“The Law of Succession in the 21st Century” Conference

The Law of Succession in the 21st Century conference will be held February 8, 2008 at the UCLA School of Law.

Generous support from the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Foundation makes it possible to offer the conference free of charge.

The luncheon is sponsored by Aspen Publishers, in honor of Professor Jesse Dukeminier.

RSVP to reserve a spot and for lunch (lunch available only to those who register in advance) by January 25 to: Karen Mathews, UCLA School of Law, Box 951476 mathews@law.ucla.edu

Here is the program:

8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 Introduction to the Symposium — Susan N. Gary, Professor of Law, University of Oregon

8:45 Succession Law and the Changing Family

• The Parent-Child Relationship in Inheritance Re-examined for the 21st Century — Kristine S. Knaplund, Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law
• Frontiers of Succession: Examples from Domestic Partnerships Thomas P. Gallanis, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota
• Blood and Behavior: A Theory of Contraction for Heirship — Anne-Marie Rhodes, Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Commentators

• Turney P. Berry, Partner, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
• Mary Louise Fellows, Everett Fraser Professor of Law, University of Minnesota

10:45 Break

11:00 Non-Probate Transfers

• The Revocable Trust Device: A Matter of Life and Death — Ira Mark Bloom, Justice David Josiah Brewer Distinguished Professor of Law, Albany Law School

Commentators

• Grayson M.P. McCouch, Professor of Law, University of San Diego
• Jeffrey A. Schoenblum, Centennial Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School

12:15 Lunch and Keynote Speaker

“The Twentieth Century Revolution” Twenty Years On — John Langbein, Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History, Yale Law School

1:45 Probate Issues

• Text and Time: A Theory of Testamentary Obsolescence — Adam J. Hirsch, William and Catherine VanDercreek Professor of Law, Florida State University
• Bequest Puzzles in Economics: A Legal Perspective — Max M. Schanzenbach, Bruce W. Nichols Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law; Robert H. Sitkoff, John L. Gray Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
• The Changing Psychology of Dead Hand Control — Ronald Chester, Professor of Law, New England School of Law

Commentators

• James Lindgren, Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
• William M. McGovern, Jr., Professor Emeritus, U.C.L.A. School of Law
• Eric Rakowski, Edward C. Halbach, Jr. Professor of Trust and Estates Law, U.C. Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall

3:45 Closing Remarks — Susan N. Gary, Professor of Law, University of Oregon

4:00 Reception