Request for Proposals for 2025-2026 Academic Symposium

The Legal Education Committee of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a $20,000 grant to host an academic symposium on trust and estate law during the 2025-2026 academic year. The goals of the symposium are to stimulate development of scholarly work in trust and estate law, bridge the gap between the academic community and practitioners, provide opportunities for junior academics to present papers and interact with more senior academics, provide an opportunity for trust and estate professors to interact with each other, involve academics from other disciplines in discussions of trust and estate topics, and strengthen ACTEC’s image as the leading organization for trust and estate lawyers, both practitioners and academics.

RFPs are due by Thursday, August 1, 2024,

Please submit RFPs (RFP content and guidelines are set forth below) to the co-chair of the ACTEC Legal Education Committee, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, at gwb@professorbeyer.com. Electronic submissions are welcome (subject line of email should read “ACTEC Symposium RFP”). 

Prior symposia included the Tulane University Law School Symposium on Conflict of Laws in Trusts and Estates and the Iowa Law Review Symposium Wealth Transfer Law in Comparative and International Perspective: An Introduction.