On Friday, October 21, 2011, the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform and The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel’s (ACTEC) Legal Education Committee held a symposium entitled The Uniform Probate Code: Remaking of American Succession Law.
The symposium examined law reform in trusts and estates that has occurred over the past fifty years, with particular focus on the first great success, The Uniform Probate Code. Additionally, it sought to identify and analyze topics that should constitute an agenda for further reform. The symposium was made possible through the generous support of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) Foundation and the Bjarne Johnson Memorial Fund.
Symposium Opening
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Introduction to the Symposium
Anne-Marie Rhodes, Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Introduction to Professor Waggoner
Phillip Hurst, Editor-in-Chief, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Why I Do Law Reform
Lawrence W. Waggoner, Lewis M. Simes Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Children and Family in the UPC
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Commentator: Ronald Chester, Professor of Law, New England School of Law
The Probate Definition of Family: Is It Time for Judicial Discretion?
Susan N. Gary, Orlando J. and Marian H. Hollis Professor of Law, University of Oregon School of Law
Toward Equality: Nonmarital Children and the Uniform Probate Code
Paula a. Monopoli, Professor of Law and Marbury Research Professor, University of Maryland School of Law
Children of Assisted Reproduction
Kristine S. Knaplund, Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law
Caring for Elders
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Commentator: Gerry W. Beyer, Governor Preston E. Smith Regents Professor of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law
The UPC Substituted Judgment Standard for Guardian Decisions – Theoretical Aspirations and Practical Complications
Lawrence A. Froli, Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Linda S. Whitton, Professor of Law, Valparaiso University School of Law
Family Caregiving and the Law of Succession
Thomas P. Gallanis, N. William Hines Chair in Law, University of Iowa College of Law
Josephine Gittler, Wiley B. Rutledge Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law
Lunch and Keynote Speaker
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Introduction
Erin Eckles, Managing Editor, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Keynote Speaker
John H. Langbein, Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History, Yale Law School
Evaluating Rules and Standards
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Commentator: Ira Mark Bloom, Justice David Josiah Brewer Distinguished Professor of Law, Albany Law School
Deliberative Accountability Rules in Inheritance Law: Promoting Accountable Estate Planning
Shelly Kreiczer-Levy, Assistant Professor of Law, Academic Center of Law & Business
An Economic Analysis of the UPC
Daniel B. Kelly, Associate Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law School
New Challenges
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Commentator: Amy Morris Hess, UTK Distinguished Service Professor and Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis and Williford Gragg Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Tennessee College of Law
Fiduciary Duties and Exculpatory Clauses: Clash of the Titans or Cozy Bedfellows?
Louise Lark Hill, Professor of Law, Widener University School of Law
Non-Judicial Estate Settlement
John H. Martin, Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law
Symposium Closing
Frank A. Buda, Managing Symposium Editor, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
