The Law of Succession in the 21st Century
February 8, 2008
UCLA School of Law

Generous support from the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Foundation
makes it possible to offer the conference free of charge

The luncheon is sponsored by Aspen Publishers, in honor of Professor Jesse Dukeminier

RSVP to reserve a spot and for lunch (lunch available only to those who register in advance)
RSVP by January 25 to: Karen Mathews, UCLA School of Law, Box 951476
Email: mathews@law.ucla.edu; Phone: 310-206-7610; Fax: 310-825-6023

8:00     Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30     Introduction to the Symposium

            Susan N. Gary, Professor of Law, University of Oregon

8:45     Succession Law and the Changing Family

            The Parent-Child Relationship in Inheritance Re-examined for the 21st Century
            Kristine S. Knaplund, Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law

            Frontiers of Succession: Examples from Domestic Partnerships
            Thomas P. Gallanis, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota

            Blood and Behavior:  A Theory of Contraction for Heirship
            Anne-Marie Rhodes, Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

            Commentators
            Turney P. Berry, Partner, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
            Mary Louise Fellows, Everett Fraser Professor of Law, University of Minnesota

10:45     Break

11:00     Non-Probate Transfers

              The Revocable Trust Device: A Matter of Life and Death
              Ira Mark Bloom, Justice David Josiah Brewer Distinguished Professor of Law, Albany Law School

              Commentators
              Grayson M.P. McCouch, Professor of Law, University of San Diego
              Jeffrey A. Schoenblum, Centennial Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School

12:15     Lunch and Keynote Speaker

              “The Twentieth Century Revolution” Twenty Years On
               John Langbein , Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History, Yale Law School

1:45     Probate Issues

            Text and Time: A Theory of Testamentary Obsolescence
            Adam J. Hirsch, William and Catherine VanDercreek Professor of Law, Florida State University

             Bequest Puzzles in Economics: A Legal Perspective
             Max M. Schanzenbach, Bruce W. Nichols Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
             Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
             Robert H. Sitkoff, John L. Gray Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

             The Changing Psychology of Dead Hand Control
             Ronald Chester, Professor of Law, New England School of Law.

             Commentators
             James Lindgren, Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
             William M. McGovern, Jr., Professor Emeritus, U.C.L.A. School of Law
             Eric Rakowski, Edward C. Halbach, Jr. Professor of Trust and Estates Law, U.C. Berkeley School of Law — Boalt Hall

3:45     Closing Remarks

             Susan N. Gary, Professor of Law, University of Oregon

4:00     Reception