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The Law School Transfer Market: ‘The Contentious Underbelly of Legal Education’

Posted on February 4, 2015 by webmaster in Legal Education Leave a comment

Following up on my previous posts: Two Phoenix Tenured Law Profs Say They Were Fired for Opposing Transfer Prevention Policies (June 5, 2013) Phoenix Law School Changes Its Name Amidst 48% Enrollment Decline, 35% Attrition Rate, Lawsuit by Two Fired Tenured Faculty (Nov. 5, 2013) The Law Student Transfer Market:…


Fleischer: Obama’s Budget Seeks International Minimum Tax for Corporations

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New York Times Deal Book: Obama’s Budget Seeks International Minimum Tax for Corporations, by Victor Fleischer (San Diego): Sometimes, a tax increase saves jobs. President Obama’s fiscal year 2016 budget introduces a one-time 14 percent tax on approximately $2 trillion of so-called unrepatriated foreign earnings. The tax would raise about…


Crespi: Will the Income-Based Repayment Program Enable Law Schools to Continue to Provide ‘Harvard-Style’ Legal Education?

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Gregory Scott Crespi (SMU), Will the Income-Based Repayment Program Enable Law Schools to Continue to Provide ‘Harvard-Style’ Legal Education?, 67 SMU L. Rev. 51 (2014): Legal education provided in the prevailing “Harvard-style” now costs students on average between $160,000 and $250,000 for their three years of study, the precise amount…


Benefit Corporations: The Latest Development in the Evolution of Social Enterprise

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Mystica M. Alexander (Bentley University), Benefit Corporations—The Latest Development in the Evolution of Social Enterprise: Are they Worthy of a Taxpayer Subsidy?, 38 Seton Hall Legis. J. 219 (2014): The purpose of this Article is twofold: (1) placing the Benefit Corporation within the historical context of the social enterprise movement…


ABA Tax Section Publishes Winter 2015 Issue of News Quarterly

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The ABA Tax Section has published 34 News Quarterly No. 2 (Winter 2015): Point to Remember, Is It Worthwhile to Realize Capital Gains to Finance the Tax for the Roth Conversion, by William K.S. Wang (UC-Hastings), pp. 1, 20-26 Section Meeting Calendar, p. 2 From the Chair, Investing in the…


Call for Speakers: CALI Conference at Denver Law School

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CALI has issued a Call for Speakers to law faculty, librarians, and IT staff (April 3 deadline) for its 25th Annual CALI Conference for Law School Computing on June 18-20, 2015 at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. The conference registration fee is reduced to $95 for speakers….


Cohen Presents ‘Seg Academies,’ Taxes, and Judge Ginsburg Today at Georgetown

Posted on February 3, 2015 by webmaster in Colloquia, Scholarship, Tax Leave a comment

Stephen Cohen (Georgetown) presents ‘Seg Academies,’ Taxes, and Judge Ginsburg at Georgetown today as part of its Tax Law and Public Finance Workshop Series: On the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia then-Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg authored an opinion with profound implications not only for the law…


Lawyers, Law Professors Tilt to the Left; Judges Tilt to the Right

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New York Times: Why Judges Tilt to the Right, by Adam Liptak: Lawyers on average are much more liberal than the general population, a new study has found. [Adam Bonica (Stanford) & Maya Sen (Harvard), The Politics of Selecting the Bench from the Bar: The Legal Profession and Partisan Incentives…


A Smarter Way to Tax Big Banks: Make Equity (Like Debt) Tax-Deductible

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Wall Street Journal op-ed: A Smarter Way to Tax Big Banks, by Mark J. Roe (Harvard) & Michael Tröge (École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris): President Obama has reanimated the idea of taxing the debt of big banks to help stabilize the banking industry and prevent future financial crises. The…


Does Your Law School Smell? Custom Scents and Law School Branding

Posted on February 3, 2015 by webmaster in Legal Education Leave a comment

Wall Street Journal, Airlines Try Signature Fragrances, but Not Everyone Is On Board: Beyoncé’s latest perfume is called Rise, “the scent of empowerment.” Lady Gaga, Pharrell Williams and Jennifer Aniston have signature scents, too. So does Delta Air Lines. Delta’s offering is Calm, an eau d’aeroport that it sprays in…


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