SSRN has updated its monthly ranking of 750 American and international law school faculties and 3,000 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from
the SSRN database. This ranking includes downloads from two 30- and 35-page papers by 12 tax professors on the new tax legislation... [...]
An Open Letter to the 2020 Presidential Candidates: It’s Time to Tax Us More Bloomberg News, ‘We Are Part of the Problem’: Billionaires and Heirs Demand Wealth Tax Forbes,
'Tax Us'? No, Very Few Rich People Would Love To Pay Higher Taxes Forbes, Wealth Tax: That Pesky Constitution Might Get... [...]
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, SAT-Only Admission: How Would It Change College Campuses?: A review of SAT and ACT standardized test scores among
students in a recent class at the nation’s 200 most selective colleges finds that if all students were admitted solely on the basis of... [...]
New York Times op-ed: Why Can’t Everyone Get A’s?, by Alfie Kohn (author, No Grades + No Homework = Better Learning): Excellence is not a zero sum game. For a generation
now, school reform has meant top-down mandates for what students must be taught, enforced by high-stakes standardized tests and... [...]
Clint Wallace (South Carolina), Presentation: The Living Wage EITC: This presentation was prepared for a conference hosted by the NYU Center for Labor & Employment Law titled
Artificial Intelligence and Automation: Impact on Work and Workers, on June 13, 2019. [...]
Law School Admission Council Announces the Justice Innovation Challenge: The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) recently announced the Justice Innovation Challenge, which
will award up to $15,000 in seed funding and mentorship to law students with compelling ideas for addressing access to justice issues. [...]
The Economic Policy Institute hosts a conference today on Taxing the (Very) Rich: The conference will highlight the importance of taxing ultra-high earners to any serious effort
to combat inequality and raise living standards for the vast majority. A prestigious group of policy experts and activists will discuss the necessity... [...]
Following up on Saturday's post, Unanimous Supreme Court: State Cannot Tax Out-Of-State Beneficiary On Undistributed Trust Income: Daniel Hemel (Chicago), A Constitutional
Right To Skirt State Income Tax? Erin Scharff (Arizona State), Presence of In-State Beneficiaries Alone Insufficient For State to Assert Jurisdiction to Tax Trust [...]
Following up on my previous post, After Ouster From Deanship For Representing Harvey Weinstein, Law Prof Blasts Harvard's Capitulation To A 'Loud Minority Of Students': New
York Times op-ed: Why Harvard Was Wrong to Make Me Step Down, by Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. [...]
