Terri Helge
Associate Professor of Law
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Courses: Estates & Trusts, Estate & Gift Tax, Charitable Organizations Seminar, and Marital Property

Professor Terri Helge joined the faculty at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in 2006, bringing her interests in nonprofit law, estates and trusts, and estate and gift taxation. Prior to teaching, Professor Helge was an associate with the law firm of Thompson & Knight, LLP, where she helped nonprofit organizations with the organization, operation, and termination of nonprofit corporation trusts, and where she also represented individuals seeking to plan and implement wealth transfers to family members and charitable organizations. Before coming to law, Professor Helge worked as a tax manager at the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen, LLP, dealing with nonprofit organizations, individuals, and closely-held businesses.

Professor Helge’s scholarship focuses on the law of nonprofit organizations and the standards for tax exemption. Currently, Professor Helge’s research examines the accountability and transparency of the nonprofit sector and the role regulators of the nonprofit sector should play in the sector’s oversight.

Professor Helge earned her J.D. degree summa cum laude from South Texas College of Law, where she served as a note and comment editor and assistant managing editor for the South Texas Law Review. She earned her B.S. in accountancy with highest honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Selected Publications and Presentations

The Taxation of Cause-Related Marketing, 84 CHI.-KENT L. REV. ____ (forthcoming 2010).

Policing the Good Guys: Regulation of the Charitable Sector Through a Federal Charity Oversight Board, 19 CORNELL J. L. & PUB. POL’Y ___ (forthcoming 2010).

Incorporating Asset Protection into Your Estate Plan - Tarrant County Bar Association Tax and Estate Planning Section, Fort Worth, Texas (February 2008)

When Two Worlds Collide:  Issues to Consider when Taxable Parties Enter into Transactions with Charitable Organizations – State Bar of Texas Tax Section, Webcast (February 2008)

Tax Aspects of Transactions with Charitable Organizations – Dallas Bar Association Tax Section, Dallas, Texas (October 2007)

Legislative Update from Washington on Charitable Reforms: The Pension Protection Act of 2006 – 2007 TSCPA Nonprofit Organizations Conference, Dallas, Texas (May 2007)