Leandra Lederman

Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law (2025-2027) & William W. Oliver Chair Emerita in Tax Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law

United States

About

Currently visiting at the University of Florida, law.ufl.edu/faculty/leandra-lederman. Most of my publications and works in progress are available for download at http://ssrn.com/author=48125. In 2025, I published the 5th edition of the book "Understanding Corporate Taxation" with Emily Cauble from Wisconsin Law School. If you are a former student of mine or Maurer alum interested in a potential career in legal academia, please feel free to reach out to me! My email address is [email protected].

Experience

  • Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law
    Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law and Academic Careers Coordinator for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 academic years. Teaching Taxation of Property Transactions (synchronously online). New scholarship in 2025-2026 includes a new (5th) edition of the book "Understanding Corporate Taxation" with Emily Cauble (Wisconsin); "Constructing Deductions" with Sarah Lawsky (Illinois), https://ssrn.com/abstract=5376309; a working paper with Sarah Lawsky titled "A New Paradigm for Tax Deductions," https://ssrn.com/abstract=5376309; a working paper on Visiting Assistant Professorships, https://ssrn.com/abstract=5610650; and a work in progress on entry-level legal-academic hiring.

  • William W. Oliver Chair Emerita in Tax Law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law
    Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

    Chair of Maurer's Academic Careers Initiative, 2017-2025; currently a member of the Initiative. Faculty Adviser, Tax Law Society, through May 2025. Ran/taught Maurer's Tax Policy Colloquium, Spring 2024. Publications are listed at https://law.indiana.edu/people/lederman/publications.html.

  • William W. Oliver Chair in Tax Law & Director of the Tax Program at Indiana University Maurer School of Law
    Jul 2004 - Jun 2023 · 19 yrs

    Courses included Income Tax, Corporate Tax, Tax Policy Colloquium, and sometimes Tax Procedure. Faculty Adviser, Tax Law Society. Chair of Maurer's Academic Careers Initiative.

  • Visiting Professor, Anglo-American Law Program at Universidad de Navarra
    Oct 2011 - Oct 2022 · 11 yrs 1 mo

    Taught 2-week short course in U.S. Tax Law, each autumn, 2011-2019, in Pamplona, Spain. Taught the same short course online in 2020-2022 synchronously via Zoom, along with asynchronous short videos, interactive quizzes, and other content.

  • Fulbright Scholar at University of Luxembourg
    Mar 2019 - Jun 2019 · 4 mos

    Conducted comparative research project on tax rulings. Produced 2 papers from this research: "Avoiding Scandals Through Tax Rulings Transparency," 50 Fla. State L. Rev. 219 (2023), https://ssrn.com/abstract=3969099, and "The Untold Tale of A Tax Rulings Haven," 29 Stanford J. Law, Bus. & Finance 1 (2024), https://ssrn.com/abstract=4722847.