About the Federal Tax Clinic
Purpose
The Federal Tax Clinic's purpose is to educate law students in the practice of federal tax law and to provide a needed service to low income taxpayers in the Greater Chicagoland area.
All facets of tax law practice are integrated in a curriculum of both classroom study and legal practice wherein the students are assigned to act as the representatives of the clients who are engaged in a tax controversy with the Internal Revenue Service.
History
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Assistant Director Dan Pavlik |
For over 14 years, Loyola University Chicago School of Law has aided low income taxpayers in resolving tax matters with the IRS. In 1987, Loyola University Chicago School of Law established its Federal Tax Clinic (the "Clinic") as a response to the needs of low income taxpayers in the Chicagoland area. The Clinic was one of only a handful in the country and the first of its kind in Chicago. Since its inception, the Clinic has served over three hundred and fifty taxpayers by assisting them to resolve federal tax matters involving amounts in controversy of more than $1,430,000.
The Clinic's proven success and dependability have resulted in a system that permits student representatives the opportunity to effectively and efficiently resolve clients' federal tax controversies. The Clinic has enjoyed a stellar reputation with the IRS and the community. For example, in an article about the Internal Revenue Service's low income tax clinic program, Tax Notes featured Loyola's tax clinic as an example of how a successful tax clinic operates.
