The Maurer School of Law is consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Reports as one of the top 20 in the United States in the area of taxation. It is currently number 18. The heart of the Maurer Tax Program is its people. The centerpiece of Maurer's Tax Program is the Tax Policy Colloquium, which brings together Maurer faculty, students, alumni, other faculty, and tax experts from around the world. The Colloquium has run every academic year since 2009, typically in the spring semester. The talks generally are open to registrants. The Spring 2024 Colloquium series is in progress and is open for free registration at Tinyurl.com/Colloq2024.
A highlight of the Maurer Tax program that started early in the global COVID-19 pandemic was the Indiana/Leeds Summer Tax Workshop Series, a joint project of Prof. Lederman (Maurer) and Prof. Leopoldo Parada (University of Leeds, U.K.) Videos from Summer 2020's and Summer 2021's series are linked below.
- Tax Policy Colloquium
- Spring 2024: See the playlist here for the introduction and scripted remarks of most talks.
- Spring 2023: Limited series of 3 talks.
- Fall 2021: See the playlist here.
- Spring 2021: See the playlist here.
- Spring 2020 (the final 3 sessions were online; the linked videos include the introduction and scripted remarks).
- Rita de la Feria (University of Leeds, UK), Mar. 27, 2020
- Daniel Shaviro (NYU), Apr. 9, 2020
- Tina Ehrke-Rabel (University of Graz, Austria), Apr. 16, 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015 (limited series)
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- Inaugural series (2009)
- Indiana/Leeds Summer Tax Workshop Series (jointly sponsored speaker series on Zoom)
- Summer 2021: videos at tinyurl.com/Vids2021
- Mindy Herzfeld (Florida), May 28, 2021
- Henry Ordower (SLU), June 4, 2021
- Afton Titus (Cape Town), June 11, 2021
- Zachary Liscow (Yale), June 18, 2021
- Stefan Hammerl & Lily Zechner (Graz), June 25, 2021
- Emily Cauble (DePaul), July 2, 2021
- Daniel Shaviro (NYU), July 9, 2021
- Andrés Báez Moreno (Carlos III), July 16, 2021
- Joachim Englisch (Münster), July 22, 2021
- Summer 2020: videos at tinyurl.com/IndianaLeeds
- Ruth Mason (UVA), May 21, 2020
- Stephen Daly (King's College, London), May 28, 2020
- Susan Morse (Texas), June 4, 2020
- James Repetti (Boston College) June 11, 2020
- Shuyi Oei & Diane Ring (Boston College), June 18, 2020
- Umut Turksen (Coventry), June 25, 2020
- Allison Christians (McGill), July 2, 2020
- Joshua Blank (UC Irvine), July 9, 2020
- Michael Devereux (Oxford University), July 16, 2020
- Ana Paula Dourado (University of Lisbon), July 23, 2020
- Ricardo García Antón (Tilburg University), July 30, 2020
- Steven Dean (NYU), Aug. 6, 2020
- Monica Victor, Aug. 13, 2020
- Summer 2021: videos at tinyurl.com/Vids2021
- Other Past Events
- Careers in Tax Panel (2013)
- Careers in Tax Panel (2012)
- Critical Tax Conference (2009)
- Further Information
Other Tax Opportunities
- Tax Law Society (student-run organization focusing on tax)
- Indiana Legal Services, Inc., Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (paid and/or volunteer positions may be available)
- IU Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program (volunteer tax-return preparation)
Tax Careers Information
For Maurer Law student access to a Canvas website containing tax career information and videos featuring Maurer alumni discussing their jobs and/or the hiring process, email Prof. Lederman requesting access and include your IU email address. Also check out the Tax Careers playlist on the Break Into Tax YouTube channel run by Prof. Lederman and featuring co-hosts and guest stars.
Tax & Allied Courses at the Maurer Law School
Tax Courses
♦ Introduction to Income Tax
♦ Corporate Tax
♦ Partnership Tax
♦ Seminar in Tax Policy
♦ State & Local Tax
♦ Tax Policy Colloquium
♦ Transactional Drafting--Tax
Allied Courses
♦ Accounting for Lawyers
♦ Business Planning
♦ Corporations
♦ Entrepreneurship Law Clinic
♦ Estate Planning
♦ Law & Philanthropy
♦ Legislation
♦ Nonprofit Organizations