LAW 9406 - Estate Planning

Prerequisite(s): LAW 9403. Fulfills the skills requirement. Required for Transactional Law Concentration with an estate planning track.
The course introduces the estate planning process beginning with the initial client interview and concluding with the drafting of basic estate documents. Topics to be discussed include handling the initial interview, gathering client information, framing the scope of engagement and drafting the engagement letter, ethical issues during representation and the probate process. The focus then will shift to drafting documents commonly used in estate plans, such as advance directives, simple wills, “pour-over” wills, and trusts. Credit(s): 3