Tracy Thomas’s new book, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Feminist Foundations of Family Law, provides extensive support for the claim that Stanton was “the intellectual giant of the [women’s rights] movement.” In this eminently readable yet deeply substantive work, Professor Thomas argues...

The modem academic trend, as embodied in the Uniform Probate Code and the new Uniform Trust Code, has been to move from an interventionist model of probate toward a minimalist approach to judicial intervention. That model may not be working when it comes to lawyers acting as fiduciaries. The...

American inheritance law is base predominantly on status within the family—individuals inherit from relatives simply because they are linked by blood or adoption. Children do not have to be "well-behaved" to take from their parents under intestacy statutes and generally, unworthy heirs are not...

In the summer of 2015, the country saw a sea change in the rights of same-sex couples to marry. With Obergefell v. Hodges, the United States Supreme Court made clear that states could not prohibit same-sex marriage. From an inheritance law perspective, Obergefell raises questions about the...

In this essay in a special issue dedicated to teaching trusts and estates, the co-authors of Contemporary Trusts & Estates: An Experiential Approach (2d. ed. Aspen 2014) reflect on how the teaching of trusts and estates can integrate policy, practice, doctrine, and centuries of tradition. They...

Leadership includes the ability to persuade others to embrace one’s ideas and to act upon them. Teaching law students the art of persuasion through advocacy is at the heart of legal education. But historically law schools have not included leadership studies in the curriculum. This edited...

This Article traces the evolution of the Uniform Probate Code's (UPC) broad equality framework for inheritance by nonmarital children in the context of the wider movement for legal equality for such children in society. It concludes that the UPC is to be lauded for its efforts to provide equal...

Leadership studies for lawyers of the future / Phoebe A. Haddon -- The nexus between leadership theory and law / Georgia Sorenson -- Leadership competencies in law / Larry Richard -- Leaders in the changing legal economy / Alexina Jackson -- Private practice and leadership / Maura DeMouy --...

Congress is considering pension reform in the wake of the tremendous loss in market value of retirement plans during the current recession. This article suggests that this is a historic moment to remedy a previously unidentified, unintended but profound gender disparity embedded in the federal...

The American Bar Association recently revised the ethical rules that govern lawyers. Its Ethics 2000 Commission proposed a number of changes to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, including revisions to the rules that affect how the profession handles conflicts of interest in the area of...