Tax Externships
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INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OFFICE OF CHIEF COUNSEL (EB 389)
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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
Click here for information about the IRS Office of Chief Counsel
Click here for information about this externship
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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
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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
Click here for information about the Illinois Department of Revenue
Click here for information about this externship
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DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY OFFICE OF TAX POLICY,
OFFICE OF BENEFITS TAX COUNSEL
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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
Click here for information about the DOT Office of Benefits Tax Counsel
Click here for information about this externship
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return to Tax Law page
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