meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

2: 23 Years of Legal Expertise Guides Law Students to New Frontiers in Social Enterprise - Cass Brewer

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

5.0619 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2015

⏱️ 28 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

He brings a lifetime of practical legal experience to aspiring lawyers at the College of Law at Georgia State University. Along with traditional tax law, Cassady V. Brewer explores the law of emerging hybrid business forms known as social enterprise. Like his own life, the evolving area of law is all about combining business and the world of work with a social mission. Partners in his former law practice could see his gift for teaching before he did, he tells Don Hutcheson, host of the Discover Your Talent, Do What You Love podcast.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hello, world.

0:11.0

Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love.

0:14.0

I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.

0:17.0

Every day I interview someone from around the world who has discovered his talents to do work that he loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

0:28.1

Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Law Professor Cass Brewer. Welcome, Cass.

0:34.3

Thank you, Don. Great to be here.

0:36.4

A quick question. Are you using your talents and doing work that you love? Absolutely. Great. Cass Brewer is a law professor at the Georgia State University College of Law. He teaches basic federal income taxation, non-profit organizations, taxation of business organization, partnership taxation,

0:57.4

and the law of social enterprise. His research primarily focuses on the legal and tax aspects of the

1:05.3

intersection of tax-exempt, non-profit organizations with for-profit enterprises and commercial activity. In particular, he writes and

1:13.9

speaks extensively on the legal and tax aspects of the emerging hybrid business forms, such as the

1:21.3

benefit corporation and the low-profit limited liability company. That's a mouthful cast, so take it away and tell us what you're up to now that captures

1:31.5

your imagination and keeps you motivated.

1:33.6

Sure.

1:34.3

Well, thanks, Don.

1:35.0

Well, I was going to say it, all of that's not nearly as exciting as it sounds.

1:40.2

It sounds utterly complex, and I can see that to the right kind of person would be utterly fascinating, too.

1:47.2

Yeah, I mean, what I'm up to is basically teaching after about a 23-year career as a lawyer.

1:55.7

The last 12, I guess 13 years as a partner in a major law firm here in Atlanta.

2:03.3

And I have just absolutely thoroughly enjoy my shift to teaching.

2:11.8

This is my fourth year.

2:13.2

I'll soon be completing my fourth year of teaching.

2:15.9

Wow.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Don Hutcheson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Don Hutcheson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.