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Master of Laws in Taxation

For more than a quarter century, DePaul's Master of Laws in Taxation program has offered a comprehensive series of courses covering all significant areas of taxation. The program provides instruction in both the substantive and procedural aspects of tax law with courses ranging from the basics of personal and business income taxation to advanced problems in corporate and partnership taxation, estate and gift taxation, and state and local taxation. By emphasizing the transactional approach, the program introduces students to problems and solutions encountered in actual tax law practice. The full-time faculty brings a balance of practical experience and a scholarly approach to the program, complemented by prominent and skilled adjunct faculty.

Required Courses

  • Federal Income Taxation or Federal Income Tax & Policy
  • Taxation of Shareholders & Corporations
  • Partnership Taxation

Elective Courses, Seminars and Practicum

  • Advanced Federal Income Taxation
  • Business Planning
  • Corporate Taxation
  • Criminal Tax Procedure
  • Deferred Compensation
  • Employee Benefits
  • Estate & Gift Taxation
  • Estate Planning
  • Field Placement Program
  • Federal Tax Procedure Income Taxation of Foreign Business & Investment
  • Income Taxation of Trusts & Estates
  • Independent Research
  • State & Local Taxation
  • Tax Accounting
  • Tax Considerations for Athletes & Entertainers
  • Tax Exempt Organizations
  • Tax Policy
  • Tax Research
  • Taxation of Mergers, Acquisitions & Joint Ventures

Tax Law Faculty


Adjunct tax law professors practice in firms, companies, and organizations including:

  • ABN AMRO North America, Inc.
  • Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn
  • Baker & McKenzie
  • Deloitte & Touche
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • Madden Jiganti Moore & Sinars
  • Marbo, Inc.
  • Horwood Marcus & Berk
  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • Schiff Hardin & Waite
  • Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
  • Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal

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