Two Chapman professors participated in the “National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference” this September at Seton Hall in New Jersey. Professor Dexter, a panelist at the Conference, discussed tax policy in a “post-racial” era. Professor Francine Lipman presented her paper, “It’s A Matter of Life or Death: A Model for the Most Important Financial
TaxProf Blog ranked Professor Francine Lipman’s latest article, “Social Security Benefits Formula 101: A Practical Primer,” as number one for the seventh week in a row on its “Top 5 Tax Paper Downloads” chart. Read Professor Lipman’s article.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) has updated its monthly rankings of 654 American and international law school faculties and 1,500 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN data base. Congratulations to Chapman Law Professor Francine Lipman who now ranks as #9 in recent tax downloads and as #15
Professor Francine Lipman’s research on undocumented immigrants and taxation was highlighted in an article entitled “The Price That We Pay” on Truthout.org. Professor Lipman was quoted in the piece discussing the disinformation about the tax contributions of undocumented immigrants that can be attributed to both “confusion about the system generally and . . . that
Professor Tom Campbell was featured in an article discussing why he won’t sign ‘no tax pledge’ as well as his support of Arizona’s recent immigration law. The “no tax pledge” signed by his Republican opponents is “easy and popular, but it isn’t right,” said Tom Campbell. Read the full article here.
Chapman Law third-year student Habib Hanna had his article on IRC 104(a)(2) “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: The Disparate Treatment of Similarly Situated Taxpayers Under the Personal Injury Income Tax Exclusion” published in the new edition of the Chapman Law Review, and highlighted in the TaxProf Blog. Read the TaxProf Blog entry here.
Professor Francine Lipman was quoted in a Mission Local article discussing the increasing use of Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITIN) by undocumented workers to file their taxes. “Taxpayers who file with an ITIN do not receive social security benefits or the earned income tax credit. But they are eligible for the child tax credit, said
Dean John Eastman of Chapman University School of Law recently participated in a Federalist Society Panel to discuss whether the judiciary should reinterpret Congresses power to tax and spend for the country’s general welfare. Dean Eastman believes, “If we understood that ‘general’ meant national interest… much of what passes for spending these days is not
Chapman Law’s tax program debuted in US News and World Report with a national Top 25 ranking. Learn more…
Professor Francine Lipman was quoted in an article in the Denver Post, entitled “ACLU suit against Weld County DA goes to trial.” The article reports on the first day of oral arguments in an ACLU lawsuit against the Weld County Colorado district attorney’s office and the sheriff’s office, which seized thousands of documents from a