Ch J Patrick J. (“Scholar Pat”) Urda has proposed updates, upgrades, and tweaks to the admissions process and modifications to governance of the admitted.

The biennial Slaughter of the Innocents can now occur whenever, there are forms for recommending nonattorneys and reinstating disbarred practitioners, and firms are formally barred from admission. 

Check it out, and comment. Comments must be received by Friday, July 24, 2026, and may be emailed to\ Rules@ustaxcourt.gov or addressed to the Clerk of the Court at United States Tax Court, 400 Second Street, N.W., Room 116, Washington, D.C. 20217. Comments received will be made available on the Comments and Suggestions page on the Tax Court website.