The ABA Section of Taxation has just published a new book, Careers in Tax Law: Perspectives on the Tax Profession and What It Holds for You. For students thinking about whether tax is the right field for them, it's worth a look. For example, there's a vignette written by Ed Kleinbard, my former colleague at Cleary, who did a stint as Chief of Staff at the Joint Committee on Taxation and now has announced his resignation to become a fellow academic at USC Gould College of Law. Here's how Ed describes a career in tax law, in "Private Clients, Public Good", Careers, at 126 (Download Kleinbard.ABA. Careers in Tax Law.2009):
Tax law is a wonderfully ambiguous career. There are no rigid boundaries between practitioner, academic, policy wonk, and government servant. Tax lawyers regularly move from one to the other—or try to straddle a couple at a time—both early and late in their careers. The result is that this is a field in which we can apply both our brains and our experience every day to new and interesting problems, from the beginning of our careers to the end.
The book is available at the ABA's online store, at this link: www.abanet.org/abastore/productpage/5470719.
The Section describes the book as "an honest and entertaining portrayal of the tax profession. It presents more than 75 mini autobiographies of a broad cross section of tax professionals. Each vignette is a story of paths taken, choices made, and lessons learned."
The chapters include:
An Evolving Profession • Finding a Fit • Roads Less Traveled •
Smaller Firm Practice • Larger Firm Practice •
Cases and Controversies • State and Local • Going In-House •
Serial Careers • Academia • Public Service • Lawyers and Accountants •
The Cross-Border Lawyer • Other Ways • The Greater Good •
From the Bench • Points of View • Certain Constants •
The Recruiter’s Perspective
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