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Professor Stark Named Barrall Family Professor of Tax Law and Policy Professor Kirk Stark, an expert on state and local tax policy, has been named the Barrall Family professor of tax law and policy in recognition of his outstanding record of accomplishment in the tax law field. The endowed chair was recently established by James D. C. Barrall ’75 and Carole Barrall (UCLA ’75). KIRK STARK Professor Stark’s research focuses on taxation and public finance, with a particular emphasis on state and local tax policy and U.S. fiscal federalism. His recent work has examined fiscal disparities among the states, the federal government’s role in state tax reform, and the question of how
best to allocate fiscal responsibilities among federal, state and local governments. He is the author of the recent book, War and Taxes (with Steve Bank and Joe Thorndike), as well as two leading casebooks, Federal Income Taxation (with William Klein, Joseph Bankman and Daniel Shaviro) and State and Local Taxation (with Walter Hellerstein, John Swain and Joan Youngman). Professor Stark has testified several times on state and local tax policy before the California State Legislature and has also served on the Board of Directors of the National Tax Association. In addition, he serves as faculty coordinator of the UCLA Colloquium on Tax Policy & Public Finance, an interdisciplinary workshop designed to explore leading research on taxation. Professor Stark was elected Professor of the Year by the law school graduating classes of 1999 and 2002. He received the University Distinguished Teaching Award in 2003 and the law school’s Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2008. He served as vice dean for faculty development at UCLA Law from 2010-2013.
Professor Stone Delivers 116th Faculty Research Lecture In April, Katherine Stone, Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller distinguished professor of law, delivered the 116th Faculty Research Lecture, an honor bestowed by the Academic Senate upon UCLA’s most distinguished scholars. During her lecture, “Rupture and Invention: The Changing Nature of Employment, the Vanishing Middle Class, and KATHERINE STONE the Implications for Social Policy,” Professor Stone discussed how the tradition of long-term attachment to one employer has eroded in the United States, leading to the rise of short-term, episodic employment and work as independent contractors or entrepreneurs.
Professor Stone, who joined the UCLA School of Law faculty in 2004, is a leading expert in labor and employment law in the United States. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship Award in 2008 and a Russell Sage Fellowship for 2008-2009 for her work on the changing nature of employment and the regulatory implications. Her book, From Widgets to Digits: Employment Regulation for the Changing Workplace, won the 2005 Michael Harrington Award from the American Political Science Association and was named Finalist for the C. Wright Mills Award by the American Sociological Association. Her most recent book, Rethinking Workplace Regulation: Beyond the Standard Contract of Employment, published in February 2013, examines regulatory efforts to balance employer flexibility and worker security in 10 countries. Her forthcoming book, Globalization and Flexibilization: The Remaking of the Employment Relationship in the 21st Century, will examine the changing employment landcscape in Japan, Australia and Europe.
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