Emerging Issues in Trusts, Estates, and Wealth Preservation

This course will consider emerging issues in trusts, estates, and wealth preservation. Topics will include the legal and social science aspects of innovative death technologies, planning for digital assets, the role of trusts and retirement planning in asset protection, and creative estate planning strategies. The course will also briefly consider some of the legal rules that apply to persons of significant wealth, whose estate plans are designed to protect assets and accomplish tax efficient intergenerational transfers of property.