Mary L. Heen
Professor of Law
Biographical Profile
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Office: Room 210
Tel. (804) 289-8528
Fax (804) 289-8683
mheen@richmond.edu
Courses Taught: Legislation; Taxation; Corporate Taxation; Federal Income Taxation; Federal Tax Policy; Feminist Legal Theory
Education
LL.M. in Taxation, New York University
Assistant Editor, Tax Law Review
J.D., University of California, Berkeley
M.A.T., Harvard University
B.A., Yale University,
magna cum laude
Honors in English.
Professional Experience
University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, VA
Professor of Law, University of Richmond, 1998-present;
Associate Professor of Law, University of Richmond, 1995-1998;
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Richmond, 1992-95
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
Visiting Professor of Law, Spring 2009
American Association of University Professors, Washington, D.C.
General Counsel, 2006-2008
New York University, New York, NY
Acting Assistant Professor of Law, 1990-92
Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York, NY
Associate Attorney, 1987-90
National Office, ACLU, New York, NY
Staff Counsel, 1980-86
Hon. James M. Fitzgerald, United States District Court, Anchorage, AK
Law Clerk, 1978-79
Recent & Featured Publications
Articles
Ending Jim Crow Life Insurance Rates, 4 Nw. J. L. & Soc. Pol'y 360 (2009), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1491264.
Congress, Public Values, and the Financing of Private Choice, 65 Ohio State Law Journal 853 (2004), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=613366.
Reinventing Tax Expenditure Reform: Improving Program Oversight Under the Government Performance and Results Act, 35 Wake Forest Law Review 751 (2000), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=258973.
Plain Meaning, the Tax Code, and Doctrinal Incoherence, 48 Hastings Law Journal 771 (1997).
Essays and Other Writings
The IRS and Politically Controversial Speakers, Academe, Vol. 93, No. 5 (September/October 2007).
Providing a Framework for Learning, in Teaching the Law School Curriculum (Carolina Academic Press, 2004) (Steven Friedland & Gerald F. Hess, eds.).
Incentives for Hiring Welfare-to-Work Participants, Community Tax Law Report, Vol. 6, No.1 (Spring/Summer 2002).