Continuing Legal Education
Throughout the year, Washburn University School of Law offers Continuing Legal Education programs in a variety of areas of law and practice.
Offered in multiple locations, this two-day "Farm and Ranch Income Tax/Estate and Business Planning Seminar" is held in June and August each year. This program is appropriate for agribusiness professionals, attorneys, certified public accountants, enrolled agents, tax practitioners, and others interested in income tax and estate/business planning issues impacting farmers, ranchers, and rural landowners.
Normally a two (2) hour presentation will provide a current update (as of the date of the event) of current cases (and those being litigated) and rulings. Also addressed will be current IRS developments of relevance to the tax filing season including the issuance of any key Treasury Regulations that bear on the preparation last year's returns and newly issued or revised IRS Forms. Prof. McEowen examines what the future of tax policy could be in the next year.
The two-hour "Tax Ethics" CLE presented by Roger McEowen will be scenario-based on numerous common tax practice situations. Each scenario will pose ethical issues for the practitioner and discussion will focus on the manner in which the client issues can or should be solved within the governing ethical guidelines and rules.
Washburn Law is proud of the expertise and skill of our faculty and alumni and a signature CLE event is the annual 12 hour program in late June each year. This event brings our faculty together to present a collection of CLE sessions on topics of their expertise. This event always includes on annual update on decisions from the United States Supreme Court as well as the ever popular, and required, two hours of ethics credit.
Beyond the annual program, we also offer CLE training from visiting practitioners and faculty as available. We welcome suggestions of CLE topics and presenters, and we encourage you to contact us at cle@washburn.edu in that regard.
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