Thursday, May 23, 2013

• May 23
  "New Scholarship on Happiness" Conference 8:30 AM • Law School 4047

  This interdisciplinary conference will bring together leading scholars from a variety of disciplines (including economics, philosophy, psychology, and law) to present current research about happiness. Presenters will include both external scholars and Duke faculty. The specific focus of the conference will be the normative relevance of happiness and its role in shaping public policy. The conference is co-sponsored by the Kenan Institute of Ethics "Rethinking Regulation" program. Registration required at https://duke.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0JrZTbXQlIoVba5 For more information, please contact Dawn Cronce at cronce@law.duke.edu.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

• Oct 17
  35th Annual Duke University Estate Planning Conference 8:00 AM • Law School 3rd Floor Loggia

  This two day conference consists of a series of lecture sessions designed to examine in detail current developments in the estate and gift tax field; strengthen the practitioner¿s knowledge and application of estate planning techniques to a multitude of diverse and complex problems; and to provide a forum for the discussion of important estate planning problems and their solutions. Sessions will be led by a group of conference faculty members comprised of estate planning and tax practitioners and legal scholars. Faculty members have been selected for their knowledge of the subjects, presentation skills, and ability to communicate.

Friday, February 21, 2014

• Feb 21
  44th Annual DLJ Administrative Law Symposium: Taking Administrative Law to Tax 9:00 AM • TBD

  The foundations of settled law are shifting as courts begin to apply administrative law doctrines to the rather insular world of tax administration. These developments present an ideal opportunity to reflect on the general validity and utility of both general administrative law principles and statutory commands of the APA. Is tax administration somehow fundamentally different from administration in other areas? Does what happens in tax call into question any important assumptions or practices in general administrative law? Are there reforms that might usefully be made, either in general administrative law rules or in tax administration? These are the questions for reflection as the Symposium takes administrative law to tax. For more information, please contact Devon Damiano at devon.damiano@lawnet.duke.edu. Register at http://dlj.law.duke.edu.