As the President of our Foundation for the past year, I have enjoyed the privilege of working with the Board of Directors to advance our profession through the Foundation’s philanthropic outreach.

Your contributions to the 2011-2012 All College campaign have allowed the Foundation to fund numerous grants which support scholarship in the fields of probate, trust, and tax law; develop the next generation of our trust and estate practitioners; and, implement estate planning programs that serve the at-risk and underserved in our communities.

Last summer, the ACTEC Foundation approved a grant to support the creation and operation of an estate planning clinic at the University of Wyoming – College of Law.

“Following the successes of the wills clinics at Harvard University and the University of Tennessee, we are delighted to announce the launch of the latest wills clinic funded by the ACTEC Foundation,” said Grant Committee Chair, Howard M. McCue. “The University of Wyoming has committed to meet the Foundation’s standards by establishing a program that provides academic leadership for its students, quality service for its clients and a professional environment in which its students can practice.”

The ACTEC Foundation promotes: (a) scholarship and education in trust, estate, tax and related areas of the law by supporting scholarship to improve the law and by encouraging teaching, careers and life-long learning in the area; and (b) civic engagement of individual Fellows of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel through programs and activities which serve the general community, including those who are at risk and underserved.