If you're able to get around the storm and get to New York for AALS at the end of the week I hope you'll consider attending the trust and estate section's panel on Friday morning (in the 8:30 to 10:15 slot) on "the next generation of trusts and estates scholarship." Trusts and estates has been the beneficiary of a lot of exciting scholarship of late, from law and economics to doctrine and psychology. In terms of pedagogy the field also feels fresh and relevant to students' needs. Our panel is going to look from a lot of different angles -- from Daniel Kelly and Rob Sitkoff on law and economics and Naomi Cahn's empirical work on transmission of wealth to Karen Sneddon's and Josh Tate's look at psychology and wills, Carla Spivack on the intersection of doctrinal analysis and gender, Alex Johnson's look at new directions in doctrine, and Tom Gallanis' look at the transnational importance of trust law.
Our speakers and their paper titles are:
Naomi Cahn of George Washington University, “Making things fair": An Empirical Study of How People Approach the Wealth Transmission Process
Thomas Gallanis of the University of Iowa, The Trust in a Global Laboratory
Alex Johnson of the University of Virginia, Is It Time for Irrevocable Wills?
Daniel Kelly of the University of Notre Dame, Rules Versus Standards in Succession Law
Karen J. Sneddon of Mercer University, “You get what you get and don’t get upset”: Priming in Last Wills and Testaments
Robert Sitkoff, of Harvard Law School, The Prudent Investor Rule: Twenty Years On and After the Financial Crisis
Carla Spivack of Oklahoma City University, Disinheriting Women: How American Laws of Succession and Inheritance Disadvantage Women and What to Do About It
Joshua Tate of Southern Methodist University, Personal Reality: Delusion in Law and Science.
I think it'll be a great conversation and a nice celebration of the outstanding work that is transforming our field. I think it'll be a good continuation of the conversation at Oklahoma City last September on critical trusts and estates scholarship.
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