Paul Caron, dean and professor at Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law, is ending his TaxProf Blog after more than two decades of reporting and sharing tax and legal news.
In his last post on Sept. 8, he said the blog has been a labor of love and he had been “puzzling over when would be the right time to stop.”
Caron said the decision was clear when Typepad, the platform that hosts the blog, announced it was discontinuing all blogs on Sept. 30.
He said in his post that he has no interest in starting new on a different platform, but if he finds a new home for his 55,780 posts, he will share a link on his last TaxProf Blog post and notify subscribers.
In 2024, Caron was No. 4 on our list of Most Influential People in Legal Education. His TaxProf Blog also celebrated its 20th anniversary that year. The blog has been a leading online platform for the tax and legal education communities, with more than 20 million page views per year.
TaxProf Blog was an especially important resource during the pandemic, providing news, information and a gathering place for law professors around the world. It covered debates in legal education over campus closures, COVID-19 protocols, online classes, pass/fail grading, maintaining community, tenure clocks, bar exams, racial justice and many other issues.
In 2023, TaxProf Blog extensively covered artificial intelligence and ChatGPT, the U.S. News rankings boycott and subsequent methodology changes, free speech controversies at law schools, new accreditation rules, the Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision and more.
Caron said he’s proud of the role TaxProf Blog has played in the tax and legal education communities over the past several years.
As a last hurrah, Caron asked readers who have enjoyed his news coverage to add a message in the comment section of his last post before it sunsets, sharing, “When I eventually retire, I will cherish the memories of the time I spent writing this blog for over two decades in the hope that it enriched your lives just a little bit.”
