Faculty Scholarship
Heather Field
Eucalyptus Foundation Professor of Law; Senior Co-Director, UC Hastings Center on Tax Law
Co-founded the UC Hastings Center on Tax Law.
Focal areas
Tax law, policy, and pedagogy.
Issues that spark your passion
Taxpayers’ behavior in response to the tax law; the role of tax practitioners; preparing students for the tax profession.
Recent article
“A Tax Professor’s Guide to Formative Assessment,” written to help tax professors integrate formative assessment into their classes in time-efficient ways that improve student learning.
Front burner
Writing “Allocating Tax Transition Risk,” a forthcoming article in the Tax Law Review analyzing taxpayers’ use of private contracts to manage the risk of future tax law changes.
Favorite project you’ve spearheaded
Co-founding the UC Hastings Center on Tax Law.
Particularly meaningful honor
Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching 2008.