http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/ A Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network en-US Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.typepad.com/ http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/the-good.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/the-good.html I am at my college-freshman son's conference soccer tournament this weekend, with an NCAA Division III Tournament bid on the line for the winning team. It was been a long journey, from select and high school soccer through his first college game and this remarkable season. Their pulsating win in... About This Blog Legal Education Miscellaneous Tax Paul Caron Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:21:35 -0500 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/ayers-the.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/ayers-the.html Irene Segal Ayers (NYU) has published The Undertraining of Lawyers and its Effect on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in the Legal Profession, 1 Duke F. for L. & Soc. Change 71 (2009). Here is the abstract: The undertraining of law students documented in a century’s worth of critiques... Legal Education Scholarship Paul Caron Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0500 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/miami-law-prof-1.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/miami-law-prof-1.html Following up on Tuesday's post, Miami Law Prof Sues Above the Law Blog for $22m: Professor Jones has dropped the lawsuit: Notice of Voluntary Dismissal Above the Law National Law Journal Volokh Conspiracy Wall Street Journal Law Blog Legal Education Paul Caron Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:57:00 -0500 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/tax-prof.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/tax-prof.html 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) (Barbara Jordan-Smith)... Legal Education Tax Tax Prof Jobs Paul Caron Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0500 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/which-law-schools.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/which-law-schools.html Super Lawyers magazine has published rankings of the Top 10 law schools for producing Super Lawyers in thirty states. Here are some examples: California -- Northern California: UC-Hastings -- 462 Super Lawyers (17% of the total) UC-Berkeley -- 406 (15%) University of San Francisco -- 214 (8%) Santa Clara --... Law School Rankings Legal Education Paul Caron Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:57:18 -0500 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/race-class-.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/race-class-.html Inside Higher Ed, The Power of Race, by Scott Jaschik: Is the glass half empty or half full? Thomas J. Espendshade, a professor of sociology at Princeton University, used that question to answer a question about his new book, No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite... Book Club Legal Education Paul Caron Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:05:00 -0500 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/10-iphone.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/10-iphone.html Business Insider, 10 iPhone Apps Every Lawyer Should Have: [W]hether attorneys use the iPhone as their personal cell or their work device, they can make use of a variety of apps specifically directed to their lawyerly needs. My CLE Billing Timer Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Black's Law Dictionary Delaware... Legal Education Tax Paul Caron Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:30:00 -0500 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/miami-law-prof.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/miami-law-prof.html National Law Journal, Law Professor Sues Above the Law Blog, Alleging "Viciously Racist Series of Rants," by Karen Sloan: It's the kind of story that tends to get big play on the legal blog Above the Law: A prominent University of Miami School of Law professor and civil rights advocate... Legal Education Paul Caron Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:56:25 -0500 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/death-of-byus-.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/death-of-byus-.html Following up on my March 2009 post, Another Law Prof Dying of ALS: the New York Times reports that BYU Law Prof Michael Goldsmith (BYU) died on Sunday at age 58. Video Courtesy of KSL.com Legal Education Obituaries Paul Caron Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:57:00 -0500 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/subscribing-to.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/subscribing-to.html We offer two ways for you to have TaxProf Blog content automatically delivered to your computer, cell phone, or mobile device, as explained in the left column of the blog under the banner, "Subscribe to TaxProf Blog Via RSS Feed or Email": RSS Feeds: You can subscribe to one of... About This Blog Legal Education Tax Paul Caron Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:28:22 -0500 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/taxprof-blog.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/11/taxprof-blog.html Saturday: Deductibility of Halloween Costumes State Death Taxes Pose Trap for Upper Middle Class as Federal Estate Tax Recedes Devereux & Fuest: Is the Corporation Tax an Effective Automatic Stabilizer? Recasting Carried Interest: An Examination of Tax Reform Proposals The Constitutionality of Post-Davis Conduit Bonds Sunday: Chicago Property Taxes Increase... Legal Education Tax Weekend Roundup Paul Caron Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:12:00 -0500 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/10/ohio-bar-.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/10/ohio-bar-.html Congratulations to the University of Cincinnati College of Law's Class of 2009, who earned a 91.0% pass rate on the July 2009 Ohio Bar Exam, compared to an 87.8% state-wide average for first-time test-takers. Here are the results by school for first-time test-takers, along with each school's U.S. News ranking:... Law School Rankings Legal Education Paul Caron Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:54:59 -0400 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/10/law-faculty-.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/10/law-faculty-.html National Law Journal, Law Faculties Recruited to Anti-Smoking Squads: Faculty members at Widener University School of Law will have a new role to play next academic year: smoking police. They won't have matching uniforms or extensive training. They will be armed with small cards that detail the school's impending ban... Legal Education Paul Caron Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:49:00 -0400 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/10/aba-tax-section-2.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/10/aba-tax-section-2.html The ABA Tax Section is co-hosting Careers in Tax Law at various law schools around the country to introduce J.D. and LL.M. students to careers available in the tax practice area: The career panels typically include three to four lawyers representing private practice, the government, academia, and one of the... ABA Tax Section Legal Education Tax Teaching Paul Caron Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:00:00 -0400 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/10/cincinnati-becoming-.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/10/cincinnati-becoming-.html I have noted before what an exciting time this is at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, as we all work together to implement an ambitious strategic plan adopted by the faculty in 2006 to become the nation's premier small, urban, public law school: A premier law school that... Legal Education Paul Caron Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:00:00 -0400 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/10/gao-downplays.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/10/gao-downplays.html The Government Accountability Office yesterday released Issues Related to Law School Cost and Access (GAO-10-20): The ABA’s accreditation standards focus on a number of issues, including schools’ facilities, student support services, faculty, admissions practices, and graduates’ passage of the bar exam. Concerns have been raised about how some of these... Legal Education Paul Caron Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:55:00 -0400 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/10/us-news-.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/10/us-news-.html I received in the mail today my ballot for the 2011 U.S. News Tax Rankings (see the 2010 tax rankings here and here). As in prior years, the survey is intended "to identify the law schools having the top programs in tax law." The survey is sent "to a sample... Law School Rankings Legal Education Tax Paul Caron Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:51:30 -0400 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/10/2009-tannenwald.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/10/2009-tannenwald.html For students completing tax seminar papers this semester: The Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship and American College of Tax Counsel are sponsoring the 2010 Tannenwald Writing Competition: Named for the late Tax Court Judge Theodore Tannenwald, Jr., and designed to perpetuate his dedication to legal scholarship... Legal Education Scholarship Tax Teaching Paul Caron Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:48:39 -0400 http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/10/is-uchastings.html http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/10/is-uchastings.html Brian Leiter has posted this memo from UC-Hastings, reporting that nonresident tuition and mandatory fees will increase next academic year to $50,310 due to state budget cuts. That figure is higher than the current tuition and fees at the Top 10 law schools (although some law school websites may not... Legal Education Paul Caron Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:22:14 -0400