TaxProf Blog, a leading source for news, scholarship and commentary on legal education and tax law for more than 20 years, has found a new home and is being hosted exclusively by The Association of American Law Schools.
The blog is now available at https://taxprofblog.aals.org.
Paul Caron, dean and professor at Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law, founded the TaxProf Blog in 2004. It has been an essential resource for the legal and academic communities with more than 800,000 deans, professors, students, lawyers and others visiting the site each year. The blog shut down on September 30, 2025, due to the closure of the Typepad platform, which hosted it.
The AALS acquisition ensures the preservation of TaxProf Blog’s archives and its continued role in providing timely and relevant information to the legal education and tax law communities.
Kellye Testy, executive director and chief executive officer of AALS, said Caron’s TaxProf Blog has been a cornerstone for law school deans, law professors and tax lawyers for decades and the association is honored to bring it back and build on its legacy.
“This addition reflects our commitment to creating resources for legal educators and helping build communities of scholars,” Testy said. “We plan to develop similar resources in other substantive areas in the future, and we are grateful to Dean Caron for his partnership in launching this effort.”
AALS will maintain the blog’s archives and host new content and personal reflections from Caron and a team of editors. Readers can expect the same news and posts on scholarship, events, data, commentary and analysis that they have come to expect from the site.
Caron said he’s excited about partnering with AALS to keep TaxProf Blog going.
“This collaboration will guarantee the blog’s continued growth and accessibility, serving as a vital source of information for legal educators, scholars and practitioners,” Caron said.
The tax editors on TaxProf Blog are:
- Andrew D. Appleby, associate professor, University of Tennessee Winston College of Law
- Conor Clarke, associate professor, Washington University School of Law
- Jon Endean, assistant professor, Brooklyn Law School
- Deanna Newton, associate professor, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
- Shu-Yi Oei, professor, Duke Law School
- Sloan Speck, associate professor, University of Colorado Law School
Legal education editors on TaxProf Blog are:
- Alena Allen, professor, Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
- Michael Madison, professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- Austen Parrish, AALS president, dean and professor, University of California, Irvine School of Law
- Michael Hunter Schwartz, professor, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Additional scholars are expected to join as contributors in the coming weeks.
The relaunched site currently hosts recent posts and archived content from 2004 to 2013. The entire available archive of more than 50,000 posts is scheduled to be added in November.
Caron anticipates adding additional editors over time.
“I am stepping away from daily posting but will chime in from time to time and will continue posting on tax, legal education and faith on Sundays,” he said.
