Class Information
Fall 2026
5339 Trusts & Wills - TAMBORELLO- 13263
Professor(s):
Gus Tamborello (OTHER FACULTY)
Credits: 3
Course Areas: Real Property, Trusts and Estates
Time: 6:00p-7:30p TTH Location: 102B
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 Probate 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: (Face-to-Face) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. For this instruction mode, instructors and students are expected to normally be physically present in the classroom. If the course has a final examination, it will be in a classroom requiring your physical presence. Other assessment, such as a mid-term exam, may also be in a classroom. Whether this instructor will offer “remote presence” (starting a zoom meeting from the podium computer to enable student remote access on an occasional basis) for part or all of the semester is not known, but students should not rely on an expectation that remote presence will be available.
Quota=60.
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Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
Experiential Course Type: No
Bar Course: Important (MEE)
DistanceEd ABA: No
Pass-Fail Student Election: Unavailable (Instructor Preference)
Course Materials
Book(s) Required
Course Materials: Wills, Trusts, and Estates, Robert H. Sitkoff, Twelfth Edition Publication date: 11-05-2025 Copyright Year 2026 Connected eBook with Study Center + Hardcover 9798892075107 Connected eBook with Study Center (Digital Only) 9798892075114 eBook + Study Center + Audiobook 9798899632853 - the 2026 edition of Johanson’s Texas Estates Code Annotated published by Thomson Reuters Westlaw ISBN:9798350254310. Alternative option: Jones McClure Texas Estates Code ISBN:9781598392234
NOTE- Do not purchase the 2024 edition or earlier because it will not contain the legislative
changes which will be made by the Texas legislature in the Summer of 2025.
