Areas of Law:
Tax, Wills & Trusts, Estate Planning
Education:
B.S.M.E., General Motors Institute, 1959
J.D., Indiana University, 1963
LL.M. in Taxation, New York University, 1965
Dale Searcy has been a professor at the School of Law for more than 25 years. He is the adviser for the Tax Moot Court teams and the Phi Delta Phi legal professional fraternity. He also founded and advises the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The law school student body has selected him Professor of the Year ten times.
Before he came to UDSL in 1976, Professor Searcy taught at the University of Tulsa and at the University of Detroit. He has also been a visiting professor at Wayne State University. He spent five years in private practice in Traverse City, Michigan.
Courses
LAW 6111 Legislation
LAW 6305 Individual Income Tax
LAW 6809 Wills & Trusts
LAW 6876/LAW 6877 Tax Clinic - VITA
LAW 6933 Capstone: Estate Tax & Planning
Publications
- Effective Use of Disclaimers, Chapter 1, Reference Manual No.00-32, Ohio State Bar Association CLE Institute (May 2002)