Festschrift for Professor Ellen Aprill at Loyola Law School LA

Loyola Law School Los Angeles hosted a Festschrift on Friday March 24, celebrating the scholarly career of Ellen Aprill who has
contributed so much to the nonprofit/tax-exempt organization legal sphere over her impressive career. I participated in the event. It was a wonderful opportunity for the Loyola Law School Community to share a collective recognition of Prof. Aprill with law professors from around the country, as well as practitioners. So many described the significant ways in which Prof. Aprill impacted their scholarly and personal lives. It was a touching tribute with her family sharing fabulous reflections as well. 

9:30 am – 3:00 pm  
FESTSCHRIFT & LIVE SYMPOSIUM featuring works-in-progress, to be published in a symposium issue of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, by  

•  Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, University of Notre Dame, Nonprofits, Taxes, and Speech 
• Samuel D. Brunson, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, & Philip Hackney, University of Pittsburgh School of Law: A More Capacious Conception of Church
• Roger Paul Colinvaux, Catholic University of America: Strings Are Attached: Placing a Spotlight on the Hidden Subsidy for Perpetual Donor Limits on Gifts
• Richard L. Hasen, UCLA School of Law: Nonprofit Law as the Tool to Kill What Remains of Campaign Finance Law: Reluctant Lessons from Ellen Aprill
• Michelle D. Layser, University of San Diego School of Law: The Unknown Consequences of Place-Based Tax Incentives

The presentation of papers was followed by a celebration and tribute from around thirty different people from students to colleagues, from practitioners to family from 3:30 – 5:00 pm. It was a true joy.

Philip Hackney