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Aba Standard 405(C): Two Steps Forward And One Step Back For Legal Education, Peter A. Joy
Aba Standard 405(C): Two Steps Forward And One Step Back For Legal Education, Peter A. Joy
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There has long been opposition to guaranteeing that all full-time law faculty have security of position and participation in faculty governance the same as or substantially similar to tenure. ABA Accreditation Standard 405(c), was meant to provide such security of position and faculty governance for clinical faculty, though this standard has not been consistently interpreted to do so. The situation for legal writing faculty is even more precarious, because the standards only require a law school to provide legal writing faculty with the security of position and other rights necessary to attract and retain well-qualified faculty. As a result, most …
Inequality And The Mortgage Interest Deduction, Kyle Rozema, Daniel J. Hemel
Inequality And The Mortgage Interest Deduction, Kyle Rozema, Daniel J. Hemel
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The mortgage interest deduction is often criticized for contributing to after-tax income inequality. Yet the effects of the mortgage interest deduction on income inequality are more nuanced than the conventional wisdom would suggest. We show that the mortgage interest deduction causes high-income households (i.e., those in the top 10% and top 1%) to bear a larger share of the total tax burden than they would if the deduction were repealed. We further show that the effect of the mortgage interest deduction on income inequality is highly sensitive to the alternative scenario against which the deduction is evaluated. These findings demonstrate …