Skills & Values: Trusts and Estates

by Roger W. Andersen, Karen E. Boxx

Skills & Trusts and Estates is one of the first titles in the new Skills & Values Series. The books in this new series are designed to enable professors to assign supplementary practice-oriented material to enrich their students' traditional study. Each book in the series includes robust online content that is delivered through Web Courses. The content for the Teacher's Manual is also posted to the supporting Web Course. The online components of these books add an exciting dimension because they are designed to teach the current media-saturated generation of students in ways that are more effective for them. Skills & Trusts and Estates challenges students to apply the substantive content from their Trusts and Estates course in a way that helps them see what the doctrinal law looks like when it "crosses a lawyer's desk." Each chapter offers fact pattern based on a topic covered in a typical course. Most of the chapters offer different levels of tasks. The exercises require students to use the wide range of skills needed in an Estate Planning and Probate Practice course, such as drafting, negotiating, statutory interpretation, litigation strategizing, and ethics problem solving. The materials are designed to allow students to self-assess, thus enhancing the learning experience while allowing professors maximum flexibility to choose the level of their own engagement

168 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Professor Roger W. Andersen, a faculty member since 1979, is a graduate of Knox College (BA), the University of Iowa (JD), and the University of Illinois (LLM). Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Andersen worked in a bank trust department in Michigan, was in private practice in Seattle and taught at Oklahoma City University School of Law. He assumed Emeritus status in December, 2004 and currently teaches Legal Drafting.

Professor Andersen has written in the fields of estate planning, disability law, environmental law and real property. He has also published a book for the general public on Disability Planning.