #1 In 2015-2018 With False Data, Business School Now Ranks #88
- Rossotti, Sarin & Summers: A Comprehensive Approach To Shrinking The Tax Gap
- October Online Bar Exam Results Are Mostly Up So Far
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
December 7, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, November 23, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- October 2020 Florida Bar Exam Results: Florida International Is #1 For 6th Year In A Row
- February California Bar Exam Will Be Online; Committee Recommends Provisional Licensure For July 2015-Feb. 2020 Takers Who Scored 1390-1439
- NTA 113th Annual Conference On Taxation
Sunday:
- Father-Daughter Duo Tackles Law School Together At Syracuse
- Penn Regulatory Review: Reforming Federal Income Tax
- Marquette Faculty Stage Sickout Over Proposed Budget Cuts, Cancel Numerous Classes
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
November 23, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, November 16, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Miami Law Professor Says He Was Fired Over Tweets. The University Disagrees.
- College Applications Plummet For Next Year's Freshman Class
- Thompson: Congress And Treasury's Federal Income Tax COVID-19 Initiatives
Sunday:
- 5 Steps Law School Deans Can Take To Improve Diversity And Inclusion
- Vermont Law School Dean Tom McHenry To Step Down At The End Of His Term
- The Faithful Voters Who Helped Put Biden Over The Top
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
November 16, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, November 9, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Students Express Concerns Over Miami Law Professor's Twitter Support For Trump In Presidential Election
- Cohen & Viswanathan: Corporate Behavior And The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act
- Study Finds Gender Bias In TA Evaluations Too
Sunday:
- NYC Bar: Six Actions To Pipeline Black And Hispanic/Latinx Students Into Law
- What President-Elect Biden's Win Means For Higher Education
- 'I Get It, You Hated Him 4 Years Ago And You Still Hate Him Now'
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
November 9, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, October 26, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- 2020 Law360 Glass Ceiling Report: 'Minimal Progress'
- Connecticut, Maryland, New York, And Pennsylvania To Give Online Bar Exams In February
- Changing The Face Of College Sports One Tax Return At A Time
Sunday:
- The Truth About Taxes: George Floyd Died, Donald Trump Got Millions
- Christians Do Not Fit Into The Two-Party System. And That's A Good Thing.
- Christian College Faculty Aren't Lining Up For Trump
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
October 26, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, October 19, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- The Best Stimulus: 0% Income Tax
- Pitt Law Adjunct Prof Resigns After Using N-Word In Class On Offensive Speech
- Nonprofit College Crash: Enforcing Board Fiduciaries Through Increased Accountability And Transparency In Form 990
Sunday:
- Black Lawyers Matter
- The Intersection Of Race And Taxes
- Test Takers Slam New York's First Online Bar Exam In New Survey
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
October 19, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, October 12, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Roger Alford On Amy Coney Barrett
- Washington & Lee Offers Full-Throated Defense Of Professors Targeted For Political And Racist Reasons
- Boz Among The Radicals: Dickens Records A Turning Point In Tax History
Sunday:
- #Manterrupting At The VP Debate ... And In The Academy
- Tax Fact-Checking The Vice Presidential Debate
- Loyola-Chicago Grad Takes Online Illinois Bar Exam While in Labor, Gives Birth, Then Finishes Test In Hospital
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
October 12, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, October 5, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- 18 Notre Dame Law Faculty Who Attended Amy Coney Barrett's White House Ceremony Await COVID-19 Test Results
- The Insufferable Hubris Of The Well-Credentialed
- Hackney: The 1969 Tax Reform Act And Charities — Fifty Years Later
Sunday:
- 87-Year-Old Hopes To Pass California Bar Exam On Fifth And Final Try Tomorrow After Studying 'Several Minutes Every Day'
- Leff: Fixing The Johnson Amendment Without Totally Destroying It
- Selina Farrell And Bob Pushaw Win Pepperdine University Teaching Award
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
October 5, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, September 28, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Law Schools In Chicago And Cleveland Consider Removing Chief Justice John Marshall From Their Names
- Bar Exam Update
- Tax Consequences On The Sale Of Encumbered Property: Recourse v. Nonrecourse Debt
Sunday:
- Garvey: Here’s What People Get Wrong About Amy Coney Barrett's Faith
- Baynes: What I Learned From Law Professor Ginsburg
- Can A Christian Be A Corporate Lawyer?
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
September 28, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, September 21, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Protecting Privacy And Security In Online Instruction: A Guide For Students And Faculty
- Taxation As A Barrier To Blockchain Innovation
- California Public Universities To Be Online In Spring 2021
Sunday:
- State Auditor Tries To Fire Tenured Professor Who Participated In #ScholarStrike
- Reynolds: A Simple 3-Camera TV Studio Classroom For Lively Online Teaching
- Call For Papers: Yale Law Journal
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
September 21, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, September 14, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Deans Of All Five University Of California Law Schools Defend Critical Race Theory Against Trump's Attacks
- Zelinsky Posts Two Tax Papers On SSRN
- September 11th At Pepperdine
Sunday:
- The Use And Abuse Of Critical Race Theory In American Christianity
- Vischer: How Distinctive Should Catholic Law Schools Be?
- Survey Finds Many College Students Lack Knowledge Of Religious Traditions
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
September 14, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Jobs Report: U.S. Economy Adds 1.4 Million Jobs, Legal Profession Adds ... Nothing
- Attorneys For Dan Markel Murder Suspect Katherine Magbanua Seek Pretrial Release From Prison
- On 'Dynastic' Inequality
Sunday:
- Two Professors Sue Florida Coastal Law School For Breach Of Contract Over Pay Cut
- A First Step Toward Loving Our Enemies
- Practicing Faith
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
Labor Day:
- Hatfield Presents Tax Lawyer Professional Standards, 1985-2015 Virtually Today At Christ's College, Cambridge
- 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
- Kysar: Unravelling The Tax Treaty
- USC Professor Removed From Class After Using Mandarin Word That Sounds Like English N***** Racial Slur
September 8, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, August 31, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Florida Bar Exam Rescheduled For Oct. 13, With New Subjects To Be Tested And New Tech Provider; Applicants Say Prior Tech Company's Software Led To Russian Hacking Of Their Computers
- University Of Florida Law Professor Allowed to Teach ‘Critical Race Theory’ Course Online
- Forman & Mann: Tax Policy And Intergenerational Equity
Sunday:
- Volokh: The Controversy Over Quoting Racial Epithets, Now at UC-Irvine Law School
- Where Liberty University (And Christian Higher Education) Go From Here
- Pepperdine Year In Review (2019-2020)
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
August 31, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, August 24, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- 126 Public Interest Organizations Back Diploma Privilege For Law Grads
- Boston University Uses F-Bomb In Marketing Slogan To Get Students To Follow COVID-19 Guidelines On Campus
- The Economic Effects Of Wealth Taxes
Sunday:
- A Message From Pepperdine Caruso Dean Paul Caron: Our New Academic Year
- Christian Colleges Ask: Would God Want Us To Reopen?
- Pepperdine Caruso Law Waves Of Excellence Scholarship Award Presented Posthumously To Jim McGoldrick
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
August 24, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, August 17, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Florida's Aug. 19 Online Bar Exam In Jeopardy As Software Crashes; Deans, Legislators Demand Plan B
- Justice Department: Yale Illegally Discriminates Against Asians And Whites In Admissions
- Zelenak: Tax In Sitcoms
Sunday:
- Idaho Law School Accepts 110 Transfer Students, Hires 6 Faculty, From Closed Concordia Law School
- Will Morris: PwC's Deputy Global Tax Policy Leader And Part-Time Priest
- Boozang: A Vision Of A Distinctive Catholic Law School
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
August 17, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, August 10, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Why Do Liberal Universities Eschew Progressive Budget Cuts That Would Take More From Highly Paid Administrators And Faculty?
- Concerned Girlfriend Goes Public With Boyfriend’s Plan To Quit Law School To Become Sports Podcaster
- The Tax Provisions Of The HEALS Act
Sunday:
- Software That Monitors Students During Tests Perpetuates Inequality And Violates Their Privacy
- Brunson: Mormon Profit — Brigham Young, Tithing, And The Bureau Of Internal Revenue
- ‘Racism Makes A Liar Of God’: The Catholic Church Wrestles With The Black Lives Matter Movement
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
August 10, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, August 3, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- WSJ: Purdue Closes MBA Program Due To 70% Enrollment Decline; B-Schools Outside Top 20/30 Will Struggle To Survive
- 140 LSAT Scores Lost Amid Tech Failure
- NY Times: Trump Again Tries To Block Subpoena For His Tax Returns, Calling It ‘Wildly Overbroad’
Sunday:
- 150 Deans Ask ABA To Require Law Schools To Provide Anti-Bias Training To Students
- COVID-19 Should Prompt Us To Get Rid Of New York’s Racists Bar Exam Forever
- The Cancel Culture, Forgiveness, And Hamilton
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
August 3, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, July 20, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Which Of The 436 Universities Ranked BY U.S. News Will Thrive, Survives, Struggle, Or Perish In The Age Of COVID-19?
- Supreme Court Grants Manhattan DA Request To Fast-Track Trump Tax Return Ruling
- Virtual Tour Of L.A. Law Schools
Sunday:
- Over A Dozen States Push Ahead With In-Person July Bar Exam Despite COVID-19
- BYU Black Students Want To Remove The Names From Every Building on Campus
- Florida Congressional Candidate Sues Law School Claiming She Was Expelled For Supporting President Trump
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
July 20, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, July 13, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- 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'
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- After Harvard And MIT Sue To Block International Student Visas For Online Courses, Trump Tweet Threatens Tax Exempt Status Of Colleges
- Proposed Bill Would Grant Emergency Diploma Privilege In New York
Sunday:
- July 2020 Bar Exam Chaos Deepens: Ten States (And DC) Issue Announcements
- NY Times And National Tax Association Tributes To Ed Kleinbard
- Tenured Black Law Professor Alleges More Mistreatment In Amended Title VII Complaint
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
July 13, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, June 29, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- 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
- GAO: IRS Sent $1.4 Billion In Stimulus Funds To Dead People
- Minnesota High Court Mulls Letting Law Grads Bypass The Bar Exam
Sunday:
- Deans Of Florida's 12 Law Schools Form Consortium For Racial Justice
- 'Obnoxious, Trump-Voting, Heterosexual, Balding Iranian-American' Law Prof Calls On His White Colleagues To Resign To Make Way For Black Law Profs
- Ford Foundation President: Are You Willing To Give Up Your Privilege?
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
June 29, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, June 22, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Penn State Faculty Demand Right To Decide Whether To Teach In Person Or Online, Guarantee Of Jobs, Full Salary, Benefits, Raises, And Hiring Of New Faculty
- Penny-Pinching Alumni, High Tuition Are Issues In South Carolina Law School Dean Search
- CRS: The Section 199A Deduction — How It Works And Illustrative Examples
Sunday:
- Black Lawyers Matter
- What The Bible Has To Say About Black Anger: 'The Cross Helps Us Make Sense Of The Lynching Tree'
- Lawmakers Urge Court To Lower California Bar Exam Cut Score
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
June 22, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, June 15, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Washington Supreme Court Grants Diploma Privilege To All Applicants
- Students Demand Harvard Law School Reverse Its Decision To Be 100% Online In Fall 2020
- The Wealth Tax: Apportionment, Federalism, And Constitutionality
Sunday:
- UNH Franklin Pierce Law School May Drop Name Of 14th U.S. President (1853-57) Because He Did Not End Slavery
- California Deans Urge Supreme Court To Not Leave Class Of 2020 Law Grads In Bar Exam Limbo
- Your Voices Matter At Pepperdine Caruso Law
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
June 15, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, June 8, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- The Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- July Bar Exam Update: Louisiana, New York
- Lessons From The ABA's Attempt To Revoke William & Mary Law School's Accreditation In The 1970s
- Using Tax Law To Stem Digital Manipulation Of Images Of Models' Appearance In Advertising
Sunday:
- Unlike Harvard, Stanford And UC-Berkeley Law Schools Will Have Mix Of On-Ground And Online Classes In The Fall
- George Floyd Protests Shine Light On Black Income And Wealth Inequality In America
- Notre Dame Dean Marcus Cole: I Am George Floyd. Except, I Can Breathe. And I Can Do Something.
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
June 8, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, June 1, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- BigLaw Associate Billing Rates Surge Past $1,000/Hour
- Sanchirico: Incentives For COVID Recovery
- ABA Tax Section Names 2020-2021 John Nolan Fellows
Sunday:
- Crawford: Tax Exemptions, Universities, And The Legacy Of Slavery
- I Graduated Alone. In My Pajamas. On My Mom’s Couch.
- Creative, Touching Law Grad Celebrations Go Viral
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
June 1, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
TaxProf Blog Holiday Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Coronavirus Leadership Lesson From Margaret Thatcher: 'Great Love That Stirs Others'
- Graduation In Your PJs? Law School Commencements Go Virtual
- Blaine Saito Posts Tax Papers On SSRN
Sunday:
- Faculty Cuts Begin, With Warnings Of More To Come
- The Empty Threat Of 2Ls And 3Ls Transferring To Receive In-Person Instruction
- Yes, Online College Sux. You Should Do It Anyway.
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
Memorial Day:
- Choi: An Empirical Study Of Statutory Interpretation In Tax Law
- The Ten Law Schools With The Most Discounted Tuition
- Before COVID-19, Tuition Discount Rate Hit All-Time High Of 52.6%; Pandemic May Force 340 Colleges Out Of Business
- Taxing Combat
May 26, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, May 18, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- ABA Council Approves Power To Permit Online Legal Ed During Pandemics, New Distance Ed Rules; Rejects Call To Suspend 75% Bar Passage Requirement
- MBA Programs Brace For Enrollment Declines, Deferrals Due To COVID-19
- What About Bob: The Continuing Problem Of Federally-Subsidized LGB Discrimination in Higher Education
Sunday:
- July 2020 Bar Exam Status By Jurisdiction
- University President Explains Why Faculty/Staff Pay Freezes And Layoffs Are Preferable To Dipping Into Endowment During COVID-19
- If Liquor Stores Are Essential, Why Isn’t Church?
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
May 18, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, May 11, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- ABA Fast Tracks Proposal To Waive Accreditation Standards Due To COVID-19
- ABA Releases 9-Part Questionnaire On Law School Responses To COVID-19 In The Spring 2020 Semester
- Texas A&M Law Faculty: We Will, We Will, Zoom You
Sunday:
- July 2020 Bar Exam Status By Jurisdiction
- July Bar Exam Update: Alabama, Indiana, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, South Dakota
- Paulsen: A Christian Perspective On COVID-19 — Pray, Trust, Act, And Hope
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
May 11, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, May 4, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Racialized Tax Inequity: Wealth, Racism, And The U.S. Tax System
- Dogs, At Least, Love Home Quarantine
- U.S. News Law School Rankings And College Football
Sunday:
- July 2020 Bar Exam Status By Jurisdiction
- Deans Ask New York To Not Discriminate Against Graduates Of Out-Of-State Law Schools In Sitting For September Bar Exam
- NY Times: In God We Divide
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
May 4, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, April 27, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Massachusetts Is First State To Offer Its Own Online Bar Exam—If Necessary—Amid COVID-19
- Southern New Hampshire University To Give 100% Scholarships To All Freshmen Who Will Live On Campus And Take Courses Online
- The Corrupt QBI And NOL Tax Provision In The CARES Act
Sunday:
- July 2020 Bar Exam Status By Jurisdiction
- The Religious Roots Of The Progressive Income Tax In America
- COVID-19: Death, Truth, Faith, And Love
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
April 27, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, April 20, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Letter From California Deans To California Supreme Court On July Bar Exam
- July Bar Exam Update: Georgia, Tennessee, Virgin Islands
- Tax Papers At 6th Annual Michigan Junior Scholars Conference
Sunday:
- Facing $250 Million Loss From COVID-19, University Of Arizona Imposes Pay Cuts (Up To 20%) And Furloughs (Up To 39 Days) On All Faculty And Staff
- Churches Are Subject To COVID-19 Lockdowns And Are Eligible For Stimulus Payroll Funds
- Where Is God In A Pandemic?
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
April 20, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, April 13, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Student Files Class Against Miami Law School For Tuition Refund Due To Shift To Online Classes
- Utah To Let Grads Skip Bar Exam Due To COVID-19, But Only From Schools With 86%+ Bar Pass Rate; Grads Of Just 4 Of California's 21 ABA-Accredited Law Schools Would Qualify
- NY Times: COVID-19 Relief Efforts Give Rise To New Tax Strategies
Sunday:
- Licensing Lawyers In A Pandemic: Proving Competence
- July Bar Exam Update: District of Columbia, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Wyoming
- Good Friday And Easter In The Coronavirus Age
- The Top Five New Tax Papers
April 13, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, April 6, 2020
TaxProf Blog Weekend Roundup
Saturday:
- This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts
- Covid-19 Was A Leadership Test. It Came Back Negative.
- During COVID-19 Pandemic, Harvard Law School's 46 Clinics Continue To Virtually Serve Clients
- Lipman: State Tax Takeaways And Child Tax Credits
Sunday:
- NCBE Sets Two Dates For Fall Bar Exams: Sept. 9-10, Sept. 30-Oct. 1
- The Law School Class Of 2020 Should Not Be Subjected To A Prolonged 'Professional Coma'
- Pepperdine Caruso Law School Dinner (Social Distancing Edition)
- Deans, Law Students, Task Force Weigh In On New York Bar Exam
April 6, 2020 in Legal Education, Tax, Weekend Roundup | Permalink | Comments (0)
