INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OFFICE OF CHIEF COUNSEL (EB 389)

When: any semester

Where: Chicago office

Credits available: 3 – 4

Prerequisites: Advanced Federal Income Tax (TX 340) and Tax/Employee Benefits Research (TX 333)

Eligible students: students enrolled in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Employee Benefits programs, or in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Tax Law programs

Educational objectives: practical experience in tax / employee benefits law, development of research, writing and drafting skills, and preparation of pleadings, discovery documents, stipulations of fact and trial memoranda used in Tax Court cases

Deadline for application: at least 8 weeks before desired start date

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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

When: any semester

Where: Chicago office

Credits available: 3-4

Prerequisites: Advanced Federal Income Tax (TX 340) and Civil and Criminal Tax Procedure (TX 392)

Eligible students: students enrolled in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Tax Law programs

Educational objectives: practical experience on a specialized area of tax law by becoming familiar with the IDOR, to develop practical lawyering skills to include research, writing, document review, and the application of law and policy

Deadline for application: at least four weeks before desired start date

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DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY OFFICE OF TAX POLICY,
OFFICE OF BENEFITS TAX COUNSEL

When: summer

Where: Washington DC

Credits available: 3 – 4

Prerequisites: Fundamentals I and II of Retirement Plans (EB 361 and EB 362)

Eligible students: students enrolled in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Employee Benefits programs, or in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Tax Law programs with a concentration on Employee Benefits

Educational objectives: to provide students with practical experience in a specialized area of employee benefits law by becoming throughly familiar with the legal and policy implications of the Office of Benefits Tax Counsel within the Department of the Treasury's employee benefits practice; to further develop research, writing and drafting skills; to learn practical lawyering skills of document review and application of law and policy

Deadline for application: February 1

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