LAWS 7776 Tax Concentration Seminar

One credit seminar in which students pursuing the tax concentration develop additional tax expertise in targeted areas through a combination of: (1) one-on-one sessions with tax faculty on special tax topics including special timing rules, advanced corporate transactions, and related issues (and completion of assigned problem sets) and (2) attendance at four tax policy workshop presentations during the semester (preceded by a meeting with the instructor prior to the workshop and the submission of a comment paper for each workshop attended).

Course overview

Department
Law
School
LAW
Credits
1
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Fall

Catalog details

Prerequisites
Permission of Department

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
4.39 / 5 · Very Good
41 responses
Instructor rating
4.83 / 5 · Excellent
41 responses
Terms evaluated
5
Most recent: Fall 2025

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Fall 2025Diane Ring4.34.84.84.84.24.54.84.51–3 hrs/week6 of 9
Fall 2024Diane Ring4.14.94.54.44.64.14.64.51–3 hrs/week8 of 10
Fall 2023Diane Ring—————————13 of 15
Fall 2022Diane Ring4.75.04.74.74.34.35.04.31–3 hrs/week3 of 4
Fall 2021Diane Ring4.24.64.54.54.54.54.64.61–3 hrs/week11 of 14

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Diane Ring
    Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.83/5