平衡家庭,全职执业,法学硕士
The 毕业生税务计划’s flexible enrollment options benefit students juggling families and full-time jobs.
The 毕业生税务计划 (GTP) at 波士顿大学法学院 is well-noted among LLM tax programs for its expansive course offerings and dedicated faculty, but the program’s flexible enrollment options set it apart. 寻求高级法律学位的人经常要兼顾家庭和全职工作,所以兼职和在线注册的选择为学生提供了在保持其他责任的同时获得法学硕士学位的机会。 Anne Beaudoin(2013年税务法学硕士)和Benjamin Whitehouse(2016年税务法学硕士)只是从该项目的灵活性中受益的无数GTP校友中的两位。
Anne Beaudoin,美国信托,美国银行私人财富管理
作为萨福克大学法学院二年级的学生,安妮·博多安(Anne Beaudoin)学习了她的第一门基础税务课程。 这堂课激发了她的兴趣,她意识到自己是多么喜欢学习税法。 那年夏天,博多安被华盛顿特区的美国税务法院聘为暑期实习生。
她在华盛顿特区的工作时间加深了她对税法的兴趣,尽管她没有立即进入这个领域。 从萨福克大学毕业后,她先是从事房地产法律工作,然后在一家小型会计事务所工作了几年。 在她的两个女儿出生后,博多安意识到税务法学硕士学位对她的职业生涯有好处,并开始考虑重返学校。 GTP的声誉和高排名影响了博多安在2010年选择波士顿大学法学院的决定。
博多安入学那年,她的两个女儿分别只有一岁和四岁。 除了为人澳门威尼斯人注册网站的责任,博多安还必须兼顾她在会计师事务所的全职工作。 GTP的灵活性帮助她实现了平衡。 作为一名兼职学生,博多安通常每学期上两门课,并能在三年内完成她的学位。 选择上夜校也是有益的,这样她就可以在白天专注于她的工作。
“I was able to manage it by planning ahead and specifically blocking off time each week so that I could study and complete assignments,” she says. “But it also took a village of family members and sitters so that I could make it work.”
博多安发现GTP的课程丰富多样,具有挑战性。 教授们在各自领域的实际经验给她留下了深刻的印象。 “The professors are all among the best in their practice areas,” she says.
如今,博多安管理着美国银行私人财富管理公司美国信托东北地区的个人税务部门,她的法学硕士学位为她的职业生涯带来了好处。 “The GTP helped me to get where I am today,” she says, “because it provided me with both the technical tax knowledge and the tools necessary to assist my clients.” 除了在美国信托公司工作,博多安还是两门GTP课程的助教:联邦所得税II和企业生命周期。
本杰明·怀特豪斯 田纳西州商业和保险部
在法学院毕业后的头十年里,本杰明·怀特豪斯主要从事民事和刑事诉讼工作。 事实上,在田纳西大学法学院获得法学博士学位期间,他没有上过一门税法课程。 怀特豪斯的职业生涯将他引向了波士顿大学法学院的GTP。
怀特豪斯接受了田纳西州保险监管机构专属保险领域的职位后,意识到更多的税法知识将有助于他在工作中的表现。专属保险领域的独特之处在于,它的具体目标是让企业通过一家全资拥有的保险公司自行投保风险。 “There is significant interplay between captive insurance and the federal tax code, and I quickly noticed that nearly all of the captive insurance attorneys that I worked with had solid foundation in tax law and an LLM in tax,” he says. “I felt that if I wanted to be taken seriously in the industry, I needed to get a much better understanding of tax law and a respected credential in the field.”
With a full-time job and a family with young kids, Whitehouse was unable to take time off for school, so he decided to enroll in an 网上报税程序. 波士顿大学法学院的GTP对他来说有几个原因:首先,它是一个完全在线的选择,所以他可以在田纳西州的家里获得学位。 此外,GTP提供多种课程形式,包括一种混合形式,在线学生可以访问传统住宿课程的录音。 “I had never taken a fully online academic course before, so I wasn’t ready to completely abandon the classroom setting,” Whitehouse says. GTP的卓越声誉敲定了这笔交易。
作为一名在线学生,怀特豪斯充分利用了提供给他的许多资源。 虽然暑期课程只以在线形式提供,但教授们经常提供信息丰富的视频介绍或讲座,以及书面讲座材料和问题集。 During the fall and spring semesters, professors were able to “call on” Whitehouse by reading his written analysis of problem sets, and transcribed lectures were available as study aids. 总的来说,教授们对白宫来说是非常容易接近的,而且经常会主持特别的互动在线课程。
怀特豪斯在秋季和春季学期选修了两门课程,在夏季选修了一门课程——这样的课程安排使他的工作量对工作的澳门威尼斯人注册网站来说是可控的——他只用了两年多的时间就完成了学业。 “Being able to participate in the program online and without a set class time was key because I could not really work on schoolwork until after my boys were in bed,” he says. “I’m also very grateful for the flexibility in taking a reduced course load and stretching out my enrollment in the program.”
除了GTP的灵活性外,怀特豪斯还对911后的《退伍军人法案》(GI Bill)表示感谢,因为它资助了他的学业。 2002年至2007年期间,怀特豪斯在海军服役,并根据该法案获得了全额福利,该法案为服役并符合条件的人提供了长达36个月的教育福利。
今天,怀特豪斯是田纳西州商业和保险部门的助理总法律顾问,担任专属保险部门的法律顾问。 他与律师、企业主和保险专业人士合作,帮助解释田纳西州的自保保险法律法规,并鼓励他们在该州建立自保保险。 “To understand how captive insurance companies work and how they are structured, you first need a solid understanding of federal tax law—the GTP has given me that,” Whitehouse says. “I know I’ve been able to better serve the people of Tennessee and the companies that I help regulate because of this program.”
Reported by Johanna Gruber (CAS’17)