Thursday, May 9, 2024
ACTEC Announces New Law Journal Editors
The following is from an ACTEC press release:
Washington, DC–May 9, 2024: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) today announced the 2024–2026 Editors of the ACTEC Law Journal. Academic Fellow Professor David Horton succeeds Academic Fellow Professor Naomi Cahn (2022–2024 Editor) as ACTEC Law Journal Editor, and Academic Fellow Professor Reid Kress Weisbord has been appointed Associate Editor.
David Horton is the Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at the University of California Davis School of Law. He teaches and writes in the areas of wills and trusts, arbitration law, and contracts His scholarship has appeared in the Yale Law Journal, Stanford Law Review, N.Y.U. Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review (twice), Michigan Law Review, California Law Review (twice), Duke Law Journal (twice), Northwestern University Law Review, Cornell Law Review (twice), Georgetown Law Journal (four times), UCLA Law Review (twice), and Minnesota Law Review (three times), among many other journals. He is also the author of A Primer on Law School and the U.S. Legal System: Beasties v. Monster and the co-author of two well-known textbooks, Cases, Problems, and Materials on Contracts and Wills, Trusts, and Estates: The Essentials. He has won the Association of American Law Schools Scholarly Paper Competition the Mangano Dispute Resolution Achievement Award, and the Association of American Law Schools Dispute Resolution Section’s Best Article Award, as well as the Distinguished Teaching Award at UC Davis. A frequent presenter at academic and professional association meetings, he has also authored several amicus briefs and served as a Faculty Commencement Speaker for four UC Davis graduating classes.
Reid Kress Weisbord is a Distinguished Professor of Law and Judge Norma L. Shapiro Scholar at Rutgers Law School. His teaching and scholarship focus on the law of wealth transfer, and his research has explored a broader range of topics, including the law of property, nonprofit organizations, publicity rights, and criminal procedure. Weisbord’s research has been published by the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Duke Law Journal, Vanderbilt Law Review, Iowa Law Review, Boston University Law Review, Notre Dame Law Review, Fordham Law Review, Boston College Law Review, Yale Law Journal Forum, Stanford Law Review Online, Columbia Law Review Online, Cambridge University Press, and Oxford University Press, among others. Weisbord is co-author of a leading textbook, Wills, Trusts, And Estates: The Essentials, and the encyclopedic treatise Estate Planning by Casner, Pennell, and Weisbord. His media commentary has been featured in the New York Times, CBS News, The Atlantic, Forbes, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Star-Ledger, Law.com, and Consumer Reports, among others. Weisbord’s research and service have been recognized by several prestigious organizations, with awards including the Greg Lastowka Memorial Award for Scholarly Excellence, the Rutgers Law School Distinguished Service Award, and the International Institute of Education Award for Outstanding Service. Weisbord also serves as a Visiting Professor of Law at Columbia Law School.
Horton and Weisbord's first editorial task was to issue Volume 49, Number 2 (Spring 2024) of the ACTEC Law Journal, which was published this month.
About the ACTEC Law Journal: The ACTEC Law Journal is a unique, high-level academic journal that not only explores tax, trust, and estate topics in depth but deals with the practical consequences and applications of the rapidly changing rules in these areas of law. It is published three times a year and mailed free of charge to ACTEC Fellows, ABA-accredited law schools, and board members of the National College of Probate Judges. Non-Fellows may subscribe for $45.00 per year.
About the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC): Established in 1949, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) is a national, nonprofit association of approximately 2,500 lawyers and law professors from throughout the United States and abroad. ACTEC members (Fellows) are peer-elected on the basis of professional reputation and expertise in the preparation of wills and trusts, estate planning, probate, trust administration and related practice areas. The College’s mission includes the improvement and reform of probate, trust and tax laws and procedures and professional practice standards. ACTEC frequently offers technical comments with regard to legislation and regulations but does not take positions on matters of policy or political objectives.
May 9, 2024 in Appointments and Honors, Scholarship | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, April 1, 2024
Announcement of Conference Symposium and Call for Proposals -- Inheritance Inequality
The following is posted as a courtesy to Deborah S. Gordon (Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Professor of Law, Drexel University, Thomas R. Kline School of Law):
Announcement of Conference Symposium and Call for Proposals
Inheritance Inequality
Fifth Biennial Conference on Critical Trusts & Estates and Symposium of the Drexel Law Review
Expressions of interest due May 1, 2024
Program September 27-28, 2024, Philadelphia, PA
We are pleased to announce a conference on “Inheritance Inequality” (the Fifth Biennial Conference on Critical Trusts and Estates). The conference will take place on Friday September 27 and Saturday September 28, 2024 at Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and will be sponsored by the Drexel Law Review. The keynote speaker will be Christopher M. Rabb, genealogist, family historian, educator, author, policy-shaper, speaking on the intersection of race, wealth, and social enterprise.
We invite paper and/or full panel proposals on any topic related to the many intersections of wills, trusts and estates with gender, race, class, and other identity axes. We are especially interested in presentations and papers that explore connections between and among wills, trusts, estates, gender, race, and wealth inequality. Such topics might include, but are not limited to, connections between estate planning, wealth inequality, and climate change; non-traditional families; wills and trusts issues for the LGBTQ+ community, incarcerated people, and the undocumented; offshore assets and domestic inequality; and inheritance and citizenship.
We also invite interventions on any other aspect of the conference theme of inheritance inequality (for example, access to estate planning, default rules and definitions, property transfer rules and norms, the estate tax and luxury taxes, private responses to climate change, and integrating climate change into the Trusts and Estates curriculum). Interdisciplinary approaches, linking the law to themes in art, literature, history, and the social sciences, among others, are welcome. Participants can be academics, practitioners, government officials, policy researchers, economists, graduate students, or others with an interest and expertise in inheritance law. Contributors from the United States as well as other countries are welcome.
Those interested in participating in the conference are asked to submit 300 word abstracts of paper proposals, or 1,000 word panel proposals, including brief descriptions of the papers on the panel, to Deborah Gordon ([email protected]), Carla Spivack ([email protected]), and Gracen Hashem ([email protected]) by Wednesday May 1, 2024. Proposals should indicate if there is interest in publishing, as publication opportunities will be available to selected presenters. Applicants will be notified before June 1, 2024. Selected participants will be expected to circulate draft papers no later than August 27, 2024. Final papers will be due October 27, 2024.
For those presenting at the conference, the sponsor will cover lodging and selected meal costs. If a participant is unable to obtain reimbursement from their home institution for travel, such expenses may be covered should funds become available.
We eagerly anticipate hearing from prospective participants and are enthusiastic about facilitating engaging conversations at the upcoming conference.
April 1, 2024 in Conferences & CLE, Scholarship | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, March 22, 2024
Request for Proposals -- ACTEC Foundation 2025-2026 Academic Symposium
The Legal Education Committee of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) requests proposals for a $20,000 grant to host an academic symposium on trust and estate law during the 2025-2026 academic year.
The ACTEC Foundation Symposium is intended to be the premier academic symposium on trust and estate law in the United States. The goals of the symposium are to stimulate development of scholarly work in trust and estate law, bridge the gap between the academic community and practitioners, provide opportunities for junior academics to present papers and interact with more senior academics, provide an opportunity for trust and estate professors to interact with each other, involve academics from other disciplines in discussions of trust and estate topics, and strengthen ACTEC's image as the leading organization for trust and estate lawyers, both practitioners and academics.
RFPs are due by Thursday, August 1, 2024, and will be considered by the Symposium Subcommittee of the ACTEC Legal Education Committee during or around ACTEC's Fall Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, in September 2024.
Follow this link for full details: Download Legal Education Committee Symposium 2025-2026 RFP (03-21-2024 draft).
March 22, 2024 in Conferences & CLE, Scholarship | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, January 15, 2024
Call for Papers: Constitutional Issues in the Trusts and Estates Field
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) announces a Call for Papers with a focus on constitutional issues in the trusts and estates field over the past 50 years, since the founding of the ACTEC Law Journal. This special issue of the ACTEC Law Journal will be devoted to considering how state and federal constitutions affect trust and estates scholarship and practice.
Submissions might respond to past or pending Supreme Court cases, might predict the future impact of constitutional issues, and might consider state-focused topics. For example, in the federal constitutional context, Moore v U.S. is currently pending in the Supreme Court. The decision – which will likely decide whether the Sixteenth Amendment imposes a realization requirement -- could have a significant impact on the constitutionality of a wealth tax, a mark-to-market regime, or perhaps a gain-at-death tax. Another case to be decided this term that could be resolved on constitutional grounds and that could have an extraordinary impact on tax practice is Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (raising the question whether Chevron deference should be eliminated). Other recent Supreme Court cases raising constitutional issues of interest to the trust-and-estate community include North Carolina Dept. v Kimberly Rice Kaestner 1992 Trust, 139 S. Ct. 2213 (2019) (due process limitations on the state taxation of trusts located in another state), and Sveen v Melin, 138 S. Ct. 1815 (2018) (constitutionality of retroactive application of divorce-revocation statute).
This issue will be comprised of multiple shorter articles (2500-5000 words).
Procedure for Submissions
Authors wishing to contribute to this special volume should email a brief proposal with estimated word count to: Professor David Horton, Editor, ACTEC Law Journal, at [email protected]. Please include “ACTEC Theme Volume” in the subject line of your e-mail.
Deadline to Submit Proposals: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Selected articles will be published in the ACTEC Law Journal, Volume 50, Issue 1, with an anticipated publication date of December 2024. Final articles will be due by August 1, 2024.
January 15, 2024 in Scholarship | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, January 20, 2023
Journal of Elder Policy -- New Issue Released and a Call for Papers
The just published copy of the fifth issue of the Journal of Elder Policy was a special issue relating to older adults' access to health care and provider-patient interactions in later life. The issue can be viewed online here.
Autonomy in Later Life
Invitation to Submit a paper for the Journal of Elder Policy, Issue 7, Summer 2023
Editor-in-Chief: Eva Kahana PhD, Distinguished University Professor,
Department of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University
Abstracts of 500 words are due by March 1, 2023
Full papers (8000 -10000 words) are due by May 1, 2023.
Older adults are more diverse and active than ever. Despite this, many portrayals and stereotypes of older adults allude to their dependence on others. While later life does tend to come with unique challenges (e.g. health issues, functional impairment), older adults tend to be far more proactive and adaptive than society (and research) gives them credit for.
This issue of the Journal of Elder Policy seeks to explore issues related to autonomy in later life.
We welcome both empirical (qualitative and quantitative) and conceptual papers from diverse disciplines with an emphasis on policy implications.
Topics may include but are not limited to:
- Meaningful employment in later life (new or continuing)
- Finding new directions in retirement
- Relocation in later life
- New relationships in later life
- Managing identity when having to rely on others due to illness/functional impairments
- Shifts in family dynamics (e.g. adult children attempting to manage care/finances, suggestions of downsizing)
- Speaking up in health care contexts
- Adaptation to widowhood in later life
Authors should send a 500-word abstract related to their paper by March 1, 2023 to Managing Editor, Kaitlyn Langendoerfer, PhD ([email protected]).
The Journal of Elder Policy is an Open Access Journal sponsored by Policy Studies Organization. There is no publication fee. All articles will be peer-reviewed. More information about the Aims and Scope of the journal and previous issues can be found here: https://journalofelderpolicy.org/
Please contact Prof. Naomi Cahn at [email protected] or Prof. Nina A Kohn at [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.
January 20, 2023 in Elder Law, Scholarship | Permalink | Comments (0)
Call for papers for Modern Studies in the Law of Trusts, Wealth Management & Philanthropy 2023
The fifth conference in the “Modern Studies in the Law of Trusts, Wealth Management & Philanthropy” series will take place on 27-28 July 2023 at the Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University (Singapore). The 2023 conference will be co-organised by Singapore Management University, Centre for Commercial Law in Asia, the University of York, and The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London.
The theme of the conference is “The Law of Trusts, Wealth Management & Philanthropy: Innovation and Reform in the Law of Trusts”. The conference will focus on current developments and challenges facing trust law, wealth management and philanthropy, with particular focus on the need for innovations responding to contemporary developments and emerging issues – for example, technological disruption, new forms of regulation, climate change and sustainability goals - that impact global families and how they manage their wealth. The conveners of the conference (Richard Nolan (York), Tang Hang Wu (SMU), Yip Man (SMU) and James Lee (KCL)) plan to publish a selection of the papers presented at the conference in a special edition of a journal (subject to review and availability of space).
If you would like to offer a paper, please submit a working title and an abstract (of no more than 1500 words) by 15 March 2023 by email to James Lee ([email protected]) and Yip Man ([email protected]). The conference conveners are particularly keen to hear from Global South, women and emerging scholars in the field. Acceptance will be on a rolling basis and the conference conveners will be grateful for early submissions. There are no speaker registration fees for those whose papers are accepted this conference. Speakers and attendees are expected to meet their own travel costs and accommodation for this conference.
January 20, 2023 in Conferences & CLE, Scholarship | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
ACTEC Call for Papers: Alternative and Critical Perspectives on Trusts and Estates
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel announces a Call for Papers with a focus on alternative and critical approaches to trust and estate practice and scholarship. This special issue of the ACTEC Law Journal will be devoted to the intersection of the law of succession—broadly defined—with gender, race, class, age, and inequality, as well as with other areas of the law. The law of wills, trusts, and intestacy is more important than ever in a time of increasing wealth inequality and cultural division. Potential papers could take many forms, ranging from empirical work to literature to comparative law to doctrinal analysis to suggestions for reform. This issue will be comprised of shorter articles (2500-5000 words). Topics may include developments in tax law, adaptations in legal technology, racial justice and diversity, new or impending statutory reform, remote or electronic estate planning documents, the funeral and death industry, and other topics that demonstrate the way in which the trust and estate landscape is shifting. Procedure for Submissions: Authors wishing to contribute to this special volume should email a brief proposal with estimated word count to: Professor Naomi Cahn, Editor, ACTEC Law Journal, at [email protected]. Please include “ACTEC Theme Volume” in the subject line of your e-mail. Deadline to Submit Proposals: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Selected articles will be published in the ACTEC Law Journal, Volume 49, Issue 1, with an anticipated publication date of December 2023. Final articles will be due by August 1, 2023. |
January 4, 2023 in Scholarship | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
The AALS Section on Trusts and Estates Call for Papers: “Post-Pandemic Pedagogy in Trusts & Estates”
The following is from an AALS announcement:
The AALS Section on Trusts and Estates is pleased to announce a Call for Papers: “Post-Pandemic Pedagogy in Trusts & Estates”
Selected papers will be presented at the Trusts & Estates Program Session at the 2022 AALS Annual Meeting held in San Diego from January 4-7, 2023.
Program Description: We invite papers and/or presentations that provide insights into educating law students in trusts & estates. These insights might take a variety of forms. For example, papers/presentations might describe classroom techniques and innovations, innovations in course design or structure, or novel courses. They might discuss proposals that show how we might incorporate issues of race, gender, class, sexual orientation, immigration status, and/or disability into our classrooms. They might also explore the lessons learned during the time we have all now spent teaching during the pandemic. Or contributions might be completely forward looking and propose novel ideas or experiments in teaching that you have not yet implemented.
Eligibility: Full-time faculty of AALS member schools or non-member fee-paid schools as of the submission deadline are eligible to submit papers. For co-authored papers/presentations, both authors must satisfy the eligibility criteria.
Submissions, due dates and method: Submissions should be of abstracts between 250 and 1,000 words, inclusive of any footnotes. The submissions for this panel can either describe an intended paper or a presentation that you will provide. Scholarship may be at any stage of the publication process from work-in-progress to completed article, but if already published, scholarship may not be published any earlier than 2022. We welcome legal scholarship across a wide variety of methodological approaches. Each potential speaker may submit only one abstract for consideration.
There are two submission due dates. The Section seeks detailed abstracts in late summer, with final papers due in late fall.
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- The due date for detailed abstracts is August 31, 2022.
- The due date for final papers/and or presentation materials is November 15, 2022.
Abstracts and papers should be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format to Philip Hackney at [email protected]. The subject line should read “AALS Trusts & Estates Section CFP Pedagogy Submission.” By submitting an abstract for consideration, you agree to attend the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting Trusts & Estates Program Session should your paper be selected for presentation.
Submission review, selection, conference attendance: Abstracts and papers will be reviewed by members of the Section’s Executive Committee. Selected presenters will be announced by October 1, 2022. The Call for Paper presenters will be responsible for paying their own AALS registration fee, hotel, and travel expenses.
Inquiries or questions: Any inquiries about the Call for Papers should be directed to Philip Hackney at the contact information noted above.
June 15, 2022 in Scholarship, Teaching | Permalink | Comments (0)
AALS Section on Trusts and Estates Call for Papers: “Works in Progress in Trusts & Estates"
The following is from an AALS announcement:
The AALS Section on Trusts and Estates is pleased to announce a Call for Papers: “Works in Progress in Trusts & Estates”
Selected papers will be presented at the Trusts & Estates Program Session at the 2022 AALS Annual Meeting held in San Diego from January 4-7, 2023.
Program Description: The Section seeks submissions on a variety of topics and methodological approaches related to Trusts & Estates Law. We are interested in all states of article development.
Eligibility: Full-time faculty of AALS member schools or non-member fee-paid schools as of the submission deadline are eligible to submit papers. For co-authored papers, both authors must satisfy the eligibility criteria. We particularly encourage new voices in the field to submit.
Submissions, due dates and method: Submissions should be of abstracts between 250 and 1,000 words, inclusive of any footnotes. Scholarship may be at any stage of the publication process from work-in-progress to completed article, but if already published, scholarship may not be published any earlier than 2022. We welcome legal scholarship across a wide variety of methodological approaches. Each potential speaker may submit only one abstract for consideration.
There are two submission due dates. The Section seeks detailed abstracts in late summer, with final papers due in late fall.
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- The due date for detailed abstracts is August 31, 2022.
- The due date for final submission is November 15, 2022.
Abstracts and papers should be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format to Eric Chaffee at [email protected]. The subject line should read “AALS Trusts & Estates Section CFP WIP Submission.” By submitting an abstract for consideration, you agree to attend the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting Trusts & Estates Program Session should your paper be selected for presentation.
Submission review, selection, conference attendance: Abstracts and papers will be reviewed by members of the Section’s Executive Committee. Selected presenters will be announced by October 1, 2022. The Call for Paper presenters will be responsible for paying their own AALS registration fee, hotel, and travel expenses.
Inquiries or questions: Any inquiries about the Call for Papers should be directed to Eric Chaffee at the contact information noted above.
June 15, 2022 in Scholarship | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, June 4, 2022
"Journal of Law Teaching and Learning" Announced
The below announcement is posted as a courtesy to Emily Grant, Professor of Law. Co-Director, Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, Washburn University School of Law.
The Institute for Law Teaching and Learning is thrilled to be launching a new scholarly journal. The Journal of Law Teaching and Learning will publish scholarly articles about pedagogy and will provide authors with rigorous peer review. We hope to publish our first issue in Fall 2023.
If you have a scholarly article that might fit the needs of The Journal of Law Teaching and Learning, please consider submitting it directly to us via email at [email protected] or through the Scholastica platform.
June 4, 2022 in Scholarship, Teaching | Permalink | Comments (0)