Estate Planning focuses on the process by which individuals make comprehensive arrangements for their property and personal needs which will remain in effect during disability and after death. Topics covered will include a review of intestacy, wills, and trusts principles, the use of non-probate techniques, disability planning for property and health care needs, planning for the physical aspects of death, practical concerns such as obtaining clients, interviewing clients, selecting fiduciaries, setting fees, and maintaining professional responsibility, will contest prevention, planning for clients with a wide variety of special circumstances, and document execution, review, and preservation. The grade is based on approximately eight assignments and projects throughout the semester. There is no final exam. [Note that Gratuitous Transfer Taxation is not a pre- or co-requisite for this class.]