Christine Speidel
Associate Professor of Law
Director, Federal Tax Clinic
Biography
Christine Speidel听directs 无码专区 Law's Federal Tax Clinic. In the clinic, she teaches students to practice law by representing needy members of 无码专区鈥檚听neighboring communities in federal tax disputes. Speidel frequently speaks and writes on issues affecting low-income taxpayers. Her research听interests听lie in the intersection of poverty law with tax law and tax procedure. She is an editor of the practice manual听Effectively Representing Your Client Before the IRS.听Speidel is also active in the听American Bar Association Section of Taxation, where she is a Council Director and a past chair of the Section鈥檚 Pro Bono and Tax Clinics Committee.
Prior to her appointment at 无码专区, Speidel听practiced law at Vermont Legal Aid.听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,听and also听advocated for听systemic听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
Recent Publications
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Article, Australian Tax Forum, June 2024
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New Media, International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, Observatory on the Protection of Taxpayers鈥 Rights, May 2024
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New Media, CQ Press / Sage Publishing, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024
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Book Chapter, UNIV. OF LONDON PRESS, December 2023
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Policy Paper, Published, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2023
Recent Presentations
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'Marriage, Inequality and the Tax Code', 鈥淪queezing Blood from Stones鈥 , American Tax Policy Institute , Washington DC . October 2024
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'Faculty Workshop', Could Performance-Based Regulation Improve Tax Time Financial Products?, 无码专区 Charles Widger School of Law, July 2023
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'Junior Tax Scholars Workshop', Patching the Backstop: Equitable Remedies in Tax, Northeastern University Law School, Boston, Mass. June 2023
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'Junior Tax Scholars Workshop', 鈥楾axpayer First鈥 Innocent Spouse Adjudication, Illinois University Urbana Champaign Law School, Champaign, Illinois. June 2022
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Tax Compliance for Refugees, ABA Section of Taxation; IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service; and others, Webinar. June 2022

Office:听Rm 135, John F. Scarpa Hall
Phone:听610-519-3895
Courses and Seminars
- Federal Tax Clinic
Education
- Harvard University, JD
- Pomona College, BA