{"id":65278,"date":"2017-02-28T11:49:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T17:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=65278"},"modified":"2017-02-28T11:49:40","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T17:49:40","slug":"um-law-tax-clinic-assists-oxford-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/um-law-tax-clinic-assists-oxford-community\/","title":{"rendered":"UM Law Tax Clinic Assists Oxford Community"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Students from the UM School of Law’s Tax Clinic are available to help local residents complete their income tax forms twice weekly at the Oxford-Lafayette Public Library. Photo by Robert Jordan\/Ole Miss Communications<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 Students enrolled in the tax practicum at the University of Mississippi School of Law<\/a> are getting real-world experience by assisting Oxford residents with their taxes this season.<\/p>\n

Fourteen students in the law school’s Tax Clinic manage and staff an IRS-funded Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program twice a week at the Oxford-Lafayette Public Library. Each student is IRS-certified, and Donna Davis, associate professor of law, oversees the clinic.<\/p>\n

Sessions run 3:30-6:30 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday, except March 14 and 16, which fall during spring break.<\/p>\n

“Personally, my favorite part of the clinic is how Professor Davis encourages the project to be student-led,” said John George Archer, a site coordinator and third-year law student. “It is very much a team effort each clinic day to complete tax returns and resolve the gamut of issues that we can encounter any given day. It’s pretty fast-paced and engaging.<\/p>\n

“At the end of the day, it feels good to help people understand their taxes and maximize any refunds they may have.”<\/p>\n