Call for Proposals -- AALS Annual Meeting, 2026 - January 7 – 10 - New Orleans

AALS Trusts and Estates Section, with co-sponsorship from the Section on Internet & Computer Law, the Section on Securities Regulation,  and the Section on  Technology, Law and Legal Education

Privacy, Social Media, and the World of T & E  

As AI assumes more importance in the legal world and as privacy becomes an even more critical commodity, these cutting-edge developments are having an impact on the field of trusts and estates. The goal of this program is to show how these larger trends affect trusts and estates jurisprudence, pedagogy, and practice.  

Proposals might address the confidentiality of estate planning,  the public nature of wills and conservatorships and the private nature of trusts,  the sealing of court proceedings,  protection of digital assets, the Corporate Transparency Act, or the role of AI in T&E pedagogy and practice.  We welcome proposals to present new scholarship, recent caselaw and statutory developments, and ideas for teaching  concepts in the classroom.

There is an option for publication of papers in the  ACTEC L.J.  Please include in your proposal whether you are interested in that option.

Please send all proposals - and questions -- to Naomi Cahn, [email protected], by June 1.  Decisions will be announced by July 1. 

We look forward to reviewing your proposals and to seeing you in New Orleans. Thank you.