Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
Distinguished Research Professor & Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Emeritus Walter Hellerstein's treatise State Taxation was quoted by the Oregon Tax Court in Oracle Corp. v. Department of Revenue regarding the treatise's discussion of the unitary business principle and the apportionment of intangible income.
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West presented "The Supreme Court and the Press: An Empirical Analysis" at the Media Law & Policy Scholars Conference during January (with R. Jones).
Brumby Distinguished Professor in First Amendment Law Sonja R. West moderated "The Press and the Separation of Powers: The News Media's Relationships with Public and Private Power" panel as part of the Association of American Law School's Annual Meeting during January. As chair of the AALS Section on Communication, Media & Information Law, she performed this role.
Woodruff Chair in International Law Diane Marie Amann was featured in Vox regarding her thoughts on presidential pardoning power. The article titled "President Trump is considering pardoning himself. I asked 15 experts if that's legal?" was written by Sean Illing and published 1/7/21.
Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Gregg D. Polsky published "The Impact of the 2017 Tax Act on Certain Personal Injury Plaintiffs" in 12 Columbia Journal of Tax Law 27 (2020).