Publications

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Section of Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law

E-STATE (Issue 2003.1) Your RPPT Electronic Resource for Estate Planners WELCOME TO E-STATE! E-STATE is the Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law’s on-line newsletter for Probate and Trust law. This new e-publication is modeled after E-Dirt, the section’s newsletter for Real Estate. ARTICLES Charities And Disaster Relief: Do We Still Need "Need"? - by Michael Burnstein The Pro Bono Response to September 11th - by Iris Goodwin and Robert D. Steele OUR GOAL is to provide readers with substantive articles about current Probate and Trust law issues and to provide useful information on the RPPT section’s activities, especially the annual Probate and Trust Law Spring Symposium and the ABA’s Annual Meeting. This issue will be an introduction to E-STATE and will feature articles on Probate and Trust lawyers Pro Bono response to September 11th and provide valuable information about the Annual ABA meeting in Washington, D.C. The first edition of Recent Developments also appears. Our next issue, 2003.2 will focus on technology issues for Probate and Trust lawyers. As of this date, issue 2003.3 is in the planning stages, but the focus is anticipated to be the practical problems and issues facing Probate and Trust lawyers. E-STATE will provide information on upcoming Spring and Annual meetings, with links to registration materials and Continuing Legal Education options. In other issues, E-STATE will summarize past meetings and provide links to CLE materials offered for sale by the section. If you are interested in becoming the first Meeting Editor, please email Steele@whafh.com. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Recent Developments will be featured in all future issues of E-STATE. Starting with the next issue of E-STATE, Recent Developments will be edited by Jeffrey Pennell, Richard H. Clark Professor of Law, Emory University. Recent Developments SPECIAL NOTICES RPPT Section Events and CLE at Annual Meeting The ABA held its 2002 annual meeting in Washington, D.C., with the Section meeting at the Capital Hilton. Take advantage of the programs presented there through audio and video tapes available from the Section. Contact Iris Goodwin, Acquisitions Editor for E-STATE,at goodwiir@shu.edu to advise of substantive topics you would like to see covered in E-STATE or to submit materials for publication. We also invite you to forward the addresses of helpful websites for us to consider publishing in upcoming editions. We also are seeking additional Editors to work with Iris to review and edit articles, and to recruit new authors and articles for future publication. Please contact her directly. Section members interested in participating in the production of E-STATE should contact Robert Steele, E-STATE Managing Editor, at steele@whafh.com EDITED BY: Robert Steele and Iris Goodwin Thank you for reading E-STATE and for your participation in the ABA Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section. Copyright © 2003 American Bar Association