Income Tax Practicum
Public Brochure
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The Duquesne University School
of Law Income Tax Practicum provides free legal
assistance to qualified taxpayers involved in
controversies with the Internal Revenue Service
in which the amount in controversy is less than
$50,000.
The Income Tax Practicum is
designed to teach students valuable, practical
tax litigation and trial advocacy skills. The
Income Tax Practicum imparts negotiation, advocacy,
and trial litigation skills to students while
providing a service to taxpayers who might otherwise
go unrepresented. Students attend class sessions
to study the rules of court, trial proceedings
and techniques, and settlement strategies associated
with practice before the U.S. Tax Court. The
practicum also concentrates on all stages of
the tax audit and appeal process before trial.
In July 1999, the U.S. Department
of Treasury awarded its first grant to help fund
Duquesne's Tax Practicum as part of Congress'
effort to foster and promote low-income taxpayer
clinics. The Department of Treasury permits students
to handle cases on a pro-bono basis before the
IRS and the United States Tax Court under the
supervision of professors who are admitted to
practice before the U.S. Tax Court.
The Tax Practicum has available
an externship with the Western District of Pennsylvania
IRS Chief Counsel Office for one to two students
per semester.
Faculty and Attorneys
Alice
L. Stewart, Esquire
Director and Clinical Professor of Law
Robert Morris College, BS
Duquesne University, JD
S.
Michael Streib, Esquire
Professor of Law
Ursinus College, BA
University of Pittsburgh, MBA
Duquesne University, JD, CPA
John Rago, Esquire
Associate Professor of Law
Duquesne University, BS, JD
Raymond
Vogliano, Esquire
Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott,
LLC
Supervising Attorney
Waynesburg College, BS
Duquesne University, JD, CPA
Damien
Schorr, Esquire
Supervising Attorney
Duquesne University, BS, JD, CPA
Contact Information
The Income Tax
Practicum
Duquesne University School of Law
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
phone: 412.396.1872 or 412.396.5877
fax: 412.396.1814
email: stewarta@duq.edu |
