About
Rena C. Seplowitz
Bruce K. Gould Distinguished Professor of Law and Faculty Advisor to the Law Review
Bruce K. Gould Distinguished Professor of Law and Faculty Advisor to the Law Review
631-761-7143
rseplowi@tourolaw.edu
Education
A.B., summa cum laude, 1973, Barnard College, Phi Beta Kappa
J.D., 1975, Columbia University School of Law. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
Courses
Property I and II
Trusts & Estates
Intellectual Property
Admitted to the bars of New York and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Professor Seplowitz spent a number of years in private practice with the New York City firm of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler before entering legal education. Publishing mostly in the area of trusts and estates, she is associate editor of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal. Professor Seplowitz is also a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Publications
Publications
For Selected Works, click here.
Transfers Prior to Marriage and the Uniform Probate Code’s Redesigned Elective Share -- Why the Partnership is Not Yet Complete, 25 Ind. L. Rev. 1 (1991)
Testamentary Substitutes: Retained Interests. Custodial Accounts and Contractual Transactions ‑ A New Approach, 38 Am. U.L. Rev. 1 (1988) (Co-authored)
Testamentary Substitutes: A Time for Statutory Clarification, 23 Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal 467 (reprinted from Am. U.L. Rev. in substantially similar form) (Co-authored)
Final Offer Arbitration: The Last Word in Public Sector Labor Disputes, 10 Colum. J.L. & Soc. Prob. 526 (1974)
American Bar Association amicus curiae brief for Petitioners, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978) (Co-Authored)
Conceptual Separability, Copyright Protection and Aesthetics (draft)
The Validity of Trust and Will Conditions (in progress)
New York’s Missed Opportunity: Protection of the Surviving Spouse and Children (in progress)
Testamentary Substitutes: Retained Interests. Custodial Accounts and Contractual Transactions ‑ A New Approach, 38 Am. U.L. Rev. 1 (1988) (Co-authored)
Testamentary Substitutes: A Time for Statutory Clarification, 23 Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal 467 (reprinted from Am. U.L. Rev. in substantially similar form) (Co-authored)
Final Offer Arbitration: The Last Word in Public Sector Labor Disputes, 10 Colum. J.L. & Soc. Prob. 526 (1974)
American Bar Association amicus curiae brief for Petitioners, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978) (Co-Authored)
Conceptual Separability, Copyright Protection and Aesthetics (draft)
The Validity of Trust and Will Conditions (in progress)
New York’s Missed Opportunity: Protection of the Surviving Spouse and Children (in progress)