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7 J. Legal Educ. 89 (1954-1955)
Estate Planning

handle is hein.journals/jled7 and id is 99 raw text is: LAW SCHOOL DEVELOPMENTS Once a year this department will carry figures on law school regis- tration. In addition it will provide a nedium for the description of experiments in curriculum, teaching method, and administration. Like comments, the typical law school development note will be charac- terized by brevity and informality; unlike them, it will be descriptive rather than argumentative and will deal primarily with devices which have been tested in actual operation. As a general rule, the authors will gladly answer inquiries and, to the extent available, upon request supply copies of materials referred to. ESTATE PLANNING JOHN RITCHIE, * Some years ago I outlined a suggested course in Estate Planning., In essence, this course was an integration of wills, trusts, future interests, estate and gift taxation, and relevant aspects of income taxation, conflict of laws, and insurance. I tried out my suggestion. It didn't work. The course bogged down in the complexities of taxation. At best, it became a course in tax plan- ning. As a result of this experience, I am a convert to separate courses in taxation. For the past four years I have taught an integration of Wills, Trusts, and Future Interests. I call this teaching package Estates and Trusts. It seems to me to work splendidly. It also has the advantage of effecting a saving of three semester hours over the aggregate time formerly allotted to the separate courses in Wills, Trusts, and Future Interests. I have also offered a seminar in Estate Planning. The courses in Taxation, Estates and Trusts, and Business Associations were prerequisite to admission to the seminar. The objectives of the seminar were: first, to break down the course-mindedness of students by emphasizing that intelligent planning for the disposition of an estate cuts across various courses; second, to provide additional training for students in analyzing raw statements of fact, in sifting the relevant from the irrelevant, and in recognizing factual blanks and avail- able sources for filling in those blanks; third, to develop at least minimal skills in drafting the dispositive and administrative provisions in wills and trusts; and fourth, to develop an approach to estate planning and an understanding of the essential elements of that art. Fourteetf students were accepted in the seminar and divided into seven law firms of two students each. After an orientation meeting which I conducted, students served as the leaders of discussion. Each firm conducted two meetings of the seminar. A trust officer and a chartered life underwriter * Dean, The University of Wisconsin Law School. 1 A Sulggested Course in Estate Planning, 35 VA.L.REV. 135 (1949). 89

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