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2009-2010 Tax Law Speaker Series - Leandra Lederman

The University of San Diego School of Law Tax Law Speaker Series brings leading tax scholars to campus to interact with our faculty and students. During 2009-2010, the following high-profile tax scholars will speak on topics of current research interest and will also have the opportunity to meet with students in our nationally ranked graduate tax program:

September 11, 2009
Leandra Lederman, William W. Oliver Professor of Tax Law and Director of the Tax Program, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, "W(h)ither Economic Substance?"

February 12, 2010
Ellen P. Aprill, John E. Anderson Professor of Tax Law, Loyola Law School (Los Angeles), "Tax Patents in the IRS, Congress, and the Court."

February 26, 2010
Tanina Rostain, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for Professional Values and Practice, New York Law School, Confidence Games: Lawyers, Accountants and the Tax Shelter Industry, forthcoming book co-authored with Professor Mitt Regan, Georgetown University Law Center.

April 9, 2010
At the Second Annual Climate and Energy Law Symposium, "Next-Generation Regulation: Instrument Choice in Climate Law," leading experts will address climate change and tax law:

Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Irwin I. Cohn Professor of Law and Director of the International Tax LL.M. Program, University of Michigan Law School

David G. Duff, Professor and Director, National Centre for Business Law, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law

Roberta Mann, Professor of Law, University of Oregon School of Law

David A. Weisbach, Walter J. Blum Professor of Law and Kearney Director of the Program in Law and Economics, University of Chicago Law School