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The program requirements are:
Foundational Course (Required)
- Federal Income Tax (4 credits)
Elective Courses (6 credits required)
- Corporate Tax (3 credits)
- Critical Tax Theory Seminar (2 credits)
- Partnership Tax (3 credits)
- Employee Benefits (3 credits)
- Estate & Gift Tax (3 credits)
- Estate Planning (2 credits)
- Introduction to Accounting for Lawyers (1 credit)
- International Tax (3 credits)
- Federal Tax Practice & Procedure (2 credits)
- Nonprofit Tax-Exempt Organizations (2 credits)
- State & Local Tax (2 credits)
- Tax Policy Seminar (3 credits)
- Law Intersession: Tax Practice & Procedure (1 credit)
- Pittsburgh Tax Review * (1 credit)
Skills Component (3 credits required)
- Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic (3 credits)
- International Tax (3 credits)
- Tax Law Moot Court Competition (1 credit)
- Externship in the area of tax law (4 credits)
- Semester in DC externship in the area of tax law (10 credits)
- Tax Controversy Practice (3 credits)
* Only one credit maximum of work on the Pittsburgh Tax Review can count toward the concentration.