Alyssa A. DiRusso

Samford University - Cumberland School of Law

Assistant Professor

800 Lakeshore Dr.

Birmingham, AL 35229

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (16)

1.

Marketing Wills

Elder Law Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1, p. 35, 2008
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2010
Michael McCunney and Alyssa A. DiRusso
Archer Allen Group and Samford University - Cumberland School of Law
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will, testament, estate planning, trusts, business, marketing, legal ethics, advertising

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Testacy and Intestacy: The Dynamics of Wills and Demographic Status

Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2009
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2010
Alyssa A. DiRusso
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law
Downloads 413 (152,028)

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wills, intestacy, estates, race, sex, gender, empirical

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Statutory Techniques for Balancing the Financial Interests of Trust Beneficiaries

University of San Francisco Law Review, Vol. 39, p. 261, 2005
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 20 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2010
Alyssa A. DiRusso and Kathleen M. Sablone
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law and U.S. Trust
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Principal and income, UMIFA, unitrust, trust, investment, 4945, UPIA

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Parental Testamentary Appointments of Guardians for Children

Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2012
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 24 Aug 2012
Alyssa A. DiRusso and S. Peters
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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wills, guardian, minor, child, testamentary

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Supporting the Supporting Organization: The Potential and Exploitation of 509(A)(3) Charities

Indiana Law Review, Vol. 39, March 2006
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 21 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2010
Alyssa A. DiRusso
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law
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supporting organization, charity, 509(a)(3), disclosure, accountability

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He Says, She Asks: Gender, Language, and the Law of Precatory Words in Wills

Wisconsin Women's Law Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2007
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 02 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2010
Alyssa A. DiRusso
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law
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precatory, wills, trusts, gender, women, estate planning, language, sex

7.

American Nonprofit Law in Comparative Perspective

Washington University Global Studies Law Review, Vol. 10, p. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Apr 2011
Alyssa A. DiRusso
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law
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nonprofit, philanthropy, tax, tax-exempt, third sector, international

8.

Law and Literature Junior: Lawyers in Books for Young Children

Whittier Journal of Child & Family Advocacy, Vol. 11, p. 39, 2012
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Apr 2012
Alyssa A. DiRusso and Letitia Van Campen
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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law and literature, children, juvenile, minor

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Euthanizing Small Charities: The Threat of Small Trust Termination Statutes

45 CUMBERLAND L. REV. 475 (2015)
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 21 Jan 2016
Alyssa A. DiRusso
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law
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trust, estate, uniform trust code, charity, philanthropy

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Charity at Work: Proposing a Charitable Flexible Spending Account

Utah Law Review, Vol. 281, 2014
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Jan 2016
Alyssa A. DiRusso
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law
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charitable deduction, tax, philanthropy, charity, flexible spending account, FSA, employee benefits

11.

Identity Appropriation and Wealth Transfer: Twain, Cord, and the Post-Mortem Right of Publicity

48 American College of Trust & Estate Counsel Law Journal 41 (2022)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 26 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2024
Alyssa A. DiRusso and Timothy McFarlin
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law and Samford University - Cumberland School of Law
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Trusts and Estates, Wealth Transfer, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Right of Publicity, Race and Gender Discrimination, Mark Twain, Mary Ann Cord, Tamara Lanier, Harvard

12.

Pro and Con (Law): Considering the Irrevocable Nongrantor Trust Technique

67 VAND. L. REV. 1999 (2014)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 19 Jan 2016
Alyssa A. DiRusso
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law
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ING, tax, trust, estate, estate planning

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Micro-Lawyering and Simulations in Trusts and Estates Courses

St. Louis University Law Journal, Vol. 58, 2014
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 12 Feb 2021
Alyssa A. DiRusso
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law
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teaching, trusts and estates, simulations, practice, skills

14.

Modernizing Trusts and Estates: Introduction

47 ACTEC L. J. 1 (2021)
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 15 Sep 2022
Alyssa A. DiRusso
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law
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wills, trusts, tax, diversity, estates

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Elder Law: Introduction

46 ACTEC L. J. 1 (2020)
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 15 Sep 2022
Alyssa A. DiRusso
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law
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trusts, estates, wills, elder law

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Using Empirical Data on the Widowhood Effect to Optimize Simultaneous Death Law and Planning

UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 53, No. 2173, 2020
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Sep 2022
Alyssa A. DiRusso
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law
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wills, trusts, simultaneous death, widowhood, survival, empirical