Owner | Law Professor Blogs |
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Founder(s) | Paul Caron |
Editor | Paul Caron |
URL | taxprof |
Launched | April 2004; 20 years ago (2004-04) |
TaxProf Blog is a popular collaborative blog about United States tax law written by law school professors. The blog reports on current events and precedential cases in U.S. tax law. The blog is regarded as the leading tax blog in the academic community.
Posts on TaxProf Blog have been widely cited in the popular press and legal journals. Its reporting has been sourced by USA Today, the Washington Post, Above the Law, law.com, and other outlets.
TaxProf Blog was established in April of 2004 by Paul Caron, professor of law at Pepperdine University. It is owned by Law Professor Blogs, which describes itself as "the nation's only network of legal blogs edited by law professors".
Reception
In 2010, the blog was named to a list of ABA Journal 's "favorite" legal blogs. The blog has been described by law experts Benjamin H. Barton and Christopher M. Fairman as a "must read" and as a "wonderful blog" by Edward McCaffery.
References
- Wayne, Leslie (March 26, 2008). "Obamas' Tax Returns Show Donation Spike". New York Times. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- "The Unintentional Consequences of Unintended Datasets" (PDF). Law Library Journal. 114 (4): 489. 2022.
- Weiss, Debra (October 30, 2008). "InstaPundit Ranked Most Popular Law Prof Blog for Site Traffic". ABA Journal. American Bar Association. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- The Future of Law Libraries: Selected Articles from a Symposium on the Impact of Technology on Law Libraries and Law Classrooms of the Future. Florida Coastal School of Law. 2005. pp. 15–18.
- Pratt, Katherine; Kowal, Jennifer; Martin, Daniel (2008). "The Virtual Tax Library: A Comparison of Five Electronic Tax Research Platforms". Florida Tax Review. 8 (9): 952. doi:10.5744/ftr.2008.1009. ISSN 2476-1699.
- ^ McDonough, Molly; Randag, Sarah; Doret, Michael; Wenngren, Anders (2010). "Our 100 Favorite Blawgs". ABA Journal. 96 (12): 33–39. JSTOR 25798956.
- "Glenn Reynolds: Washington's culture of corruption rots on". USA Today.
- "U.S. News Delays Release of Much-Anticipated Law School Rankings - Above the Law". 17 April 2023.
- "Ahead of the Curve: Will Boycotts and Bad Press Put a Dent in the US News Rankings' Reputation?".
- Macnaughton, Alan (2004). "Current Tax Reading". Canadian Tax Journal. 52 (3): 1053.
- Sloan, Karen (July 17, 2019). "The Blog Must Go On for This Law Dean". law.com. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- "Join the Network". TaxProf Blog.
- Barton, Benjamin (2019). Fixing Law Schools. New York, NY: New York University Press. p. 8. ISBN 9781479869596.
- Fairman, Christopher (2009-09-01). Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting our First Amendment Liberties. Sourcebooks. pp. xvii. ISBN 978-1-4022-2320-4.
- McCaffery, Edward (2012-01-02). The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Income Tax Law. Oxford University Press. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-19-993011-1.