Estates & Trusts Skills Simula

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Elective Course Enrollment Limit: 20 Prerequisite/Corequisite: Estates and Trusts Course Requirement: exam Satisfies Experiential Learning requirement Fulfills Current Concentration Elective: General Practice- Basic Track, General Practice- Estate Planning and Tax Track, General Practice- Family Law Track Estates and Trusts Skills is a 2-credit, one-semester, elective, skills course that uses simulations to allow students to apply the doctrinal knowledge acquired in Estates and Trusts and to teach students practice skills related to estate planning, trusts, probate, and fiduciary administration. Students will draft a complete, albeit simple, estate plan for a fictional Pennsylvania resident and will study and discuss Pennsylvania-specific estate planning forms. Students must have already taken Estates and Trusts or must take it concurrently with this course. Enrollment in the course is limited to 20.