UC Davis Law Review Symposium on wealth transfer law

It is a wonderful and exciting time at UC Davis School of Law.  On Friday we began with a full house at the UC Davis Law Review symposium, “ An Empirical Analysis of Wealth Transfer Law.” Unlike some other areas of law, trust and estate law affects nearly everyone.

I was honored with welcoming the participants, esteemed scholars around the country, and as far away as Jerusalem. The symposium brought together several members of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a national organization of lawyers and law professors elected to the group by their peers.  Among the participants were Professors Andrea Chandrasekher, Shayak Sarkar, and Donna Shestowsky, as well as Professor David Horton, who was faculty sponsor and organizer of the event. 

Law Review symposium editors Rebecca Brandel and Alice Park put in a tremendous amount of work for this successful symposium.  The Law School also is indebted to Professor David Horton, for his hard work on this event.

Besides welcoming the conference participants, I was privileged to introduce Professor Horton, our in-house expert on wills and trusts, and moderator for the day’s discussions.  Professor Horton is an Academic Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. His scholarship has appeared in the Yale Law Journal, Stanford Law Review and NYU Law Review, among other prominent reviews and journals. His article “In Partial Defense of Probate: Evidence from Alameda County, California,” was selected as the winner of the Association of American Law Schools’ Scholarly Paper Competition in 2015. Professor Horton also co-authored the casebook Wills, Trusts, and Estates: The Essentials . In 2015, he received UC Davis Law’s Distinguished Teaching Award, and in 2017, he was chosen as a UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellow.  Professor Horton is legendary for his innovative and dynamic teaching.

The Law Review symposium was a wonderful way to end the week!