Law Student Tax Challenge
Testimonials
"The ABA Law Student Tax Challenge offers a wonderful bridge to practice for law students. Unlike many competitions, it offers problems that mirror practice and gives students a sterling opportunity to write a legal memorandum on a sophisticated tax problem and present the problem to top tax professionals acting as partners or clients. I recommend that any serious tax student enter the competition."
—Professor Don Leatherman
University of Tennessee College of Law
Former Chief of Branch 4 for the Associate Chief Counsel (Corporate)
of the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel
"The Tax Law Challenge is an exceptional competition and provides a unique opportunity for law students because it previews all aspects of tax practice and provides a bridge from classroom learning to the practice of tax law."
—Professor Christopher M. Pietruszkiewicz
Paul M. Herbert Law Center
Louisiana State University
Judge (Semi-Final Round), 2002 Law Student Tax Challenge
"The Tax Law Challenge is a great concept because it allows students to prepare and orally defend written memorandums that analyze the tax consequences of proposed transactions—a task that tax lawyers are more often engaged in as opposed to tax litigation."
—Professor Fred B. Brown
University of Baltimore School of Law
"The format challenges students to present their oral and written knowledge in a manner generally undertaken by more senior lawyers and again in another format that is understandable to a client. What could be better preparation for tax practice?"
—Professor Daniel S. Goldberg
University of Maryland School of Law
"The Tax Law Challenge gives law students an opportunity to participate in an interactive tax planning and client counseling exercise. Different from tax moot court competitions, which necessarily focus exclusively on one or two points of law, the Tax Law Challenge requires participants to think creatively and to apply a variety of Federal income tax concepts to reach a result consistent with the law and the client's objectives."
—Michael Lloyd
Finalist, 2001 Law Student Tax Challenge
Graduate, University of Maryland School of Law
Associate, Baker & McKenzie
"The ABA Tax Challenge was a great opportunity to apply the obscure concepts I learned in class to a real-life, practical, client-based problem. The judges and practitioners at the ABA Conference were eager to meet the student contestants and more than willing to give advice on what it is like to practice as a tax attorney. I would highly recommend the ABA Tax challenge to any student considering a career in tax law."
—Amy Devadas
Finalist, 2001 Law Student Tax Challenge
