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Associate Professor of Law
Director, Federal Tax Clinic

Biography

Christine Speidel��directs ����ר�� Law's Federal Tax Clinic. In the clinic, she teaches students to practice law by representing needy members of ����ר��’s��neighboring communities in federal tax disputes. Speidel frequently speaks and writes on issues affecting low-income taxpayers. Her research��interests��lie in the intersection of poverty law with tax law and tax procedure. She is an editor of the practice manual��Effectively Representing Your Client Before the IRS.��Speidel is also active in the��American Bar Association Section of Taxation, where she is a Council Director and a past chair of the Section’s Pro Bono and Tax Clinics Committee.

Prior to her appointment at ����ר��, Speidel��practiced law at Vermont Legal Aid.��She directed the Vermont Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic and was a staff attorney for Vermont Legal Aid's Office of the Health Care Advocate as well as the Poverty Law Project. She represented low-income individuals in tax, health care, domestic violence, and public benefits matters,��and also��advocated for��systemic��policy changes.

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Practice Experience

• Director, Vermont Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, Vermont Legal Aid Inc., 2014 - 2018
• Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid Inc., 2006 - 2018

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