Program Overview

Program Overview

The university program provided focuses on the study of law, specifically the course "295 Trusts and Estates." This course is a three-credit examination of noncommercial property dispositions, both testamentary and inter vivos, including topics such as intestate succession, wills and will substitutes, creation and characteristics of trusts, powers of appointment, and problems in trust and estate administration.

Course Details

• Course Number: 295
• Course Credits: 3
• Evaluation Methods:
  • Final Exam
  • Practical exercises
  • Class participation
• Degree Requirements:
  • JD elective
  • IntlLLM NY Bar
  • IntlLLM-SJD-EXC elective
• Course Type: Lecture
• Learning Outcomes:
  • Knowledge and understanding of substantive and procedural law

Course Description

This course covers the basics of wealth transfer, with an emphasis on wills and trusts, introducing students not only to modes of legal challenge but also to drafting best practices. It also addresses critical questions about what groups benefit from the present system of wealth transfer and how this system contributes to complex forms of wealth inequality characterized by gender and racial wealth gaps.

Course Offerings by Year

Spring 2026

• Course Number: 295.01
• Course Credits: 3
• Evaluation Method:
  • Final Exam
  • Practical exercises
  • Class participation
• Instructor: Doriane Coleman

Spring 2025

• Course Number: 295.01
• Course Credits: 3
• Evaluation Method:
  • Final Exam
  • Midterm
  • Practical exercises
  • Class participation
• Instructor: Doriane Coleman

Spring 2024

• Course Number: 295.01
• Course Credits: 3
• Evaluation Method:
  • Final Exam
  • Midterm
  • Practical exercises
  • Class participation
• Instructor: Allison Tait
• Syllabus: 295-01-Spring2024-syllabus.pdf (234.06 KB)

Previous Years

Similar course details are provided for the years 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016, with variations in instructors, evaluation methods, and course credits.

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