2021 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO)

The 25th Annual Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations (WCTEO), my #1 go-to conference every year for the past 16 years, will be held virtually on Thursday, December 2, and Friday, December 3. You can register here.

LMU Loyola Law School will hold its 25th-annual Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations with a schedule that features panels led by some of the country’s top tax-law experts. This program will run Thursday, December 2 and Friday, December 3 virtually.  The conference offers attendees to choose from more than 8 sessions on tax developments of critical importance to charities and other nonprofit organizations.

The program features an array of prominent tax-exemption experts, including Professor Ellen Aprill, a WCTEO founder and the John E. Anderson Chair in Tax Law at Loyola Law School Los Angeles. Other panelists include officials from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS, plus a variety of prominent West Coast tax lawyers.

This year’s schedule includes the following sessions (subject to change):

  • Lessons from the Headlines
  • Current Employment Issues
  • Equity Based Compensation
  • Keynote: Teddy Schleifer, Puck News
  • Becoming an Anti-racist Nonprofit: Legal Issues
  • Consequences of AFPF v. Bona
  • Cryptocurrency and Non-Fungible Tokens
  • UBIT Silos
  • Private Foundation Terminations
  • Making a Splash – Charitable Giving Update
  • Celebrating Ellen Aprill

My partner Erin Bradrick will be a panelist on Lessons from the Headlines, and I’ll be moderating Becoming an Anti-racist Nonprofit: Legal Issues.

WCTEO Highlights from Past Years

2020 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO)

2019 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO)

2018 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO)

2017 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO)

2016 Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations (WCTEO)

2015 Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations (WCTEO)

2014 Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations (WCTEO)

2013 Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations (WCTEO)

If there are any attorneys or law students who identify as Black, Native Americans, or Pacific Islanders who are interested in nonprofit corporate and tax-exemption laws and who’d like to pursue this area of practice, I’m committing one hour each week to being a resource. Please contact me if I can be of service. 🙏