Anne Lester Alstott (b. 1963) served on the Harvard Law School faculty as Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law from 2008 to 2011. She served as Director, Fund for Tax and Fiscal Policy Research 2008-2011.
Research: Taxation, tax policy, inheritance taxation, social welfare policy, family policy, gender and the law.
Education: Georgetown University A.B. 1984; Yale Law School J.D. 1987.
Selected Scholarship / Representative Publications: “No Exit: What Parents Owe Children and What Society Owes Parents” (2004); “A New Deal for Old Age: Toward a Progressive Retirement” (2016); “Politics, Policy, and Public Options” (co-editor, 2021); “Federal Income Taxation: Principles and Policies” (co-author, 2022).
Noteworthy Appointments: Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Tax Policy, Office of Tax Legislative Counsel, 1990-1992; Jacquin D. Bierman Professor, Yale Law School, appointed 2011.