Originally published in Student Lawyer magazine, October 2003 (Vol. 32, No. 2). All rights reserved.

Competition Seeks Future Tax Lawyers

Would you like to gain knowledge about complex "real-world" tax transactions? Would you like to experience hands-on tax planning in a large-firm atmosphere?

The ABA Section of Taxation Young Lawyers Forum is sponsoring its third-annual Law Student Tax Challenge, open to all students at ABA-approved law schools who are interested in tax law. The competition will focus on the tax consequences of a complex tax-planning problem.

Teams will be evaluated on two criteria: a memorandum to a senior partner and a letter to the client explaining the result. Based on this written work product, semifinalist teams will be invited to the Taxation Section's 2004 Midyear Meeting in Kissimmee, Fla., Jan. 29-31, to defend their papers before a panel of some of the country's top tax professionals.

The Tax Challenge problem is available on the Young Lawyers Forum web site. For further information, visit www.abanet.org/tax/groups/ylf.