Call For Papers: ACTEC Law Journal — Privacy in the Probate Field
With increasing public attention focused on protecting our privacy, the practice and study of trusts and estates has been profoundly affected by a series of issues concerning the safeguarding of private information. Estate planners and law school professors have become more likely to consider a multitude of issues relating to privacy rights.
A special issue of the ACTEC Law Journal will be devoted to a discussion of the intersection of Trusts and Estates and privacy issues and will be comprised of brief articles (3,000 word maximum). The conception of privacy issues is broad and intended to encompass all relevant matters of legal concern that a trusts and estates lawyer or professor might address. Suggested topics include silent trusts, taxation of privacy rights, corporate transparency and the impact on disclosure of ownership rights, identity confidentiality, incapacity planning to avoid a conservatorship, planning for public figures, and classic core trusts and estates topics like wills, trusts, intestacy, probate administration, and nonprobate transfers.
Procedure for proposals: Authors wishing to contribute to this special volume should send a brief proposal of 250-300 words to Professor Naomi Cahn, Associate Editor, ACTEC Law Journal, at ncahn@law.virginia.edu. Please include “ACTEC Privacy Issues” in the subject line of your e-mail.
Proposals are due by April 4, 2022, and decisions will be made by the beginning of May. Early submissions are encouraged as proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Given the brevity of each article, articles that delve into one or two topics in detail will normally be preferred over more general articles. We encourage submissions by authors from a variety of backgrounds, including those actively involved in fiduciary administration or the practice of law.
Final articles will be due by August 1, 2022 and will be published in the ACTEC Law Journal, Volume 48, Issue 1.