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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 bit.ly/2Zcwc8Y
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Florida @GovRonDeSantis Signs Markel Act, Giving Grandparents Right To Visit Their Grandchildren Where Living Parent Killed Other Parent @justice4danm @Fla_Pol bit.ly/3nixTgB
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.@LoyolaLaw Grad Took Online Illinois #BarExam While In Labor, Then Gave Birth And Finished Test In The Hospital bit.ly/3dpvjje
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Malibu awakens to massive devastation. As the map shows, fire came within feet of @pepperdine (blue oval) on 3 sides, but no building on campus was lost thanks to the heroic efforts of firefighters on the ground & in the air. Our hearts @PeppLaw are broken by the loss around us.
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Before Moving To Florida, Citadel Billionaire Founder|CEO Spent $54M To Defeat Illinois Tax Hike That Would Have Cost Him $51M/Year, by @paulkiel @mickeyd1971 @propublica bit.ly/3RlOJJd
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Former BigLaw Partner @GriffAldrich, Who Left $800k Salary For $32k College Basketball Job, Is Headed To The Big Dance As Head Coach Of Upstart @LongwoodMBB @LongwoodLancers, by @JFeinsteinBooks @washingtonpost bit.ly/36dEsvA
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Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (2024-25 Edition) bit.ly/3wguCpF
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Inspector General: 91% Of Taxpayers Whose Bank Accounts Were Seized By The IRS Had Acquired The Cash Legally goo.gl/QCNaHg
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.@PostOpinions: Why This Pandemic Is A Good Time To Stop Forcing Prospective Lawyers To Take Bar Exams bit.ly/32ky7dM By @SaadatiSoto (JD 2020,@Harvard_Law), Pilar Margarita Hernández Escontrías & Emily Croucher (both JD 2020,@UCILaw), Alyssa Leader (JD 2020,@unc_law)
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Paul Caron Named Dean Of Pepperdine Law School goo.gl/j0r65O
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Beautiful sunset tonight at Alumni Park ⁦@pepperdine
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.@brooklyntaxprof Leaves @brooklynlaw for @BU_Law bit.ly/3IAbJk3
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Op-Ed by @DavidCayJ: WSJ Op-Ed By @CommishSmith Is A 'Breathtaking' Distortion Of The Facts Of The IRS 'Scandal' bit.ly/2rDntf8
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My wife and I were inspired by @DMConwayDean's $125,000 gift for @DickinsonLaw students in need during COVID-19 to do the same for @PeppLaw students bit.ly/31IYisz
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.@S_Stantcheva (@Harvard) Presents Wealth And Taxation In The United States Today At The OMG Transatlantic Tax Talks bit.ly/3k0t3Tv @OxfordTax @UMichLaw @MIT @GeorgetownLaw
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Hey @Lin_Manuel: rumor has it you are @BeverlyWilshire. I am the Dean @PeppLaw, and am giving a speeech tonight at our annual law school dinner at the same hotel, talking about how I would not be dean had I not seen @HamiltonMusical in 2016. Can you stop by anytime (7-9:30)?
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Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (Updated 2024-25 Edition) bit.ly/3yJNn6I
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My favorite photo at #AALS2018: Eva Rana-Gamage, daughter of @profshrutirana and @davidsgamage goo.gl/i1icV1
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This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts goo.gl/RGTi0t
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Law Students Who Handwrite Their Notes Outperform Laptop Users goo.gl/ttvpDU
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Remote Bar Exams Are A Terrible And Dangerous Idea, by Amanda Pescovitz (J.D. 2020, @gwlaw) bit.ly/3eQ1wit
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Deans Of All Five University Of California Law Schools Defend Critical Race Theory Against Trump's Attacks bit.ly/3mgHGSE @BerkeleyLaw @DavidFaigman @UCHastingsLaw @krjohnson58 @UCDavisLaw @jmnookin @UCLA_Law @LSongRichardson @UCILaw
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David Hope & @JulianLimberg (@LSEnews): Fifty Years Of Tax Cuts For The Rich Didn’t Trickle Down, Study Says bit.ly/3gQswkM
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California Law School Deans Request Supreme Court To Make Oct. 5-6 Online Bar Exam Open Book With No Proctoring @PeppLaw @BerkeleyLaw @USanDiegoLaw @WesternStateLaw @DavidFaigman @UCHastingsLaw @SFreiwald @usflaw @LawDeanGuzman @USCGouldLaw @santaclaralaw bit.ly/35BCpPO
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.@brooklyntaxprof Named Co-Director Of Block Center For International Studies At @brooklynlaw bit.ly/3EbWXfU
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New @ABAesq Bar Data: Ultimate 2-Year Pass Rate Increased 1 Percentage Point; Ten Law Schools Fell Short of 75% Accreditation Threshold bit.ly/36OShBk @BelmontLaw @mulaw @UCBerkeley @DukeLaw @UChicagoLaw @georgemasonlaw @UVALaw @BaylorLawSchool @AlaLawSchool @YaleLawSch
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A highlight of #AALS2018 for me was last night's dinner with 35 Tax Profs @LoveMonello @ShuyiOei @Narfnampil @davidsgamage @EOTaxProf @heatherfield
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.@UCLA_Law Dean @jmnookin Donates Kidney To Her Father bit.ly/2JUUvnt
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@deathntaxesprof @LouisvilleLaw Presents Converting Student Loans (And Other Aid Programs) To Cash Grants Today @UTLaw bit.ly/33r8Bk2
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According the @Delta in-flight navigation system, my flight from LAX to New Orleans for ⁦@TheAALS⁩ annual meeting has gone horribly astray. If I’m not at the @PeppLaw reception Friday at 5:30pm, you’ll know why.
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Charlene Luke And Grayson McCouch Awarded Chair, Professorship At @UFLaw bit.ly/3uOH1fM
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Huge move in the Tax Prof world: @vicfleischer is leaving @USanDiegoLaw to join @UCILaw, creating a tax juggernaut with @Omri_Marian and @JoshuaDBlank goo.gl/Tzyi57
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Harvard Law Prof Who Was Ousted From Deanship For Representing Harvey Weinstein Failed To File Tax Returns For Nearly A Decade bit.ly/2re1gGU
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California Deans Ask Supreme Court To Retroactively Apply Lower 139 Cut Score To Feb. 2020 Exam-Takers bit.ly/2X8GUfJ @BerkeleyLaw @Chapman_Law @LoyolaLawSchool @PeppLaw @StanfordLaw @santaclaralaw @UCDavisLaw @UCILaw @UCHastingsLaw @UCLA_Law @USCGouldLaw @USanDiegoLaw
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From @lawprofblawg: Weaponizing Student Evaluations bit.ly/2IqVHtu
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One of the things I love most about being Dean @PeppLaw is the rapt attention I receive from faculty and students during my speeches.
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More On Friday's Conviction In Dan Markel's Murder: Katie Magbanua's Disastrous Decision To Testify; Pressure Builds On Her To Finger Charlie, Other Adelsons @justice4danm bit.ly/3aA36cd
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.@profallentweets (@StJohnsLaw), From Academic Freedom to Cancel Culture: Silencing Black Women in the Legal Academy, 68 @UCLALawReview 364 (2021) bit.ly/3fjMPXF
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Educators became eligible for COVID shots today in California, and I got mine thanks to @MAHelfand, Vice Dean for Faculty, Research, and Vaccinations @PeppLaw
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SCOTUS Law Clerk Signing Bonuses Hit $500,000, by @tobiaraji @washingtonpost bit.ly/3SwVWJ5
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Pasquale Pistone (@wu_vienna; Academic Chair, @IBFD_on_Tax, Netherlands) presents International Tax Nexus: New Challenge in the Era of the Digitalized Economy at @UBC @AllardLaw hosted by Wei Cui bit.ly/3br15Lc
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Tax Prof Baby: congratulations to @DavidsGamage and @profshrutirana goo.gl/3qOiNI
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The Leftward Ideological Slant Of Law Schools Will Degrade American Law And Erode Fundamental Rights bit.ly/4dZmzOV by John Yoo (@BerkeleyLaw)
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.@bearerfriend (@gwlaw) Presents Should the IRS Know Your Race? The Challenge of Colorblind Tax Data Virtually at @UCILaw Today As Part Of Its Tax Policy Colloquium Series Hosted By @JoshuaDBlank@vicfleischer, and @Omri_Marian bit.ly/3kIkM53 bit.ly/3kIkM53
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.@jbirdpollan Named Associate Dean For Academic Affairs @ukcollegeoflaw bit.ly/3mUR3u7
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The IRS Scandal, Day 1179 goo.gl/iyoQM8
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Projected 2024 U.S. News Rankings For All 191 Law Schools, by @SpiveyConsult bit.ly/3KaBgCw
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Congratulations to @PeppLaw’s @derektmuller, recipient of @pepperdine’s highest teaching award.
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IRS Chief Counsel Seeks To Hire 200 Experienced Attorneys (Salary: $79,363 - $176,300 bit.ly/3fQBCOP
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The IRS Scandal, Day 1269: The Dark Art Of Political Intimidation @KimStrassel goo.gl/0ApJwV
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.@4TaxFairness 219 Economists & Law Professors Urge Congress to Include the "Billionaires Income Tax" in Build Back Better Act bit.ly/3pMbmte
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Academic Freedom Is Withering On College Campuses, by @epkaufm @CSPICenterOrg @WSJopinion @WSJ bit.ly/38aF3MR
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.@PeppLaw is thrilled to announce that @jenniferleekoh is joining our faculty bit.ly/3qLJ9SN
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.@ProfRuthMason (@UVALaw) Presents The Legality Of Digital Taxes In Europe (with @leopoldo_parada (@Law_Leeds)) Online Today At @UTLaw bit.ly/35EhFG5
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.@profchristians (@LawMcGill) presents Blueprint For a More Sustainable Global Tax System at @BYULaw today as part of its Tax Policy Colloquium Series hosted by Cliff Fleming and Gladriel Shobe bit.ly/2NnSpuR
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Alice Abreu (@ProfessorAATax) Named Inaugural Honorable Nelson A. Diaz Professor Of Law At @TempleLaw bit.ly/3peEed1
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.@ProfRuthMason (@UVALaw) presents The Transformation of International Tax at @BU_Law today as part of its Tax Policy Colloquium hosted by David Walker bit.ly/35QXlyH
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Workshop by @smbrnsn @LoyolaLaw on God and the IRS @UCILaw hosted by @JoshuaDBlank, @vicfleischer, @Omri_Marian bit.ly/2N9aj6r
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.@bearerfriend (@gwlaw) Wins Article Award For 'Colorblind Tax Enforcement' bit.ly/3PADVFL
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Paving The Way: The First American Women Law Professors @ucpress by Pat Cain @santaclaralaw @ProfMMurray @nyulaw bit.ly/2QaFkZX
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Fellowships For Aspiring Law Professors (2023-24 Edition) bit.ly/3QEEv8y
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.@bearerfriend @gwlaw Receives Fulbright Award To Research Poll Taxes In The United Kingdom bit.ly/3eiah6R
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.@JoshuaDBlank (@UCILaw) and @LeighOsofsky (@unc_law) present Automated Legal Guidance at @BU_Law today as part of its Tax Policy Colloquium hosted by David Walker bit.ly/2PuoRvv
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.@aznchew & @RachelGurvich @unc_law, Saying The Quiet Parts Out Loud: Teaching Students How Law School Works, 100 @NebLRev 887 (2022) bit.ly/3CrU0sQ
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Slain Mobster Whitey Bulger's Career Advice To Students: 'If You Want To Make Crime Pay, Go To Law School' bit.ly/2zEZFKW
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