Lester B. Snyder
Professor of Law
B.S. 1951, Syracuse University; J.D. 1956, Boston University; LL.M. 1961, Columbia University
A specialist in tax law, Professor Lester B. Snyder came from the University
of Connecticut to USD where he served as director of the
Graduate Tax Program from 1983 to 1989. He has also been a
visiting professor at New York University and Boston University.
For nearly 20 years, he was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Real
Estate Taxation. He was the first professor-in-residence in the Tax
Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He was the architect
and chair of USD’s national tax conference, “Emerging Changes in
the Tax Law,” held in March 1999. An author of many articles on
tax policy and tax reform, his recent publications include “Taxation
with an Attitude: Can We Rationalize the Distinction Between
‘Earned’ and ‘Unearned’ Income?,” Virginia Tax Review and
(with M. Gallegos) “Redefining the Role of the Federal Income
Tax: Taking the Tax Law ‘Private’ Through the Flat Tax and
Other Consumption Taxes,” American Journal of Tax Policy. He is
currently completing two monographs for publication in the San
Diego Law Review: “Does The Tax Law Discriminate Against The
Majority of American Children: The Downside Of Our Progressive
Rate Structure and Unbalanced Incentives for Higher Education?”
and “Changing The Way We Tax ALL Businesses: The
Case for Rational Uniformity.” Snyder was a recipient
of the 2003 Bernard E. Witkin Award for excellence in teaching
from the San Diego Law Library Justice Foundation.
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