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  Jan 30, 2026

Advocating Without Overreaching: A Model of Intellectual Restraint

One of the most valuable parts of Thomas Gallanis’s article is not...

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  Jan 30, 2026

One Restatement or Two? The Structural Question

If the American Law Institute (ALI) undertakes a new Restatement project, a threshold...

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  Jan 30, 2026

What Has Actually Changed in the Law of Wills?

Compared to trust law, the law governing wills and other donative transfers has...

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  Jan 30, 2026

Time for a New Restatement? Why This Question Has Become More Pressing

A new Restatement is not just an academic project. In trusts and estates,...

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  Jan 30, 2026

Modern Trust Practice and the Restatement’s Blind Spots

In Time for a New Restatement, Thomas P. Gallanis argues that the Restatement...

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  Jan 30, 2026

Why Law Students Learn Trusts and Estates as One Subject

The way trusts and estates is taught does more than organize a syllabus....

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  Jan 30, 2026

What Restatements Are Supposed to Do—and When They Fail

Restatements are not mere summaries of existing law. From their inception, they were...

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  Jan 30, 2026

Why Trusts and Estates Became a Single Field

The modern treatment of trusts and estates as a unified field is not...

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  Jan 30, 2026

Why Is There a Push for a New Restatement of Trusts and Estates?

As of early 2026, scholars and the American Law Institute (ALI) are giving...

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  Jun 12, 2025

Nudged Into Probate: New York’s Bank Account Proposal Will Lead to More Probate for Unmarried People

New York Assembly Bill A08549-A proposes a major change in how joint bank...

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  May 21, 2025

🔑 NY: Sample Petition to Compel the Production and Filing of a Will

When dealing with estate matters, there may be situations where a will is...

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  May 04, 2025

🔑 Sample NY Forms: Applications to Dispense with Testimony of Attesting Witnesses

When a will is not accompanied by a self-proving affidavit, the Surrogate’s...

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