Alan Newman is a Professor of Law at the University of Akron School of Law, where he
teaches Wills, Trusts, and Estates; Estate Planning; and Accounting and Finance from the
Lawyer's Perspective. Professor Newman's research interests have been focused
on the Uniform Trust Code. He has written extensively and spoken extensively on its
creditors' rights provisions and is working on the third edition the volume of
Bogert, Trusts and Trustees that covers the duties of trustees to inform and report to
beneficiaries about the trust. An honors graduate of the University of Oklahoma School of
Law and member of Order of the Coif, Professor Newman served as a law clerk for the
Honorable Thomas Gibbs Gee, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
He is an Academic Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a
Certified Public Accountant. Professor Newman is the Reporter for the Ohio Trust Code
Joint Committee of the Ohio Bankers League Legal, Legislative and Regulatory Committee
and the Ohio State Bar Association Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law Section. He
also is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Probate Law Journal of
Ohio.

Articles

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The Uniform Trust Code: An Analysis of Ohio's Version, Ohio Northern University Law Review (2008)

THE UNIFORM TRUST CODE: AN ANALYSIS OF OHIO'S VERSION

The Uniform Trust Code (UTC),...

 

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Spendthrift and Discretionary Trusts: Alive and Well under the Uniform Trust Code, Real Property, Probate, and Trust Journal (2005)

Spendthrift and Discretionary Trusts: Alive and Well under the Uniform Trust Code

Among the...

 

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The Intention of the Settlor Under the Uniform Trust Code: Whose Property Is It, Anyway?, Akron Law Review (2005)

The Intention of the Settlor Under the Uniform Trust Code: Whose Property Is It, Anyway?...

 

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The Rights of Creditors of Beneficiaries under the Uniform Trust Code: An Examination of the Compromise, Tennessee Law Review (2002)

The Rights of Creditors of Beneficiaries under the Uniform Trust Code: An Examination of the...

 

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Incorporating the Partnership Theory of Marriage into Elective-Share Law: The Approximation System of the Uniform Probate Code and the Deferred-Community-Property Alternative, Emory Law Journal (2000)

Incorporating the Partnership Theory of Marriage into Elective-Share Law: The Approximation System of the Uniform...

 

Books

Bogert, Trusts and Trustees, Sections 961 to 974 (2010)
This volume will be part of the third edition of the Bogert, Trusts and Trustees...
 

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Estate and Trust Planning (with Jeffrey N. Pennell) (2005)
Estate and Trust Planning This book covers the substantive rules and policies of the law...
 

Contributions to Books

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Report on HB 416: The Ohio Trust Code as Enacted, Ohio Trust Code Handbook (2006)

Report on HB 416: The Ohio Trust Code As Enacted

This Report begins with...