ACTEC | The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

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ACTEC Fellows are committed to improving the trust and estate profession through lifelong learning, establishing best practices, and providing dependable answers to frequently asked questions.

Latest ACTEC Estate Planning Essentials video

Estate Planning Checklist for After Someone Dies

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How Typical Trust Agreements Clauses Can Get Turned Around in the Real World

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How Typical Trust Agreements Clauses Can Get Turned Around in the Real World

Identify potential issues concerning distribution standards, competing beneficiaries, and trust situs that may arise despite the attempts of trust drafters.

Estate Planning Checklist for After Someone Dies

End of life considerations after a terminal diagnosis are deeply personal and often challenging. Learn what estate planning steps can be taken during this time and download the companion checklist.

Combatting Elder Financial Abuse

Elder financial abuse is the crime of the 21st century. The public guardian for Cook County, IL explains the issue and his office’s strategy to fight it.

Giving Tuesday 2024

Listen to ACTEC Foundation President John T. Rogers’ Giving Tuesday message.

Intersection of Family Law and Trusts and Estates

Three tips from a family law attorney for trust and estate lawyers to protect clients in the event of a divorce.

Supreme Court Rulings Alter the Future of Tax Regulations

Legal experts break down the tax planning take aways from recent Supreme Court rulings Loper Bright and Corner Post, explaining that Chevron deference is gone.

Guiding Trust and Estate Disputes to Settlement

Explore strategies for resolving trust and estate disputes with ACTEC experts. Learn tips on overcoming legal, financial, and emotional hurdles to reach settlement.

Independent Contractor vs. Employee: In Tax vs. Labor Law

Exploring key distinctions in tax and labor law when classifying workers as independent contractors or employees, focusing on FLSA, IRS, and ERISA guidelines.

Estate Planning Checklist for End of Life

End of life considerations after a terminal diagnosis are deeply personal and often challenging. Learn what estate planning steps can be taken during this time and download the companion checklist.

Inserting Photos in Wills to Clarify Specific Gifts

A law professor outlines using photos in wills to identify specific gifts, possible legal challenges, and best practices for estate planning.

Resources for your estate planning

From advance medical directives, to divorce considerations, to choosing the right trust for loved ones, ACTEC Fellows share their expertise in the ACTEC Estate Planning Essentials video series.

Wills & Trusts

Assets & Taxes

Advance Medical Directives

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Expanding Your Knowledge

ACTEC offers resources to a wide range of wealth advisors, legal professionals, students, and the public.

Wealth Advisors and T&E Professionals
Our trust and estate resources and educational materials provide lawyers, financial services professionals, and legal clients with valuable information at no charge.
Law Associates & Students
We support law associates and law students looking to advance their career in the trust and estate profession.
Diversity Resources
The Planning for a Diverse and Equitable Future video series strives to foster understanding by discussing issues surrounding racism, sexism, and discrimination in all its forms and by offering recommendations to address and combat inequalities.

Why ACTEC?

ACTEC is the premiere trust and estate planning fellowship in the U.S., comprised of leading lawyers in all 50 states and 16 countries. Do you have the right stuff?

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ACTEC Fellows Institutes

The Institutes offer a six-day program of intensive trust and estate education over a one-year period for third through sixth-year law associates. Programs are designed to develop the trust and estate profession’s future leaders through a series of in-depth educational presentations.

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