The program (for which an online application process is available or a printed application may be downloaded) provides comprehensive and specialized training to lawyers and law school graduates who plan to specialize in tax.

Their full-time faculty and leading practitioners in the field offer specialized, practical training and individualized attention in small class sizes, typically fewer than ten students, which offer our unique tax curriculum.

St. Louis offers all the resources of a large city while retaining a strong sense of community and emphasis on neighborhoods. Besides an Internal Revenue Service District Office, the St. Louis metropolitan area is home to the: Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri; the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Illinois just across the river; Fortune 500 companies, such as Emerson Electric, Express Scripts, Monsanto and Ralston/Purina. The wealth of area law firms come in all sizes, specializing in all fields of tax law.

About the Department

Academics

A rich variety of courses in substantive law and applied lawyering skills provides Washington University law students with the training necessary to excel in both legal reasoning and practice techniques.

In addition to offering a curriculum leading to the JD degree, the School of Law offers multiple joint degree programs with other graduate schools on campus as well as a variety of advanced, post-JD degree programs. We also offer graduate law programs online.