Past Major Conferences

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Managing Charitable Assets Revisited: A View From the 21st Century (2023).
This conference was made possible by a generous gift from the Comfort Family Conference Fund

Standards for Exemption: Old Rules, New World (2022).
This conference was made possible by a generous gift from the Comfort Family Conference Fund

Reconsidering Private Foundations After Five Decades: Lessons for the Future (2019)
This conference was made possible by a generous gift from the Comfort Family Conference Fund

Revisiting Bob Jones University: Seeking Clarity on Fundamental Public Policy After 35 Years (2018)
This conference was made possible by a generous gift from the Comfort Family Conference Fund

Social Welfare Organizations: Better Alternatives to Charities?  (2017)
This conference was made possible by a generous gift from the Comfort Family Conference Fund

Wrestling with Donor Intent: Strategies for Enforcement or Relaxation (2016)
This conference was made possible by a generous gift from the Comfort Family Conference Fund.

Elasticity of the Boundaries: What Is (And What Isn’t) Charitable? (2015)
This conference was made possible by a generous gift from the Comfort Family Conference Fund.

Regulation or Repression: Government Policing of Cross-Border Charity (2014)
This conference was made possible by a generous gift from the Comfort Family Conference Fund.

Colleges and Universities: Legal Issues in the Halls of Ivy (2013)
This conference was made possible by a generous gift from the Comfort Family Conference Fund.

The Charitable Contribution Deduction: Reform and Simplification? (2012)
This conference was made possible by a generous gift from the Comfort Family Conference Fund.

Border Patrol: Charitable Status Despite Inurement or Private Benefit? (2011)
This conference was made possible by a generous gift from the Comfort Family Conference Fund.

Nonprofit Speech in the 21st Century: Time for a Change? (2010)
This conference was made possible by a generous gift from the Comfort Family Conference Fund.

Shades of Virtue: Measuring the Comparative Worthiness of Charities (2009)

Structures at the Seam: The Architecture of Charities’ Commercial Activities (2008)

Socially Responsible Investing: Prudent or “Im?” (May 2008)

Forces for Rectitude: Who Oversees Nonprofit Organizations and Their Overseers? (2007)

Serving Multiple Masters: Jurisdictional and Choice-of-Law Problems Confronting Nonprofit Organizations (2006)
This conference was made possible by a generous gift from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Grasping the Nettle: Respecting Donor Intent and Avoiding the Dead Hand (2005)

Diversions of Charitable Assets: Crimes and Punishments (2004)

Managing Charitable Assets: Theory, Laws, Accounting Rules, and Practice (2003)

Defining Charity: A View from the 21st Century (2002)

Reformation of the Charitable Contribution Deduction (2001)

Taxing Charitable Investments (2000)

Private Foundations Reconsidered: Policies and Alternatives, Old and New (1999)
This conference was made possible by a generous gift from The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Political Activities: Nonprofit Speech (1998)
This conference was made possible by a generous gift from The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Governance of Nonprofit Organizations: Standards and Enforcement (1997)
This conference was made possible by a generous gift from The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Conversion Transactions: Changing Between Nonprofit and For-Profit Form (1996)

International Giving: Policies and Regulations (1995)

Nonprofit Speech: Lobbying & Political Campaign Activities (1994)

Religious Institutions as Nonprofit Entities: Issues of Access, Special Status, and Accountability (1993)

Emanations from Rust: The Impact on the Nonprofit Sector of the Doctrine of Unconstitutional Conditions (1992)

Rationales for Federal Income Tax Exemption (1991)

Charitable Solicitation: Is There a Problem? (1990)

Research Agenda: Legal Issues Affecting Nonprofit Corporations (1989)