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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)
Rationales for Federal Income Tax Exemption (1991)
Charitable Solicitation: Is There a Problem? (1990)
Research Agenda: Legal Issues Affecting Nonprofit Corporations (1989)