Alice G. Abreu is the Honorable Nelson A. Diaz Professor of Law and the Director of the Center for Tax Law and Public Policy. She specializes in federal income tax law, with a special emphasis on the formulation of tax policy. Before joining Temple Law School, she clerked for Judge Edward N. Cahn in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and practiced tax law with Dechert LLP in Philadelphia.
Professor Abreu is known for her ability to make tax law come alive, allowing students to both understand and care about the tax system. She is a recipient of the 2017 Great Teacher Award from Temple University, the 2013 Murray F. Shusterman Award for excellence in teaching from the Temple Law Alumni Association, and the 2007 University Lindback Award for distinguished teaching. In 2024 she was the first academic to become Chair of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association. Professor Abreu has been a visiting professor at the Harvard Law School and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and has taught Corporate Tax at the Yale Law School. She is a Regent of the American College of Tax Counsel and has also served as a Trustee of the American Tax Policy Institute and a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Taxpayer Rights. She has been frequently quoted in the tax press and the popular press, and regularly speaks at national and regional tax conferences.