SMU Dedman School of Law - 2010-2011 Tax Policy Colloquium Series

2010-2011 Tax Policy Colloquium Series

SMU Dedman School of Law hosts a series of discussions on the implementation of tax policy with leading academics, students, lawyers and members of the business community. The series is co-organized by SMU Dedman School of Law Professors Christopher H. Hanna and Henry J. Lischer, Jr. For further information, please contact Chris Hanna at channa@mail.smu.edu. See Colloquium Schedule for a list of speakers and topics scheduled in 2010-2011.

Date	Presenter	Topic
Friday, October 1, 2010	Lawrence Lokken University of Florida College of Law	"Swapping Our Way to Ruin: The Role of Credit Derivatives in the Mortgage-Finance Crisis"

Monday, October 25, 2010	Thomas A. Barthold, Chief of Staff, U.S. Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation	A View From Inside the Legislative Sausage Machine

Friday, January 21, 2011	Calvin H. Johnson Andrews & Kurth Centennial Professor, University of Texas School of Law	Fifty Ways to Raise a Trillion

Thursday, February 3, 2011	Daniel J. LaThrope E.L. Wiegand Distinguished Professor in Tax, University of San Francisco School of Law	Equity and Fairness in the Federal Income Tax: Alternatives to the Alternative Minimum Tax

Monday, March 7, 2011	Michelle M. Kwon Assistant Professor of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law	The Tax Man's Ethics: Four of the Hardest Ethical Questions for an IRS Lawyer