Spring 2025
Professor(s):
Alan Sanders (ADJUNCT)
Credits: 3
Course Areas: Real Property, Trusts and Estates
Time: 7:30p-9:00p TTH Location:
Course Outline: This course is designed (i) to expose students to the most essential doctrines of the law of trusts and the law of wills in the context of the law of gratuitous transfers in general; (ii) to familiarize students with significant provisions of statutory laws (including the Texas Estates Code and the Texas Trust Code) of relevance in these fields; and (iii) to help students develop critical problem solving skills in the law of trusts and the law of wills.
Course Syllabus: Syllabus
Course Notes: (Synchronous – On Campus Exams) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. Contrary to the UH information, some student materials may not be available online, such as an assigned casebook. A physical classroom may be assigned for this course to give students a location in the Law Center to join the virtual class sessions. If the course has a final examination, it will be conducted in a classroom in face-to-face mode requiring your physical presence. Other assessment, such as a mid-term exam, may also be in a classroom.
Quota=25
Prerequisites:
First Day Assignments:
Final Exam Schedule: 5/8/2025 6-9pm
This course will have:
Exam:
Paper:
Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
Experiential Course Type: No
Bar Course: Important (MEE)
DistanceEd ABA: No
Pass-Fail Student Election: Available
Course Materials
Book(s) Required
Dukeminier et al., Wills, Trusts, and Estates (11th ed. 2021). Earlier editions of this text should not be used.
