Hello Good People!

Welcome to Law 609 – Estates and Trusts. This section of Estates and Trusts is entirely web-based. Each week, I will post recorded lectures with related PowerPoints. Most weeks you will also have homework assignments. Most of the assignments will be done collaboratively, in groups. I will give you more information on that next week. But for now, please read the description of the course below, as well as the assignment for next week (as I know that many of you prepare for classes on the weekends). The course Blackboard site should be available to you by Tuesday or Wednesday. The course website should have all of the other information you need.

Best,
Prof. Cherry

Law 609: Estates and Trusts:

Estates and Trusts is a traditional, 4 credit course that provides students with a foundation in the law and policies relating to the transfer of property upon death through probate, non-probate, and intestate transfers. In this course, students will gain an understanding of the basic laws and principles governing the law of estates and trusts and be able to apply those laws and principles to given scenarios. More advanced issues related to wealth transfer, such as in-depth coverage of estate and gift taxation, are beyond the scope of this course.

Required Text: SITKOFF & DUKEMINIER, WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES (11th ed., 2022).
Week of August 14 (short week):
Topics: Introduction to course. Freedom of disposition.
Reading for Class: Chapter 1, pp. 1-34
Required Activity: Blackboard – Discussion Board – Ice Breaker (More on this later)