online educator - law, tax and finance

Came accross this community via a websearch.

I began in online legal education in 1995, making me somewhat of an experienced online educator (learned through numeorus mistakes). In 1998 I began the first online LLM degree at an American Bar Association law school.

My Master and PhD programs cover seven fields within international tax and financial services, such as wealth management and bankruptcy.

Besides being Associate Dean for distance learning programs at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, I co-author six legal treatises for the big 3 legal publishers of Lexis, West, and Wolters Kluwer.

I maintain a blog of original research on a variety of subjects at http://williambyrnes.wordpress.com/

 

Hi - Please tell us where your Masters and Doctoral degree were earned.

 

my Education (in response)

Education

Fellowship (three year rigorous directed research and course work supervised by distinguished Netherlands international tax professors)

Academic Institution: International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation/ Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculteit der Rechtgeleerdheid

Dissertation Promoters: Prof. Emeritus Joop van Hoorn (UvA) and Prof. Willem Kuiper (IBFD)

Final Dissertation: Developments in Transfer Pricing: The New OECD Draft Report & The New United States Treasury Regulations Section 482.

Course Work Supervisors: Prof. Hubert Hamaekers (Maastricht) and Prof. Willem Kuiper / Elisabeth Hans, Director, Amsterdam Law Faculty

The IBFD is the premier and largest research institution in the field of taxation, partnering with academic institutions and their professorial faculty to offer the opportunity for academics to undertake guided research similar to a U.S. J.S.D. program. The IBFD is funded by the Dutch government, tuition and training fees, and publication fees from its periodicals and doctoral series. The IBFD has operated on a not-for-profit basis since 1938, when it was set up by the founders of the International Fiscal Association (IFA). The current IBFD Academic Council consists of:

Joanna Wheeler, Chair (IBFD, Visiting Fellow, Queen Mary College, University of London and Senior Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge);
Prof. Hugh Ault (Boston College School of Law);
Prof. Huub Bierlaagh (IBFD and Sorbonne University, Paris);
Prof. Kees van Raad (University of Leiden);
Prof. María Teresa Soler Roch (University of Alicante); and
Prof. Wim Wijnen (IBFD and LUISS University, Rome).

By example, the Visiting Research Scholar Program is designed in particular to attract academics to the IBFD, for instance during a period of sabbatical leave, to undertake substantial research at the IBFD's premises and contribute to and stimulate academic discussion within the IBFD. The sole criterion for admission to this program is the quality of the proposed research.

LL.M. (Master of Laws)

College or University: Universiteit van Amsterdam
Europa Institute/ASIR; Faculteit der Rechtgeleerdheid
Type of Degree: Master of Laws
Major: European Business (Taxation)

Honor: Jessup International Moot Court Team (1992-93) representing Principality of Monaco
Criteria: appointment by University of Monaco
Issue: Third State Shareholder Rights During and After Expropriation
Honor: Debate Team, European Law Student Association, University Of Amsterdam (1993-94)
Criteria: board election
Debates: The Sovereign Versus The Republican Form of Government;
The Common Law Jury of Citizens Versus The Civilian Judicial Panel- A Reflection on Rodney King

Law Degree

College or University: Loyola University School of Law
Type of Degree: Juris Doctorate
Major: Civil Law

Award: Gillis Long Poverty Law Center Award (1992)
Criteria: Director of Gillis Long Poverty Law Center chooses student recipient based on pro-bono public service; Abstract Bookshop & Cafe-Last Hope Recovery Center for forty dual diagnosis residents; 501(C)(3) public and government supported institution

Honor: Vice President, Student Bar Association (1991-92)
Criteria: Student election

University Degree

College or University: Tulane University Murphy Institute of Political Economics
Type of Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Major: Political Economics- Law Track
Thesis: Game Theory and the Prisoner’s Dilemma: New Approaches; promoter Professor Jonathan Riley.

Award: full tuition scholarship, State of Louisiana
Criteria: legislator selected