What Courses Should You Take In Law School? Estate Litigation Edition

When I was in my third year of law school, 1L and 2L students constantly asked me two things:

1. "Do you have an outline I could use?" and...
2. "What courses should I take next year?"

The first one was easy (yes, I do). The second one? Much harder. My advice usually depended on which classes I did well in, or which professors I liked, not necessarily which courses would be the most useful later.

Now, I have come to realize how valuable it is to take courses that actually relate to your future practice. There are the obvious ones (like Wills & Estates or Trusts), and the not so obvious.

With a 2L summer and the first weeks of articling behind me, here are the courses that have been most helpful for my work in estate litigation so far: