Law School Curriculum
On May 2, 2007, NAELA Board of Directors approved the following Elder Law School Curriculum
The following courses constitute the core Elder Law curriculum and are strongly recommended:
- Any Elder Law specific course, including substantive courses, seminars, clinics and internships
- Trusts & Estates (survey course)
- Estate Planning
- Estate & Gift Tax
- Bioethics or Death & Dying
- Wills & Trusts Drafting
- Interviewing, Counseling, Negotiations
- Administrative Law
- Public Benefits or Poverty Law
- Any writing requirement should be satisfied by writing on an elder law topic
The following courses are also relevant to an Elder Law practice:
- Trial Advocacy
- Health Law
- Housing & the law
- Family Law
- Consumer Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Disabilities law
- Pension Law or Employee Benefits
- Law Practice Management
- Financial planning course
- Accounting & the Law
- Insurance Law
This curriculum assumed a certain number of required law school courses, such as Professional Responsibility, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property, Torts, Evidence, etc.
