ITP & Tax Curriculum Advising Panel Professors Alice Abreu, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ITP & Tax Curriculum Advising Panel Professors Alice Abreu, Robert Bartow & Andy Weiner Alina Lewandowski (3L) & Hursh Patel (3L)

Integrated Transactional Program  2-semester, 10-credit sequence  Integrates Trusts and Estates, Professional Responsibility, and lawyering skills  Fulfills requirements  PR  Serial Writing OR 4 credits of Experiential Skills

Develop Important Skills  Interviewing a Client  Counseling a Client  Drafting Documents  Problem Solving  Negotiating Transactions  Dealing with an Administrative Agency  Learn Professional Responsibility in a Law Practice Context

Open enrollment classes Taxation I Fall/day (Professor Abreu) 3 credits Spring/evening (Professor Bartow) Taxation II Spring/evening (Professor Weiner) 3 credits Corporate Taxation Fall/evening (Professor Weiner) 3 credits Spring/day (Professor Abreu) Partnership Taxation Spring/evening (Professor Monroe) 3 credits International Taxation Fall/evening and 4 Saturdays (Professors Abreu & Arnold) 3 credits Low Income Taxpayer Spring (TBA) Policy and Practice 3 credits Tax Policy Colloquium Spring/day (Professors Abreu, Gutman & Solomon) 1 credit

Graduate Tax – general interest classes Tax Procedure Summer/evening 2 credits Civil and Criminal Tax Summer/evening Penalties 2 credits Professional Conduct in Summer/evening Tax Practice 2 credits State and Local Taxation Spring/evening 2 credits Tax Treaties Spring/evening 1 credit

Graduate Tax – business tax classes Negotiating and Drafting Fall/evening Tax Provisions in Corporate Acquisition Agreements 2 credits Business and Estate Fall/evening Planning for Closely Held Businesses 2 credits Tax Practice for In-House Spring/evening Counsel 1 credit Real Estate Taxation Spring/evening 2 credit

Graduate Tax – estate planning classes Drafting and Analyzing Fall/evening (Professors Mandelbaum & Kosteva) Fundamental Estate Planning Documents 2 credits Income Taxation of Trusts Fall/evening and Estates 2 credits Business and Estate Fall/evening Planning Involving Closely Held Businesses 2 credits Estate Planning I Spring/evening (Professor Mandelbaum) 2 credits Estate Planning II Spring/evening (Professor Mandelbaum) 1 credit Orphan’s Court Procedure Spring/evening and Practice 2 credits

Graduate Tax – employee benefits classes Qualified Employee Fall/evening Benefit Plans 2 credits Executive Compensation Fall/evening 2 credits Introduction to Employee Spring/evening Benefits 2 credits ERISA Fiduciary Provisions Spring/evening 2 credits

Practicums City Solicitor’s Office, Tax & Revenue Unit – contact Professor Mandelbaum Philadelphia Legal Assistance, Low Income Taxpayer Unit – contact Professor Abreu Philadelphia Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service – contact Professor Mandelbaum Taxpayer Advocate Service, Philadelphia – contact Professor Abreu U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, D.C. – contact Professor Weiner For addition information about practicums, you can also contact Mai Le in the Dean of Students office.