Professor David Lane Estates and Trusts Study Materials

The complete Estates and Trusts outline: every doctrinal area, rule, test, and case in one organized PDF.

A condensed Estates and Trusts exam review covering the major rules, tests, defenses, and cases in this course. Built for fast final-exam review.

A one-to-three page Estates and Trusts issue-spotting checklist, organized by the doctrines covered in this course.

Original briefs for the cases in this Estates and Trusts course: facts, issue, rule, holding, reasoning, and the exam takeaway for each.

Every Estates and Trusts rule in this course reduced to its elements, exceptions, defenses, and tests, with minimal facts.

Step-by-step decision trees for the Estates and Trusts doctrines in this course where a flowchart actually helps.

Original multi-issue Estates and Trusts fact patterns with an issue checklist, point allocation, model answer, and common mistakes.

Reusable issue, rule, application, and conclusion frameworks for the key Estates and Trusts doctrines in this course.

Competing policy arguments, on both sides, for the Estates and Trusts doctrines in this course where policy matters.

A fast-review Estates and Trusts chart: each key case with its rule, doctrine, why it matters, and the fact that should trigger it on an exam.

Essential Estates and Trusts rules, elements, and tests with mnemonics, fill-in-the-blank drills, and active-recall prompts.

The highest-value Estates and Trusts material from this course, compressed: essential doctrines, rules, cases, distinctions, and common traps.

Original application-style Estates and Trusts multiple-choice questions, each with an explanation of the right answer and every wrong one.

A unit-by-unit map of this Estates and Trusts course: doctrines, cases, rules, and key takeaways in the order of the course outline.