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Study Aids

• A Short & Happy Guide to the Rule: The Little Book on Perpetuities / Donald H. Gjerdingen
• Black Letter Outline on Wills, Trusts, and Future Interests / 4th ed. / Lawrence H. Averill Jr. & Terri Lynn Helge
• Estates, Future Interests and Powers of Appointment in a Nutshell / 6th ed. / Thomas P. Gallanis
• Exam Pro on Wills, Trusts, and Estates / Patricia A. Cain & E. Gary Spitko
• Gilbert Law Summaries on Future Interests and Perpetuities / 5th ed. 
• Gilbert Law Summaries on Trusts / 13th ed. / Edward C. Halbach Jr.
• Gilbert Law Summaries on Wills / 12th ed. / Stanley M. Johanson
• Principles of Wills, Trusts, and Estates / 2nd ed. / William M. McGovern Jr.  et. al. 
• Quick Review of Wills, Trusts, and Estates / 6th ed. / Jeffrey N. Pennell & Alan Newman
• Trusts and Estates / 3rd ed. / Melanie B. Leslie & Stewart E. Sterk
• Uniform Probate Code and Uniform Trust Code in a Nutshell / 6th ed. / Lawrence H. Averill Jr. & Mary F. Radford
• Wills and Trusts in a Nutshell / 5th ed. / Robert L. Mennell & Sherri L. Burr

Treatises

• Federal Income, Gift and Estate Taxation / Jacob Rabkin & Mark H. Johnson
  • Available on Lexis
• Federal Taxation of Trusts, Grantors & Beneficiaries / John L. Peschel & Edward D. Spurgeon
  • Available on Westlaw
• Modern Estate Planning / J. Martin Burke et. al.
  • Available on Lexis
• Page on Wills / Jeffrey A. Schoenblum
  • Available on Lexis
• Westfall & Mair: Estate Planning Law & Taxation / David Westfall & George P. Mair
  • Available on Westlaw

The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) provides online interactive tutorials on legal topics. Please see a law librarian at the Reference Desk for Mercer's access code. The following link leads to lessons on wills, trusts, and estates:

• Wills, Trusts, and Estates Lessons