<img width="235" height="200" alt="DETaxInstitute235px" src="/site/files/oldnewsfiles/DETaxInstitute235px.jpg" class="FloatRight">The Delaware campus of Widener University School of Law will present the Delaware Tax Institute program “After the Storm, Picking up the Pieces: Healthcare, Portability and Taxes,” on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Friday, Nov. 15</span> in the school’s Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom.<br><br>The daylong program will begin at <span style="font-weight: bold;">8:30 a.m.</span> and the two morning panel discussions will focus on 2013 income tax developments and recent developments in estate planning.<br><br>John L. Buckley, former chief Democratic tax counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee and former chief of staff for the Joint Committee on Taxation, will serve as the event’s distinguished speaker. He will talk from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m.<br><br>The afternoon will also include panel discussions on the Affordable Care Act and implementing health care reform in 2013 and 2014. Another panel will discuss estate planning for couples after the 2012 Taxpayer Relief Act and the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA.<br><br><a href="%7E/media/Files/cle/2013fall/2013DETaxInstituteBrochure.ashx">Download the full event brochure</a> (pdf).<br><br>The program is suitable for accountants, tax professionals, attorneys, educators, and professionals from financial institutions, including banking, insurance and retirement brokerages. It has been approved for seven continuing legal education credits in Delaware and Pennsylvania (no ethics) and up to eight continuing professional education credits, or CPE, credits in tax. New Jersey attorneys can self report to their state continuing legal education board with a Widener Law certificate of attendance. <br><br>The registration fee is $225 for those who attend for continuing education credits, or $150 for Widener Law alumni who are seeking the credits. The fee includes lunch. The program is free for students and members of the public who do not seek continuing education credits, although without lunch and conference materials. The school is located at 4601 Concord Pike in Wilmington, Del.<br><br>To register, contact Carol Perrupato at 302.477.2178 or <a href="mailto:caperrupato@widener.edu">caperrupato@widener.edu</a>.