Robin Westbrook
Practitioner in Residence, Tax Clinic
Office: Room 407A
Phone: 202-274-4189
E-mail: rwestbro@wcl.american.edu
Robin Westbrook began teaching in the Janet R. Spragens Federal Income Tax Clinic in 2006. As Practitioner in Residence, she teaches student attorneys representing low-income clients in a wide array of tax matters, practicing both at the Internal Revenue Service and before the United States Tax Court. Her areas of specialty include clinical legal education, corporate taxation and partnership taxation. Before joining the WCL faculty, she served as an Adjunct Professor at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Previously, she had been associated with Hogan & Hartson in Washington, D.C.
She serves as Executive Committee Member and Co-Communications Officer of the International Bar Association's Pro Bono & Access to Justice Committee, and she also services as an Officer of its Publications Committee.
Currently Teaching
- LAW-756-011 Federal Tax Clinic Seminar
- LAW-762-001 Federal Tax Clinic
- LAW-756-001 Clinic Sem: Federal Tax Clinic
Degrees & Universities
- J.D., Yale Law School 1974
- B.A., Smith College 1971
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Selected Publications- Robin Westbrook, Lawyering and the Low-Income Taxpayer, 124 Tax Notes 704 (Aug. 17, 2009).
- Robin Westbrook, Meeting the Challenge of the Pro Bono Declaration: Contributions of Law Schools and Their Clinics, Intl. B. Assn. (2008).
- Robin Westbrook, Meeting the Needs of Underserved Communities: Contributions of Academic Clinics, Intl. B. Assn. (2008).
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Selected Presentations
- Robin Westbrook, Paper Presentation, Meeting the Challenge of the Pro Bono Declaration: Contributions of Law Schools and Their Clinics (International Bar Association Annual Meeting, Buenos Aires, Arg., Oct. 15, 2008).
Related Links
- International Bar Association Pro Bono Blog
Professor Westbrook contributes articles to this blog