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Speaking Engagements

June 2021
National Press Foundation | Corporate Accountability Fellows Program
Presenter

June 2021
AALS Constitutional Law Section | New Books Panel
Panelist

June 2021
ACS Panel on a Third Reconstruction
Panelist

February 2021
South Carolina Law Review | Symposium on Taxation, Finance and Racial Justice
Keynote Speaker

September 2020
Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, Malibu CA
Dean’s Speaker Series

July 2020
Society of American Law Teachers (SALT)
Panelist, Incorporating Systemic Racism Across the First Year Curriculum

July 2020
Section on Taxation | Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
Panelist, Incorporating Systemic Racism into the Basic Tax Course.

April 2019
Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, Malibu CA
Keynote Speaker,

March 2019
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
2019 Hamilton E. Holmes, M.D. Memorial Lecture

October 2015
Loyola School of Law, Chicago IL
Panelist, Faculty Workshop. 

July 2015
The Business of Life – VICE News, Charlotte NC
Panelist, The US Tax Code.

April 2015
Color of Wealth Summit, Washington DC
Panelist, What’s the Code Got to do with it? Tax Fairness and the Racial Wealth Gap.

February 2015
Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton, Atlanta, GA
Unconscious Bias and the Legal Profession

January 2014
Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, CA
Presented work in progress on The Obamas’ tax returns.

June 2014
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans in Wisconsin
What You Can do to help minimize the Wealth Gap.

October 2013
Seton Hall School of Law, Newark, NJ
Presented work in progress entitled Law School Without Borders

April 2013
BMW Supplier Diversity Conference, Greenville, SC
Discussed choice-of-entity tax implications for small businesses.

February 2013
New York University School of Law, NYC, NY
Panelist, Milbank Tweed Forum on Law Faculty Diversity
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezeJtg10Z1A

January 2013
Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, CA
Presented work in progress on Tax Reform.

April 2012
Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
Panelist, African-Americans and Retirement Forum

January 2012
Florida Coastal School of Law, Jacksonville, FLA.
Spoke with faculty about incorporating critical race theory into the first year curriculum.

March 2011
Pursuing Diversity in the New Economy: A Shared Responsibility, Catholic Law School, Washington, DC
Panelist, Critical Role Law Schools Play in Reversing the Trend.

September 2009
Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Canada.
Conference on Tax Expenditures and Public Policy in Comparative Perspective.
Panelist, The Role of Tax Expenditures in Addressing Major Public Policy Issues.

May 2009
International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Oñati, Spain.
Panelist, Challenging Gender Inequality in Tax Policy Making.

April 2009
University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN
Contested Contours in Assisted Reproductive Technology Symposium.
Panelist, The Tax Treatment of “Making” Babies: A Race and Class Analysis.

August 2008
University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver, CO.
Obama Phenomena: Facets of a Historic Campaign Conference. Panelist discussing the race and class implications of Sen. Obama’s Tax Plan.

April 2008
University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL.
Contested Commodities Symposium. Panelist discussing the tax implications of a market for human tissue and organs.

November 2005
University of Houston Law School, Houston, TX.
Frankel Lecture.