Symposium
The Journal hosts an annual symposium at the University of Kansas School of Law. Speakers from across the nation attend to present papers and discuss an important public policy issue determined in advance by the Editorial Board. Papers submitted by symposium participants are published together in a Journal Symposium Issue.
2011-12 Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy Symposium
Corporate Tax Reform: Making America Competitive
Feb. 10, 2012 | 10 am - 4:30 pm | 106/107 Green Hall
We hope you will join us for the 2011-2012 Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy Symposium, “Corporate Tax Reform: Making America Competitive.” The symposium will address the country's current tax crisis and how changes to the corporate tax code will offer relief for all Americans and alleviate the strain on domestic corporations. Free CLE credit will be offered for the event, which will be held at the University of Kansas School of Law.
The symposium will begin with a presentation by Joseph J. Thorndike offering a historical overview of corporate tax reform efforts, followed by a presentation from David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling taxation author. The event will continue in the afternoon with presentations by nationally recognized business professors George Plesko (University of Connecticut), Rosanne Altshuler (Rutgers University), and Raquel Meyer Alexander (University of Kansas).
Advance registration is appreciated but not required. Please RSVP by Friday, Feb. 3 to kjlppsymposium@gmail.com to let us know you will attend the program.
CLE Credit
Two hours of CLE credit for Kansas and Missouri attorneys will be offered during the morning session. There is no charge. If you wish to receive CLE credit, please RSVP to kjlppsymposium@gmail.com. Materials will be emailed electronically or may be obtained the day of the event.
Registration and Breakfast
Registration will begin 9 a.m. on the day of the symposium. A light breakfast will be served.
Parking
Parking is available for $1.25 an hour in the Visitor Parking Garage, just south of Green Hall. Visitors who park in the surface lot east of the law school will be ticketed.
Schedule | |
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Check-in and Breakfast |
| Morning Session (2 Hours CLE Credit) in Room 106 | |
| 10:00 - 10:10 | Welcome & Introductions Stephen W. Mazza Dean and Professor, University of Kansas, School of Law |
| 10:10 - 11:00 | The Durability of a Dysfunctional Tax: The Persistence of High Corporate Tax Rates in the United States Joseph J. Thorndike Director of the Tax History Project at Tax Analysts and contributing editor for Tax Notes magazine |
| 11:10 - 12:00 | Faux Reform and For Reform |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | LUNCH |
| Afternoon Session in Room 107 | |
| 1:30 - 2:20 | Devilish Details of Corporate Tax Reform George Plesko Associate Professor, University of Connecticut School of Business |
| 2:30 - 3:20 | Options for International Tax Reform Rosanne Altshuler Professor of Economics, Rutgers University |
| 3:30 - 4:20 | How Can a VAT Contribute to Corporate Tax Reforms? Raquel Meyer Alexander Assistant Professor, University of Kansas School of Business LeAnn Luna, Associate Professor of Accounting and Research Professor, Center for Business and Economics Research, University of Tennessee |