Gerry W. Beyer joined the faculty of the
Texas Tech University School of Law in June 2005 as the first holder of
the Governor Preston E. Smith Regents Professorship.
Previously, Prof. Beyer taught as a professor or visiting professor at
several other law schools including Boston College, The Ohio State
University, Southern Methodist University, the University of New Mexico,
Santa Clara University, St. Mary’s University, and La Trobe University
(Australia). He is the recipient of dozens of outstanding and
distinguished faculty awards including the Chancellor’s Distinguished
Teaching Award, the most prestigious university-wide teaching award at
Texas Tech. Prof. Beyer was also the recipient of the 2012-2013
Outstanding Researcher Award (Law) and the 2015 President’s Academic
Achievement Award.
As a state and nationally recognized expert
in estate planning, Prof. Beyer was inducted into the National
Association of Estate Planning Councils' Estate Planning Hall of Fame in
November 2015. He is a highly sought after lecturer and presents dozens
of continuing legal education presentations each year for many state and
local bar associations, universities, and civic groups.
Prof. Beyer is the editor of the most popular
estate planning blawg in the nation which for the past six years was
named to the ABA Journal's Blawg 100 and was awarded ABA Blawg 100
Hall of Fame status in December 2015. He has authored and
co-authored numerous books and articles focusing on various aspects of
estate planning, including a two volume treatise on Texas wills law, an
estate planning casebook, and the Wills, Trusts, and Estates volume of
the Examples & Explanations series. He has three times won awards
from the American Bar Association’s Probate & Property magazine for his
writing and is one of the most often downloaded law authors on the
Social Science Research Network. He is currently the
Editor-in-Chief of the REPTL Reporter, the official journal of the Real
Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.
Prof. Beyer serves as a mentor to many
students and various law school organizations as well participating
regularly in pro bono activities. He is the advisor for the Estate
Planning and Community Property Law Journal and its annual seminar.
Professor Beyer received his J.D. from the
Ohio State University and his LL.M. and J.S.D. degrees from the
University of Illinois. He is a member of the Order of the Coif,
an Academic Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel,
and a member of the American Law Institute.
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