Tax Lecture Series

In recognition of the important role of taxation in our economy and society, in 2006 the University of Connecticut School of Law established the Tax Lecture Series. The lecture series brings prominent international tax practitioners, scholars, and government officials to campus to speak on tax topics. Professor Mason moderates the lectures.

Lectures are open to the public. In some cases audio of the lecture is available for download.

• October 11, 2010, 2:30pm The Tragic Choices of Tax Policy in a Globalized Economy
  Tsilly Dagan, Bar Ilan University, Faculty of Law

• October 6, 2010, 12:30pm Sunsetting Legislation
  Rebecca Kysar (Brooklyn), George R. Yin (Virginia)

• March 14, 2010, 9:00 am at University of Linz, Austria: Second NYU-UCONN-Linz EC Tax Policy Seminar
  Professor Ruth Mason will join tax experts from many countries for an all-day seminar at the University of Linz, Austria.

• November 30, 2009, 6:30 pm, Macroeconomic Stabilizing Effects of Tax Expenditures
  Prof. Lily Batchelder (NYU), Yair Listokin (Yale), Ruth Mason (University of Connecticut)

• October 5, 2009, 6:30 pm, International Tax Arbitrage
  H. David Rosenbloom, Director, NYU School of Law International Tax Program and Partner, Caplin & Drysdale

• January 9, 2009, University of Lisbon Commenting on "Made in American for European Taxation: The Internal Consistency Test" (paper by Ruth Mason)
  Miguel Poiares Maduro, Advocate General, European Court of Justice

• November 24, 2008, 2:00 p.m. Tax Fairness and the Tax Mix
  David Duff, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toronto

• November 18, 2008, 9:30 a.m. The Pitfalls of Accepted VAT Wisdom: Lessons from the EU Experience
  Rita de la Feria, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Business Taxation, Oxford University

• April 23, 2008, 12:30 p.m. Japan as a Tax Treaty Partner
  Yoshihiro Masui, Professor of Law, University of Tokyo, Japan

• April 8, 2008, 6:30 p.m. What's Wrong With Shaming Corporate Tax Abuse
  Joshua Blank, Acting Assistant Professor of Law, NYU School of Law

• March 14, 2008, 9:15a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at NYU School of Law: NYU-UCONN-Linz EC Tax Policy Seminar
  Professors Ruth Mason and Stephen Utz will join tax experts from many countries for an all-day seminar at NYU co-sponsored by NYU School of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law, and Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria.

• March 4, 2008, 6:30 p.m. Why Endowment Taxation is Unjust
  Linda Sugin, Professor of Law, Fordham Law School

• November 15, 2007, 6:30 p.m. Probably? Understanding Statements About Risk and Uncertainty in Tax Law
  Sarah B. Lawsky, George Washington University Law School

• April 11, 2007, Value-Added Taxes in the European Union
  Michael Tumpel, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

• March 7, 2007, Debt and Taxes
  Noël Cunningham '74, NYU School of Law

• September 6, 2006, US-EU Relations in the Field of Direct Taxes
  Pasquale Pistone, Professor of Law, University of Salerno and EURYI-ESF Professor at Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration