KARLA W. SIMON
304 Kyle Road
Crownsville, MD 21032
+1 202.262.7155 (mobile)
+ 1 202.319.5140 (office phone)
+1 202.319.4459 (office fax)
simon@law.edu
simon.karla@gmail.com
SSRN Page: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=625439.
EDUCATION:
Western College
B.A.
Member of Honor Society (Phi Beta Kappa equivalent)
University of Heidelberg (Germany)
(matriculated in law)
Duke University
J.D.
New York University
L.L.M.
1969
1967-1968
1972
1976
EMPLOYMENT IN LEGAL EDUCATION:
1989 - present
Professor of Law
Columbus School of Law
Catholic University of America
2012 – present
Affiliated Scholar
U.S.-Asia Law Institute
New York University School of Law
2009 – 2011
Director of Faculty Development CUA, Columbus School of Law
2005 – 2006
Visiting Professor of Law
Law School, Peking University
2006, 2008, 2010 Visiting Professor, Legal Module University of Bologna, MISP
1998 – 2005
Visiting Professor of Law
Faculty of Law
Central European University
1993 -1995
Visiting Fellow
Yale Law School
Yale Program on Nonprofit
Organizations
1984 - 1989
Professor of Law
University of San Diego
School of Law
1984 - 1988
Coordinator of Los Angeles
Graduate Tax Program
University of San Diego
School of Law
1982 - 1984
Visiting Professor of Law
UCLA School of Law
1978 - 1984
Assistant/Associate
Professor of Law
Seton Hall University
School of Law
1976 - 1978
Research Fellow
Yale Law School
1977 - 1978
Adjunct Assistant
Professor of Law
Benjamin N. Cardozo
School of Law
1975
Instructor in Law
University of Florida
College of Law
OTHER SIGNIFICANT ACADEMIC EXPLOYMENT:
2001 – present
Co-Director
Center for International Social
Development
Catholic University of America
OTHER SIGNIFICANT LEGAL EMPLOYMENT:
1992 – present
Co-founder (with various positions)
International Center for Civil
Society Law (ICCSL) and
International Center for Not-forProfit Law (ICNL)
1988 - 1993
Consultant
O'Melveny & Myers
1990 - 1992
Executive Director
American Tax Policy Institute
1972 - 1976
Partner
Hobbet & Simon (private practice of
law limited to taxation, with a
specialtyin tax exempt
organizations)
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OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:
1998 – present
Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Civil Society
Law (formerly of the
International Journal of Not-forProfit Law)
2002 – present
Editorial Board member
Alliance magazine
2010 – present
Founder and Manager
China Civil Society Listserv
2011 – present
Blogger on China
Alliance Magazine blog, available at
http://philanthropynews.alliancemagazine.org/
PUBLICATIONS:
Books:
CIVIL SOCIETY IN CHINA: A LEGAL ANALYSIS FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE “NEW REFORM
ERA” (Forthcoming, Oxford University Press, 2013)
OUTSOURCING SOCIAL SERVICES TO CSOS, A STUDY PREPARED FOR THE MINISTRY OF CIVIL
AFFAIRS IN CHINA (with Irish and Salamon) (in Chinese – WANG, SALAMON, SIMON &
IRISH, OUTSOURCING SOCIAL SERVICES TO NPOS: PERSPECTIVES FROM CHINA AND OTHER
COUNTRIES, Peking University Press, 2010), available at
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/C
HINAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:20600359~menuPK:1460599~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~t
heSitePK:318950,00.html
CHARITY LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY (Springer, 2008) (with O’Halloran and McGregorLowndes)
GUIDELINES FOR LAWS AFFECTING CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS (Open Society Institute, 2004)
(2ND ed. with Irish and Kushen; 1st ed. 1998)
WORLD BANK HANDBOOK ON GOOD PRACTICES FOR LAW RELATING TO
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (with Irish, 1997)
Assisted in preparation of BORIS I. BITTKER, FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION OF INCOME,
ESTATES & GIFTS (Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 1981)
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CASES AND MATERIALS ON TAX FRAUD (with Stephens) (unpublished, 1975)
Book Chapters:
Chapter 5, Developing Issues in the Regulation of Public Benefit Organisations in Japan and
China in MODERNISING CHARITY LAW: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
(Myles McGreogor-Lowndes and Kerry O'Halloran, eds.) (Cheltenham (Glous):
Edward Elgar Publishers, Ltd., 2010)
Tax preferences for non-governmental organizations (with Irish) in THE TAX TREATMENT OF
NGOS (Bater, Hondius & Lieber eds.) (Kluwer Law International, 2004).
Tax Law and Tax Incentives in THE FUTURE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN CENTRAL EUROPE (Priller
and Zimmer, eds.) (Leske & Budrich, 2004).
The Legal Framework for Voluntary and Not-for-Profit Activity in THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR
IN JAPAN (2002, Routledge, Stephen Osborne, ed.) (with Pekkanen)
Transparencia y Ley (Transparency and Law) in LE TRANPARENCIA DE LA SOLIDARIDAD
(Lealtad Foundation, Madrid, 2001)
Tax Treatment of Sulfur Dioxide Emission Allowances in ENVIRONMENTAL TAX HANDBOOK
(BNA 1993) (with Giannola and Landsbaum)
Articles:
Regulation of Civil Society in China, 9 Int’l J. Civil Soc. L. (No. 1) 55 (2011), available at
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1781075.
Fiscal Impediments to Giving in China, Alliance magazine December, 2010.
Opening the Space: New Developments for China's Community Organizations (with
Hang Gao), (2010) available at
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1581687.
Two Steps Forward One Step Back - Developments in the Regulation of Civil Society
Organizations in China, available at
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1540667.
International NGO and NPO Committee, International Legal Developments in
Review, 44 INT’L LAW. 643 (2010)
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Enabling Civil Society in Japan: Reform of the Legal and Regulatory Framework for
Public Benefit Organizations, 28 JOURNAL OF JAPANESE LAW 5 (2009)
Regulation of Civil Society in China: Necessary Changes after the Olympic Games and
the Sichuan Earthquake, 32 FORDHAM J. INT’L L. 943 (2009)
International NGO and NPO Committee, International Legal Developments in Review
by Karla W. Simon, 43 INT’L LAW. 655 (2009)
International NGO and NPO Committee, International Legal Developments in
Review, 42 Int’l Law. 655 (2008) (with Kimberly Reed)
Challenges Presented by the Legal, Regulatory, Administrative, and Fiscal Framework
Governing Civil Society (with Irish), background paper for the Aga Khan
Development Network’s Enabling Environment Conference (held Kabul, Afghanistan,
June 2007), available in conference materials and at http://www.iccsl.org/pubs/6789.pdf.
Japan Update, 4 INT’L J CIVIL SOC. L. 1, at 86 (January 2006), available at
http://www.iccsl.org/pubs/06-01_IJCSL.pdf.
Changes in the Legal Framework for NPOs in China and Their Implications for Social,
Economic, and Political Development, published on the website of the Center for Civil
Society of Peking University (paper delivered at 2005 conference in Beijing)
Reform of China’s Laws for NPOs – A Discussion of Issues Related to Shiye Danwei
Reform, in 2/2005 ZCHINR 2005, at 71 (JOURNAL OF CHINESE LAW)
Legal and Regulatory Environment for NGOs in Bangladesh (with Irish and Firoze),
March 2005, available at
http://www.iccsl.org/pubs/bangladeshfinalreportmay15.pdf
China’s Tax Rules for Not-for-Profit Organizations (with Irish and Jin), available at
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCHINA/15030401122886803058/20601839/NPO_tax_En.pdf (World Bank Beijing website)
Local, Regional, and International Developments Affecting Not-for-Profit and Nongovernmental Organizations, 38 INT’L LAWYER 437 (2004)
Legal Relationships Between the State and Not-for-Profit Organizations: A Focus on
Scientific Research Organizations in the United States in Symposium on China’s Public
Institutions: Retrospect and Prospects, 2 INT’L J. CIVIL SOC. L. 66 (January 2004);
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available at www.law.cua.edu/students/orgs/IJCSL/ (paper presented in Beijing
China in October 2003)
NGO Regulation in East and Southeast Asia: A Comparative Perspective, Thailand
Law Forum, http://members.tripod.com/asialaw/articles/ngo.html. This paper was
presented at an April 2002 Workshop on the Legal Framework for Civil Society in East
and Southeast Asia sponsored by the Center for International Social Development and
the Law School of the Catholic University of America and the Asia Foundation.
Freedom of Association: Recent Developments Regarding the “Neglected Right”
(with Irish), 9 ASIL Human Rights Interest Group Newsletter 37 (2001); also in 3 IJNL 2,
http://www.icnl.org/journal/vol3iss2/ar_irishsimon.htm
Law and Governance, A Lesson in Limits (with Irish), 2 IJNL 3,
http://www.icnl.org/journal/vol2iss3/Arn_LK.htm (2000)
Dissolution of Turkish Political Party Held to Violate The European Convention on
Human Rights, 2 Int’l J. of Not-for-Profit Law (December 1999).
NGO Income Tax Issues for Anglophone Africa, 1 Int’l J. of Not-for-Profit Law (June,
1999).
The Empowerment of Foundations and NGOs – Steps Toward an Appropriate Legal
Framework, Protestant Academy of Loccum Occasional Publications (1999).
Legal Mechanisms to Encourage Development Partnerships (with Irish), 1 Int’l J. of
Not-for-Profit Law (September, 1998).
The Blueprints Project, ICNL, 1996 (with Irish).
Privatization of Social and Cultural Services in Central and Eastern Europe:
Comparative Experiences, 13 BU Int’l Law J. 383 (1995).
Major Findings of the Polish Independent Sector Project, 1994 (with Fuszara) (part of
book project on the Polish Independent Sector, published in Polish in 1995).
Government Support for Civil Society Focus: The Arts, Interphil Working Papers,
1994.
Principles of Regulation, Proceedings of the Regional Conference REGULATING
CIVIL SOCIETY, ICNL 1994.
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Economic Activities of NFPOs: Fiscal and Regulatory Aspects for East and Central
Europe, Interphil Workshop Papers, 1993 (with Irish).
Tax Legislation and Arts Funding, Salzburg Seminar (1993).
Provisions of the United States Tax Laws Affecting Not-for-Profit Organizations,
ICNL, 1993, 1994, 2002 (with Irish).
Constitutional Implications of the Tax Legislative Process, 10 Am. J. of Tax Pol'y 235
(1992).
Tax Treatment of Sulfur Dioxide Emission Allowances, 55 Tax Notes 1397 (1992) (with
Giannola and Landsbaum).
Congress and Taxes: A Separation of Powers Analysis, 45 U. Miami L. Rev. 101 (1991).
Revenue or Religion: Issues and Answers on Tax Deferral, 68 Taxes 1015 (University of
Chicago Tax Conference) (1990).
FIRREA Changes the Rules Governing Acquisitions of Troubled Financial Institutions,
45 Tax Notes 617 (1989) (with McCurley).
Current Developments in Corporate Taxation, 40 Major Tax Planning 1-1 (1988).
The Future of Section 355, 40 Tax Notes 291 (1988) (with Simmons).
The Budget Process and the Tax Law, 17 CAPITAL UNIV. L. REV. 455 (1989); 40 Tax
Notes 627 (1988).
Tax Simplification and Justice, 3 Tax. Admin. Rev. 13 (1987); 36 Tax Notes 93 (1987)
How to Deal with the New Capital Gains and Losses Rules, 1 Prac. Tax Lwyr. 39
(Winter, 1987) (with Hobbet)
Comments on the Dividends Paid Deduction of H.R. 3838, 31 Tax Notes 609 (1986)
Applying the Bob Jones public policy test in light of TWR and U.S. Jaycees cases, 62 J.
Tax’n 166 (1985)
Base Broadening Proposals and Fringe Benefits, 29 St. Louis University, L. J. 1201
(1985); a substantially similar version of this article was published in 27 Tax Notes 829
(1985)
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Supreme Court limits ability of third parties to sue agencies such as the IRS, 61 J.
Tax’n 400 (1984)
Fringe Benefits and Tax Reform - Historical Blunders and a Proposal for Structural
Change, 36 U. Fla. L. Rev. 871 (1984)
Tax Exempt Status of Racially Discriminatory Religious Schools, 36 Tax. L. Rev. 477
(1981) (cited by the Supreme Court in its decision in Bob Jones University v. U.S.)
Law Review Symposium:
Proceedings of the University of San Diego Corporate Tax Conference, 22 San Diego L.
Rev. 1 (1985) (co-editor with Professor Lester B. Snyder).
Congressional Testimony:
China 101: US-Asia Institute, The House U.S.-China Working Group, Human Rights
and Social Change in China, July 25, 2011.
Senate Finance Committee Charitable Organizations Roundtable July 2004 – written
testimony submitted – “A Public Benefit Commission for the United States?”
Creating an Enabling Legal Environment For Chinese NPOs, Testimony before the
Congressional Executive Commission on China, March 24, 2003, available at
http://www.cecc.gov/pages/roundtables/032403/Simon.php.
Rules for the Federal Tax Treatment of Fringe Benefits, H. Rep't No. 98-49 at 288, 98th
Cong., 1st Sess. (1983).
Miscellaneous:
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Civil Society Law,
www.iccsl.org. This quarterly online journal is the only journal covering comparative
legal issues related to civil society organizations on a global basis (1998 (beginning
with the International Journal for Not-for-Profit Law) – present). The IJCSL Newsletter
is also published on a monthly basis
Speaker at NYU School of Law U.S. Asia Law Institute, March 6, 2012
Title of speech “2011 - The Remarkable Year for Civil Society.” It is based on Chapter 7 of her book
Reinvigorating Civil Society in China - A Socio-Legal Analysis (forthcoming 2012 Oxford
University Press). The PowerPoint presentation is available at
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http://www.iccsl.org/pubs/NYU_Talk_March_6.pptx
Speaker on “Civil Society Organizations in China: Background and Recent
Developments,” before a group of Johns Hopkins University students on Sept. 19,
2011. The public policy seminar was held at the Institute for Policy Studies on the
Homewood campus in central Baltimore. More information available here:
http://www.law.edu/2011-fall/Professor-Karla-Simon-Guest-Lectures-at-JohnsHopkins-University.cfm
Invited speaker at the “Conference on Civil Society and Nonprofits in China,” held by
the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University from Jan. 21 to
23, 2011. More information available here: http://www.law.edu/2011-WinterSpring/January/Professor-Karla-Simon-is-Panelist-at-Harvard-Conference-on-CivilSoceity-in-China.cfm.
Book Review, Marion Fremont-Smith, Governing Nonprofit Organizations, published in
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 81 NVSQ 81 (2007)
Book Review, Kerry O’Halloran, Charity Law and Social Inclusion, published in IJCSL, 4
IJCSL 3, at 78 (2007)
Co-author, Comments on Zimbabwe’s Draft Non-governmental Organisations Bill,
available at
http://www.kubatana.net/html/archive/legisl/040907iccsl2.asp?sector=LEGISL&ra
nge_start=1.
Co-author, Legislative Recommendation on 368/337 Overlap, American Bar
Association Section of Taxation, 1984.
Comments on the Proposed Corporate Minimum Tax, Committee on CorporateStockholder Relationships, American Bar Association Section of Taxation, 1985.
Comments on the Dividends Paid Deduction of H.R. 3838, Committee on CorporateStockholder Relationships, American Bar Association Section of Taxation, 1986 (a
longer, more scholarly version of this is published in 31 Tax Notes 609 (1986).
Comments on Subchapter C Reform prepared in connection with the ABA Tax Section
National Subchapter C Reform Project, April-May 1986.
Comments on Entity Classification prepared for the Pass-Through Task Force, ABA
Tax Section, Spring 1987.
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Recent Developments in the Taxation of Corporations (outline), Institute on Federal
Taxation, University of Southern California (January 1988).
Co-author, Report on Section 355, Corporate Tax Committee, ABA Tax Section, July
1988.
Editorial Board, The Practical Tax Lawyer (ALI-ABA), 1985 - 1998.
Author or co-author, Year in Review, for the ABA Section of Intl Law’s Intl NPO and
NGO Committee, in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. This annual publication of the ABA
Section of Intl Law is published in the SMU Law Rev.
SPEECHES, ETC.:
Speaker on Chinese civil society law at Johns Hopkins University Center for Civil
Society Studies, September 2011
Panelist on Chinese civil society law at Harvard University Civil Society conference,
January, 2011
Panelist on Chinese civil society law at Fordham Law School Leitner Center
conference, March 2011
Panelist on Chinese civil society law at two venues in spring 2010 (UCLA Law School
March 5, 2010 and George Washington University School of Law February 19, 2010)
Symposium on China’s Laws for NPOs (held in Beijing, December 2007), sponsored by
GTZ (Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit, Germany)
Legal Reforms for China, the ABA Section of International Law, Intl NPOs and NGOs
Committee, April 2007
Changes in the Legal Framework for NPOs in China and Their Implications for Social,
Economic, and Political Development, published on the website of the Center for Civil
Society of Peking University (paper delivered at a 2005 conference in Beijing).
Globalization and Social Justice – The Role of Religious Institutions in the Protection of
Human Rights, at the Conference on Humanizing the Global Economy sponsored by
the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano,
and the United States Confernce of Catholic Bishops, January 2002
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Legal Protections for Volunteers (with Irish) at the Summer 2002 conference of the
International Society for Third Sector Research, Cape Town, South Africa, July 2002
Comparative Issues in Not-for-Profit Law, Aspen Institute Symposium, May, 2001
Speaker, NGO Law Reform in Africa, paper presented at the Summer 2000 conference
of the International Society for Third Sector Research, Dublin, Ireland, July 2000.
Speaker, The Regulation of NGOs for Development and Transition – Analysis of the
New Chinese Regulations on NPOs (with Irish), Conference on NPOs and
Development, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, July 1999.
Speaker, The Role of a Good Legal Framework – Capacity Building and Sustainability,
Loccum, Germany, December 1998; similar papers presented at conferences at the
University of Parma, Italy, March 1999 and the University of Birmingham, England,
January 1999.
Speaker and organizer, numerous ICNL conferences (South Africa, India, Central and
Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, etc.) 1994-1998
Speaker, Symposium on the Freedom of Association, Columbia University Human
Rights Program, December 1995
Sugarman Lecture, Mandel Center on Nonprofit Organizations, November 1994.
Speaker, Australian Philanthropy at the Crossroads, Melbourne, Australia, November
1994.
Speaker, Significant Issues in the Regulation of the Not-for-Profit Sector Lessons from
Around the World, Conference on Charity Law, NCVO, London, September, 1994.
Speaker, Legal and Tax Issues Affecting the Emerging Nonprofit Sector Abroad,
American Bar Association Annual Meeting, August 1994.
Speaker, Major Findings of the Polish Independent Sector Project, International
Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) Conference, July 1994.
Speaker, Partnership for Civil Society, conference in Prague, Czech Republic, June
1994.
Conference Director and Speaker, REGULATING CIVIL SOCIETY, Romania, May
1994.
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Speaker, Legal and Fiscal Aspects of Foundations in the United States, conference on
Perspectives on the Foundation World in the United States and Europe, Lisbon,
Portugal, June 1993.
Speaker, Is There an Ideal Non-profit Law? Conference on The World of Foundations:
Rebirth of Civil Society, Budapest, Hungary, June 1993.
Speaker, Conference on Non-profit Organizations: Public Role and Legal Reform,
Sofia, Bulgaria, May 1993.
Speaker, Non-profit Organizations in Emerging Democracies: A Global Perspective,
conference on Representing and Managing Tax-Exempt Organizations, April 1993.
Conference Director and Speaker, Improving the Tax Legislative Process Conference,
co-sponsored by American Tax Policy Institute, ALI-ABA, and NTA, April 1991.
Co-Chair and Panelist, Transfer Pricing: The International Tax Concern of the Nineties,
March 1991.
Speaker, Revenue or Religion -- Issues and Answers on Tax Deferral, University of
Chicago Tax Conference, October 1990.
Conference Director, International Tax Policy Conference, co-sponsored by Am.
College of Tax Counsel, ALI-ABA and NTA, April 1990.
Invitee, Conference on Tax Simplification, co-sponsored by ABA Tax Section and
AICPA, January 1990.
Speaker, Tax Legislation and the Budget Process, Symposium on Tax Issues and
Concerns for the 1990's, sponsored by the Capital University Graduate Tax Program,
April 1988.
Speaker, Current Developments in Corporate Taxation, University of Southern
California Tax Institute, January 1988.
Moderator and Speaker, Mini-Program on Constitutional Aspects of Tax Lawmaking,
ABA Section of Taxation, January 1988.
Invitee, Invitational Conference on Subchapter C, co-sponsored by ABA and NYSBA
Tax Sections, April 1987.
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Speaker, Tax Simplification and Justice: Implications of the Tax Reform Act of 1986,
USD Social Issues Forum, March 1987.
Chair, The Tax Reform Act of 1986, one-day Seminar for USD/LA Graduate Tax
Program, November 1986.
Chair, Panel on Taxation of Partnerships as Corporations -- Implications for Tax
Reform, Corporate-Stockholder Relationships Committee, Tax Section, American Bar
Association, Annual Meeting, August 1986.
Panelist, Subchapter C Reform, Corporate-Stockholder Relationships Committee, Tax
Section, American Bar Association, Spring Meeting, May 1986.
Invitee, National Conference on Subchapter C Reform, American Bar Association, Tax
Section, Washington, DC, May 1986.
Panelist, The Treasury Proposal and Foreign Tax Reform, The Foreign Tax Subsection,
L.A. County Bar Association Section of Taxation, April 1986.
Co-chair, University of San Diego Corporate Tax Conference: A Fundamental Change
in the Taxation of Corporate Income, April 1984.
Panelist, Corporate Tax Teaching Panel, Association of American Law Schools Annual
Meeting, January 1984.
Panelist, Implications of the Bob Jones Decision, American Bar Association Annual
Meeting, July 1983.
Speaker, Bob Jones in the Supreme Court, American Bar Association Spring Meeting,
May 1982.
Moderator, Corporate - Individual Tax Integration Panel, Association of American
Law Schools Annual Meeting, January 1982.
Panelist, Individual Income Tax Teaching Panel, Association of American Law Schools
Annual Meeting, January 1979.
Member, ALI Tax Advisory Group, 1987 to 1990
Member, ALI Non-profit Organizations Advisory Group, 2004 to present
HONORS:
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1995 Norman Sugarman Memorial Lecture, Case Western Reserve University:
Karla W. Simon (Catholic University of America)
Lessons from Around the World: Regulation of Nonprofits
RECENT PRESS COVERAGE:
VOA Chinese language service: “How the US Regulates Charities’ Fundraising Practices
amd Implications for China; July 13, 2011
Knowledge Wharton Leadership & Change: “A Good Cause: China’s Grapple with
Charitable Giving” by Michael Standaert, available at
http://www.knowledgeatwharton.com.cn/index.cfm?fa=article&articleid=2337&languag
eid=1
Wall Street Journal China Realtime Report: Stanley Lubman’s blog, available at
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/05/24/stanley-lubman-chinasgovernment%E2%80%99s-ambivalence-toward-ngos/
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
Member, North Carolina Bar (inactive)
Elected Member, American Law Institute
Elected Member, American College of Tax Counsel
Member, American Bar Association, Section of International Law and Practice
Co-Chair, International NGOs and Non-profit Organizations Committee
Member, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation
Member, American Society of International Law
Member, International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR)
Member, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
(ARNOVA)
American Bar Association Section of Taxation Liaison to the Central and East
European Law Initiative (1991-1994)
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Former member, Los Angeles, County Bar Association, Taxation Section
Former member, New York State Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Committee on
Corporations
Former member, Executive Committee, Metropolitan Women Law Teachers
Association (NYC)
Former member, North Carolina Bar Association
Delegate to 1974 ABA Meeting, Young Lawyers Section, for the North Carolina
Bar Association
Former member and President, Young Lawyers Section, Durham County Bar
Association
COURSES TAUGHT:
Individual Income Taxation
International Human Rights
Comparative Law
Legal Issues for Not-for-Profit Organizations
Chinese Law Seminar
Professional Responsibility
Comparative Perspectives of Not-for-Profit Organizations (at Central European
University, Peking University, and University of Bologna)
Former courses:
Corporate Taxation
International Taxation
Comparative Taxation
Advanced Corporate Tax Problems
Taxation of Partnerships and S Corporations
Taxation of Property Transactions
Tax Exempt Organizations
Tax Policy
Administrative Law
LANGUAGES:
Fluent German; good French; minor knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese; currently
studying Mandarin
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COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Board member of several NPOs in the United States and abroad
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