Taxation Villanova University School of Law and Graduate Tax Program
VILLANOVA TAX BY THE NUMBERS MORE THAN
45 COURSES
OFFERED
ACROSS THE JD AND GRADUATE TAX PROGRAMS
300+
: NUMBER OF TIMES VILLANOVA’S
TAX FACULTY WAS QUOTED IN THE MEDIA IN 2013, INCLUDING THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, FINANCIAL TIMES AND REUTERS.
#9
MOST CITED FACULTY AMONG
TOP U.S. GRADUATE TAX PROGRAMS*
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VILLANOVA GRADUATES HAVE BEEN
AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS PUBLIC SERVICE FELLOWSHIP FROM THE ABA SECTION OF TAXATION.
The nationally recognized Tax Program at Villanova University School of Law offers you an experience that few law schools can match, powerfully combining comprehensive course offerings with a renowned Federal Tax Clinic. Here, you’ll learn from leading academics and industry leaders with experience at the highest levels of government and the private sector. At Villanova, our philosophy is simple: deliver cutting-edge taxation education and hands-on learning opportunities to prepare the next generation of tax professionals.
Whether you’re a JD student with a passion for tax or a professional looking to specialize in the practice area, Villanova has an academic program for you: • JD/LLM in Taxation • Graduate Tax Program—offered on campus and online - Master of Laws in Taxation (LLM) for lawyers - Master of Taxation (MT) for accountants and non-lawyers • Certificate Programs in Employee Benefits, Estate Planning and Tax Controversy
* Paul L. Caron, Jennifer M. Kowal, Katherine Pratt & Theodore P. Seto. Pursing a Tax LLM Degree: Where? (April 28, 2010), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1577966
VILLANOVA’S GRADUATE TAX PROGRAM IS NOW OFFERED ON CAMPUS AND ONLINE. WHETHER YOU’RE IN THE PHILADELPHIA REGION OR AROUND THE WORLD, WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE.
Graduate Tax Program In the Villanova University Graduate Tax Program, you’ll gain the sophisticated blend of taxation-based accounting, legal and business expertise to help you thrive in top public and private sector organizations around the world. Designed for legal, accounting and business professionals, the program broadens and sharpens students’ understanding of federal tax law and procedure. Conducted jointly by the Law School and the Villanova School of Business, this program stresses real-world education and professional responsibility in tax practice. Its rigorous and well-rounded curriculum is updated continually to ensure that what you learn is immediately applicable to current challenges and opportunities.
Designed with both working professionals and students in mind, the 24-credit-hour LLM
This cross-disciplinary program offers a Master of Laws in Taxation (LLM) for lawyers,
and MT programs can be completed full-time in one year or part-time in as few as two years.
Visit www.law.villanova.edu/gradtax for more details.
or a Master of Taxation (MT) for accountants and non-lawyers.
As a student pursuing a JD/LLM in Taxation, you will earn substantial credits that are applicable to both degrees.
JD and Graduate Tax course offerings at Villanova include:
Curriculum Few law schools can match the breadth and depth of Villanova’s Tax course offerings. Through our more than 45 courses across our JD and Graduate Tax programs, you can examine taxation from multiple perspectives—allowing exploration of how both the law and accounting affect the field’s ever-changing landscape. Coursework is clustered into four main practice areas—Business Tax; Tax Controversy; Family Wealth and Estate Planning; and Employee Benefits. You can mix and match electives across practice areas, or opt for an in-depth examination of one specialty.
Accounting for Lawyers Consolidated Returns and Affiliated Corporations Corporate Tax Transparency Decedents’ Estates and Trusts Employee Benefits Green Tax Planning International Taxation State and Local Taxation Taxable Acquisitions Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders Tax-Free Reorganizations Tax Trusts and Estates Wealth Tax Blending theory and practice, Villanova’s innovative, simulation-based capstone courses include: Charitable Gift Planning Corporate Tax Planning Negotiating and Drafting Partnership Agreements and Limited Liability Company Operating Agreements Negotiating and Drafting Tax Provisions for Corporate Acquisition Agreements Tax Litigation
TAX LITIGATION TRAINING COURSE Designed in partnership with IRS attorneys, Villanova’s Tax Litigation Training Course is an innovative simulation-based skills course designed to teach tax practitioners and law students how to handle a case in the U.S. Tax Court. It draws students to Villanova from across the nation and is available to all students enrolled in the Graduate Tax Program.
Part distance, part on-site, the program takes students through a complete Tax Court trial, including calendar call, pretrial conference with the Court and motions practice. Instructors include attorneys from the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, private practitioners and Villanova faculty, all of whom have extensive trial experience in the Tax Court.
The program is offered at minimal cost to employees of public interest organizations.
Real-World Learning in Villanova Federal Tax Founded in 1992, the Villanova Federal Tax Clinic melds the School’s dedication to public service with practical experience. Students work in teams to represent lower-income taxpayers with disputes before the U.S. Tax Court and in Federal District Courts. Cases typically include examinations, administrative appeals and collection matters. The work of the clinic’s students has often been the key difference for taxpayers attempting to prove their cases in court with significant favorable impacts on their financial conditions.
In addition to the in-house clinic, students can get hands-on experience through Villanova’s robust externship program and paid internships, which have included placement with the IRS, Pennsylvania Department of Revenue and the Joint Committee on Taxation.
Keith Fogg, Professor of Law and Director of the Villanova Federal Tax Clinic
Clinic VILLANOVA FEDERAL TAX CLINIC BY THE NUMBERS
100 CLIENTS
REPRESENTED EACH SEMESTER.
6-8 MONTHS
: TYPICAL CASE LENGTH
30+
THE VILLANOVA FEDERAL TAX CLINIC IS ONE OF
IN THE IRS OFFICE OF THE CHIEF COUNSEL.
ONLY
12-15 HOURS
6+ YEARS
PARTICIPATING STUDENT SPENDS ON CLINIC CASEWORK
VILLANOVA FEDERAL TAX CLINIC HAS RECEIVED
EACH WEEK.
THE MAXIMUM AWARD OF A MATCHING GRANT FROM
: YEARS CLINIC DIRECTOR KEITH FOGG WORKED
: AMOUNT OF TIME EACH
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LOW INCOME TAX CLINICS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
:
THE IRS IN RECOGNITION OF ITS VALUABLE SERVICE.
Lany Villalobos ’14 JD was one of only two young lawyers to receive the prestigious
Christine A. Brunswick Public Service Fellowship from the ABA Section of Taxation in 2014. Villalobos is working with the Pennsylvania Farmworker Project to expand tax services to Spanish-speaking, low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers in rural Pennsylvania—a perfect marriage of the skills cultivated through her studies in Villanova’s Federal Tax Clinic and Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic.
Alumni The academic offerings and hands-on opportunities offered at Villanova Law and its Graduate Tax Program will provide you with unparalleled understanding of the intricate dynamics of tax law—and the skills to thrive in practice. Upon graduation, you’ll join our strong alumni network that includes tax, business and government professionals, such as: Joan Arnold ’78 JD, Partner and Chair of the Tax Practice Group, Pepper Hamilton LLP Stephen Blazick ’03 LLM, Partner, Reed Smith LLP Hon. Lewis Carluzzo ’74 JD, Special Trial Judge, U.S. Tax Court Thomas Donnelly ’89 JD ’90 MT, Vice President, State and Local Tax for Comcast Corporation Regan Greco ’12 JD, Vice President & Trust Officer, Goldman Sachs Trust Company, N.A. Richard Hyman ’02 MT, Philadelphia Office Tax Managing Partner and Leader of the Philadelphia International Tax Group, Deloitte Tax LLP
Hope Krebs ’87 JD, International Tax Partner and Co-Chair International Practice, Duane Morris LLP Erica McReynolds ’05 JD ’08 LLM, Tax Director, National Tax Services Tax-Exempt Organizations Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
R. Neil Miller ’00 JD, Deputy Secretary of Finance, Commonwealth of Virginia Luigi Racanelli ’13 JD ’14 LLM, Financial Services Associate, KPMG; former Clerk to the Hon. Mary Siobhan Brennan, JTC, Tax Court of New Jersey
Katherine Reinhart ’09 JD ’12 LLM, Trial Attorney, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice Todd Vanett ’78 JD ’84 LLM, Chair, Tax Practice, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP Fleming Ware ’10 JD/LLM, Associate, Reed Smith LLP Philip Zinn ’86 LLM, State and Local Tax Principal and former National Leader of PwC’s State and Local Tax Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Our Graduate Tax program attracts talented
Faculty
adjunct faculty from both the public and private sectors. We draw top practitioners from the Big Four
When you’re studying an area as complex and ever-changing as tax,
accounting firms, the area’s top law firms,
you want to learn from the best. And at Villanova, our renowned tax
boutique tax firms and in-house tax professionals
faculty is composed of industry leaders with experience at the highest levels of government and the private sector.
from Fortune 500 companies.
Learn from and engage with renowned scholars and leading Villanova faculty members run two prominent
practitioners, including:
tax blogs—Procedurally Taxing (Book/Fogg) and MauledAgain (Maule)—that tackle procedure and administration issues affecting practitioners and academics alike.
Leslie Book, Professor of Law A fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and a recipient of the ABA Tax Section Spragens Pro Bono Award, Book is a national authority on tax procedure, collection due process and issues affecting the low-income taxpayer community.
Keith Fogg, Professor of Law and Director of the Villanova Federal Tax Clinic Fogg, who worked for over 30 years with the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, is a member of the ABA Tax Section’s Governing Council and a past Chair of the ABA Tax Section Pro Bono and Tax Clinic Committee.
J. Richard Harvey Jr., Distinguished Professor of Practice
Professor Leslie Book
A leading expert on taxation of U.S. multinational corporations, and retired senior tax partner with a Big Four accounting firm, Harvey previously served as a senior tax official in the U.S. Treasury Department and IRS.
James Edward Maule, Professor of Law Maule has written more than a dozen Bloomberg BNA Tax Management portfolios, including 501 T.M., Gross Income: Overview and Conceptual Aspects and 507 T.M., Income Tax Liability: Concepts and Calculation, along with dozens of law review articles and other tax books.
Professor J. Richard Harvey Jr. (below) testified before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on the offshore tax practices of Apple, Inc., in May 2013.
Joy Sabino Mullane, Professor of Law Mullane focuses her scholarship on tax penalties designed to modify corporate and executive pay practices, including the golden parachute rules. Her interest in the area began while she was an associate at Davis & Harman, a boutique tax and employee benefit law firm in Washington, D.C.
Michael Mulroney, Professor Emeritus Former Director of both the Graduate Tax Program and Federal Tax Clinic at Villanova, Mulroney was previously an appellate attorney in the Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, and a partner in a tax specialty firm for 25 years.
Shelley Rhoades-Catanach, Associate Professor, Villanova School of Business
Rhoades-Catanach—whose research applies game-theoretic modeling techniques to examine the impact of taxes on strategic decision-making—is a co-author of two textbooks on taxation and business.
Linda Love Vines, Interim Director, Graduate Tax Program and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law Vines served as a Senior Attorney in Tax Litigation in the Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, litigating civil income tax cases before the U.S. Tax Court.
Professor Joy Sabino Mullane
Guest Speakers Villanova’s Tax Program attracts the industry’s leading policymakers and practitioners as guest speakers at symposia and special events, including: Tamara Ashford, Acting Assistant Attorney General for Tax; Tax Court Judge nominee Lawrence B. Gibbs, Member, Miller Chevalier; former Commissioner, IRS
Kathryn Keneally, former Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Edward Kleinbard, former Chief of Staff of Joint Committee on Taxation, Ivadelle and Theodore Johnson Professor in Law and Business at the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law
John McDougal, Special Trial Attorney, IRS Office of Chief Counsel
Nina Olson,
National Taxpayer Advocate
The 2013 Villanova Law Review Norman J. Shachoy Symposium brought together leading academics, practitioners and policymakers to explore pressing issues of U.S. tax administration.
Left: Nina Olson Above: Kathryn Keneally
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