Estate Planning with Shaq and Strom: Teaching Post-Mortem Intimacy Audits

Authors

Adrienne D. Davis, Washington University School of Law in St LouisFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2020

Publication Title

Washington University Journal of Law and Policy

Abstract

This Article highlights the importance of using both popular culture references and fictional show characters as mediums for teaching courses on Trusts and Estates. Utilizing post-mortem intimacy audits, specifically through pop culture pedagogical hypotheticals and case studies, Professor Davis highlights the importance of understanding doctrines within Trusts and Estates Law. Focusing on the examples of Shaquille O’Neal and Strom Thurmond, this Article highlights three important lessons for students: the fragility of estate planning, the effects of individual estate planning on groups’ broader wealth and political equality, and the role of private law in distributing legal rights and political equality.

Keywords

Trusts, Estates, Trusts and Estates, Gender, Intimacy, Pop Culture, Pedagogy

Publication Citation

Adrienne D. Davis, Estate Planning with Shaq and Strom:Teaching Post-Mortem Intimacy Audits, 62 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol'y 99 (2020)

Repository Citation

Davis, Adrienne D., "Estate Planning with Shaq and Strom: Teaching Post-Mortem Intimacy Audits" (2020). Scholarship@WashULaw. 140.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_scholarship/140