Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., offers students the option to complete a certificate in estate planning, either as a stand-alone program or in conjunction with the LL.M. in taxation. To qualify for the certificate, students must complete four required courses successfully, including income taxation of trusts, estates and beneficiaries, estate and gift tax, and a transfer tax and advanced private wealth planning seminar. To provide the most informative and beneficial educational experience, Georgetown Law entrusts leading experts in the field to teach students.
The John Marshall Law School, located in Chicago, also offers an LL.M. in estate planning. To earn the degree, students must finish 24 credit hours. Students have five years to complete the program, and the semester classes span over 14 weeks. The law school has around 200 full- and part-time faculty and staff and has a student to faculty ratio of 16.4:1. The Law School's library has 285,458 total volumes, and 18.7 persent of graduates from the Marshall Law are employed at graduation.
The University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison offers a concentration in estate planning. Students who pursue an estate planning degree are required to take classes in trusts and estates, introductory estate planning, law and the elderly, and estate and trust administration and dispute resolution. Students must earn at least a B in the trusts and estates class and at least a 3.0 in courses used to satisfy the degree requirements.
Western New England University in Springfield, Massachusetts, offers two online LL.M. programs. One is an LL.M. in estate planning and elder law. The program is designed to teach the practical aspects of drafting estate plans, administering the settlement of estates, and representing elderly clients and their families. It is the only school in the country that has a live, interactive online program in estate planning. Frederick D. Royal is the associate dean for LL.M. programs in estate planning and has been published in the areas of tax procedure, corporate taxation, and estate planning.