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Professor Sloan Speck Joins TaxProf Blog Team of Editors

The Press Release below was Initially Published by the AALS on Oct. 23, 2025. View the original piece here.  

Congratulations to Professor Sloan Speck, who recently joined TaxProf Blog as one of their new editors. The blog is widely respected and influential, and focuses on U.S. tax law, legal education, and scholarship, news, and policymaking in these areas. Created and maintained by Paul L. Caron, Dean of Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, TaxProf Blog ran on the Typepad platform from April 2004 to September 2025, publishing over 55,000 posts. It was recently acquired and is now hosted by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), who will “... maintain the blog’s archives and host new content and personal reflections from Caron and a team of editors.”  

 “I am honored and thrilled to be named an editor of TaxProf Blog 2.0, and I am excited for my expanded role in producing and managing content for this public platform. I look forward to continuing Dean Caron’s important work for members of the tax community, law school faculty, and general audiences.” 

Sloan Speck is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. Professor Speck’s teaching and research focus on federal income taxation, with an emphasis on business entity taxation, tax planning, and tax policy. Professor Speck also has scholarly interests in legal education and pedagogy. Read the full press release below.  

We are pleased to announce that AALS is now the exclusive host of TaxProf Blog, a leading source for news, scholarship, and commentary on legal education and tax law for over 20 years. The blog is now available at taxprofblog.aals.org. Founded in 2004 by Paul L. Caron (Dean, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law), TaxProf Blog shut down on September 30 of this year due to the closure of the blogging platform Typepad. This marked the loss of an essential resource for the legal and academic communities: over 800,000 deans, professors, students, lawyers, and others visit TaxProf Blog each year. It is widely read by law professors and lawyers and was named to ABA Journal’s “Blawg 100” in 2013, as well as its “Hall of Fame.” 

The AALS acquisition ensures the preservation of TaxProf Blog’s archives and its continued role in providing timely and relevant information to the legal education and tax law communities. 

“Led by Paul Caron, TaxProf Blog has been a cornerstone for law school deans, law professors, and tax lawyers for decades and we are honored to bring it back and build on its legacy,” said Kellye Y. Testy, AALS Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer. “This addition reflects our commitment to creating resources for legal educators and helping build communities of scholars. We plan to develop similar resources in other substantive areas in the future and we are grateful to Dean Caron for his partnership in launching this effort.” 

AALS will maintain the blog’s archives and host new content and personal reflections from Caron and a team of editors. Readers can expect the same news and posts on scholarship, events, data, commentary, and analysis that they have come to expect from the site. 

“I could not be more excited about partnering with AALS to keep TaxProf Blog going,” said Caron. “This collaboration will guarantee the blog’s continued growth and accessibility, serving as a vital source of information for legal educators, scholars, and practitioners. I’m pleased to ensure the site’s continuity for years to come with the support of AALS and a community of legal education editors and tax editors.” 

The Tax Editors on TaxProf Blog are: 

Legal Education Editors on TaxProf Blog are: 

  • Alena Allen, Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center 
  • Austen Parrish, AALS President and Dean, University of California Irvine School of Law 

Additional editors and contributors will be announced in the coming weeks. Currently, the relaunched site hosts recent posts and archived content from 2004-13. The remaining historical posts will be added and the entire archive of more than 50,000 posts will be available in November.