Martin B. Dickinson
Robert
A. Schroeder Distinguished Professor of Law Subjects: Estate Planning, Taxation
Phone: 785-864-9246 E-mail: mbd@ku.edu
Profile
Martin B. Dickinson was named the Robert A. Schroeder Distinguished Professor of Law in 1986. He is a nationally recognized authority in estate planning and taxation and a co-author of standard publications in those fields. He joined the KU law faculty in 1967 and served as dean from 1971 to 1980. Highly respected as a teacher and mentor, Dickinson received the Immel Award for Teaching Excellence in 1997, the Moreau Student Counseling Award in 1988, 1995, and 1997, the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1988, and a Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence in 2002. The Kansas Bar Association has conferred the President's Award for Outstanding Service and the Phil Lewis Medal of Distinction on Dickinson. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas, a master's degree from Stanford University, and a law degree from the University of Michigan, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Michigan Law Review. He has received the ALI-ABA Harrison Tweed Award for excellence in continuing legal education. Dickinson is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the American College of Tax Counsel, and the American Bar Foundation.
Representative Publications
"Federal Income Tax Code and Regulations: Selected Sections" (2009); "Taxation of Estates, Gifts and Trust" (with others) (23rd ed. 2006).
Research Interests
Estate planning, estate and gift taxation, and income taxation.
Education
J.D., Michigan, 1964, Editor-in-Chief, Michigan Law Review; M.A., Stanford, 1961; A.B., Kansas, 1960.
Admitted
Colorado 1964, Kansas 1970
Career History
Associate, Holme, Roberts and Owen, Denver, 1964-67; Assistant Professor, Kansas 1967-69, Associate Professor 1969-71; Visiting Associate Professor, Michigan 1970; Professor, Kansas 1971-86; Visiting Associate Professor, Colorado 1971; Dean, Kansas 1971-80; Of Counsel, Barber, Emerson, Springer, Zinn & Murray, Lawrence 1980-2002; Robert A. Schroeder Professor since 1986; Consortium Professor, London, fall 1988.
Member
American College of Tax Counsel; American College of Trust & Estate Counsel; Fellows of the American Bar Foundation; Order of the Coif; Chairman, Accreditation Comm., ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, 1981-82; Kansas Tax Review Commission, 1984; Probate Advisory Committee, Kansas Judicial Council, since 2002.
