Professor Horton Appointed to Judicial Council's Probate and Mental Health Advisory Group

Professor David Horton has been appointed to the California Judicial Council’s Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee. The committee makes recommendations to the Judicial Council for improving the administration of justice in decedent estates, conservatorships, guardianships, other probate matters, and mental health and developmental disability issues.

Professor Horton’s primary research and teaching interests are wills and trusts, contracts, and arbitration law. In 2015, his article "In Partial Defense of Probate: Evidence from Alameda County, California" was selected as the winner of the 29th annual Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Scholarly Paper Competition and he was honored with UC Davis School of Law’s Distinguished Teaching Award.