Professor Nicole Appleberry's research and teaching interests focus on the legal issues involved when vulnerable populations are caught up in systems beyond their experience and meaningful control—thus the intersection of tax law with other specialties such as poverty, disability, and domestic violence law, the empowerment of adversaries through mediation, and advancing social justice and developing legal skills through dialogue.
Activities
Panelist, Exploring Options for Distressed Taxpayers, for the Michigan Association of CPAs Michigan Tax Conference.
Presented, “Best Practices for Virtual Tax Court Representation, Trials, and Settlement Days,” a panel at the LITC Grantee Conference.
Presented "Cross-Cultural Lawyering" to the Washtenaw County ACLU Lawyer's Committee
Presented "Story Telling and Story Listening: Using Dialogue to Build Lawyering Skills" at the Seventh Biennial Applied Legal Storytelling Conference, Boulder, Colorado
Presented a webinar on "IRS Collections Alternatives" at the State Bar of Michigan Pro Bono Referral Panel
Presented a half-day training, "Cross-Cultural Lawyering for the Criminal Defense Attorney," at the 2019 Annual Two-Day Criminal Law Training for Washtenaw County sponsored by the Office of the Washtenaw County Public Defender, the Washtenaw County Bar Association–Criminal Law Section, and the Criminal Defense Resource Center of the State Appellate Defender Office
Presented a three-hour workshop on the intersection of tax and domestic violence for the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Presented "IRS Collections Alternatives," a webinar training provided for the State Bar of Michigan tax pro bono referral panel participants