Law Student Tax Challenge

2024-2025 Law Student Tax Challenge: Important Dates

• Friday, September 6, 2024: Problem Released
• Monday, November 4, 2024: Submission Deadline by 5:00 pm ET
• Tuesday, December 17, 2024: Finalists and Semi-finalists notified
• Thursday, February 20, 2025: Oral Competition & Awards

About

An alternative to traditional moot court competitions, the Law Student Tax Challenge (LSTC) is organized by the Section’s Young Lawyers Forum. The LSTC asks two-person teams of students to solve a complex business problem that might arise in everyday tax practice. Teams are initially evaluated on two criteria: a memorandum to a senior partner and a letter to a client explaining the result. Based on the written work product, six teams from the J.D. Division and four teams from the LL.M. Division receive a free trip to the Tax Section’s Midyear Meeting, where each team presents its submission before a panel of judges consisting of the country’s top tax practitioners and government officials, including tax court judges. The competition is a great way for law students to showcase their knowledge in a real-world setting and gain valuable exposure to the tax law community. 

2024-2025 Materials

• J.D. Rules
• J.D. Problem

• LL.M. Rules
  
• LL.M. Problem

Information Session

Want to learn more about the ABA Tax Section's Law Student Tax Challenge? Hear from past challenge winners and coaches about their experiences, how they prepared for the competition, and tips/tricks for those entering, and how winning has impacted their law school journey and/or career paths.

Volunteer Opportunity

Learn more about the various ways to support LSTC, from problem drafting and grading to in-person oral defense judging, there are a variety of opportunities to support the next generation of tax professionals.

Challenge Archive

Access are archive of past Law Student Tax Challenge videos, problems, best written winners, results, and more.