Spring 2027

The Use of Trusts in Estate Planning

A survey of common uses of trusts in estate planning, focusing on drafting appropriate provisions to accomplish estate planning objectives.

offering recorded2–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Caitlin BauchJonathan Longfield

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.00 GPA, 25.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades); Spring 2025: 2.75 GPA, 0.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.17 GPA, 33.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Law JD

  • Declared in Law JD
LAW 772

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.00 GPA, 25.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades); Spring 2025: 2.75 GPA, 0.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.17 GPA, 33.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.00 GPA, 25.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades); Spring 2025: 2.75 GPA, 0.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.17 GPA, 33.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

CAITLIN BAUCH is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JONATHAN LONGFIELD is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Online Only0 / 180

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.00 GPA, 25.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades); Spring 2025: 2.75 GPA, 0.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.17 GPA, 33.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Common uses of trusts in estate planning
  • Drafting trust provisions for estate planning objectives

Skills

  • Drafting appropriate trust provisions to accomplish estate planning objectives
  • Understanding common uses of trusts in estate planning

Grades

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LAW 772 · Spring 2027

The Use of Trusts in Estate Planning

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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