Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Carter Chair in Tort and Insurance Law Michael L. Wells published "Marshall Shapo's Constitutional Tort Fifty-Five Years Later" in 115 Northwestern University Law Review Online 256 (2020).
Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Gregg D. Polsky was featured in The New York Times regarding private equity firms' use of fee waivers to limit tax liability. The article titled "Private Inequity: How a Powerful Industry Conquered the Tax System" was written by Jesse Drucker and Danny Hakim and published 6/12/21.
Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Gregg D. Polsky was featured in Investor's Business Daily regarding the taxation of corporate stock buybacks. The article titled "Why The Apple-led Stock Buyback Boom May Get Caught In Biden's Tax-Hike Net" was written by Jed Graham and published 6/14/21.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West's research was featured on Syracuse.com regarding the U.S. Supreme Court and its references to the press. The article titled "Assaults on press freedom, here and abroad, endanger democracy" was written by Roy S. Gutterman and published 4/30/21.
Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics and Professionalism & Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor Lonnie T. Brown Jr. presents as part of a panel on "Lawyering in the D.C. Spotlight" at the ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility during June.