Professor McGovern teaches and writes in the areas of business organizations and taxation and serves as Director of the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic at South Texas College of Law Houston. His courses include Federal Income Tax, International Tax, Partnership Tax, and Federal Tax Procedure. He frequently speaks on recent developments in federal income taxation. Presentations in 2016 include: ABA Tax Section Mid-Year Meeting; University of North Carolina Tax Institute; Oregon Tax Institute; State Bar of Texas Advanced Tax Law Course; State Bar of New Mexico Tax Symposium; Southern Federal Tax Institute; Tulane Tax Institute; Tennessee Federal Tax Institute; University of Texas Taxation Conference; and Oklahoma Tax Institute.