Mark L. Ascher
- Hayden W. Head Regents Chair for Faculty Excellence in the School of Law
- Professor
Mark Ascher is a scholar of trusts and estates. Since 1992, he has updated and revised "Scott on Trusts," which in its fifth edition became "Scott and Ascher on Trusts." Professor Ascher is an academic fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel and a life member of the American Law Institute, and he was an adviser to the Restatement (Third) of Trusts. He teaches courses on wills, trusts, and estates.
Professor Ascher joined the faculty in 2000. Previously, he was the Ralph W. Bilby Professor at the University of Arizona College of Law in Tucson, Arizona. Widely considered one of the leading scholars of his generation in the field of trusts and estates, he is the sole active author of two of the premier treatises in his field. Since 1992, he has updated and revised Scott on Trusts, which, in its fifth edition, became Scott and Ascher on Trusts. Half of the volumes of the sixth edition have already appeared. Since 1986, he has also updated and revised Federal Income Taxation of Estates, Trusts, and Beneficiaries, now in its fourth edition. Professor Ascher is an academic fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel and a life member of the American Law Institute. He was an adviser to the Restatement (Third) of Trusts. He has also been a Visiting Professor at NYU School of Law and Cornell Law School. During both the 2001-2002 and the 2006-2007 school years, Professor Ascher chaired the Faculty Appointments Committee. From 1978 to 1982, he was an associate at White & Case, in New York City.
1993
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A Response to Professor Fellows
Mark L. Ascher, A Response to Professor Fellows, 77 Minnesota Law Review 683 (1993). -
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The 1990 Uniform Probate Code: Older and Better, or More Like the Internal Revenue Code?
Mark L. Ascher, The 1990 Uniform Probate Code: Older and Better, or More Like the Internal Revenue Code?, 77 Minnesota Law Review 639 (1993).
1990
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Article
Curtailing Inherited Wealth
Mark L. Ascher, Curtailing Inherited Wealth, 89 Michigan Law Review 69 (1990).
1986
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When to Ignore Grantor Trusts: The Precedents, a Proposal, and a Prediction
Mark L. Ascher, When to Ignore Grantor Trusts: The Precedents, a Proposal, and a Prediction, 41 Tax Law Review 252 (1986).
1985
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The Fiduciary Duty to Minimize Taxes
Mark L. Ascher, The Fiduciary Duty to Minimize Taxes, 20 Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal 663 (1985).
1984
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The Quandary of Executors Who Are Asked to Plan the Estates of the Dead: The Qualified Terminable Interest Property Election
Mark L. Ascher, The Quandary of Executors Who Are Asked to Plan the Estates of the Dead: The Qualified Terminable Interest Property Election, 63 North Carolina Law Review 1 (1984).
1982
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Drafting for the Marital Deduction Under the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981
Mark L. Ascher, Drafting for the Marital Deduction Under the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, 8 Probate Notes 3 (1982) (with Joseph Kartiganer).
1981
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Drafting for the Marital Deduction Today
Mark L. Ascher, Drafting for the Marital Deduction Today, ALI-ABA Course Materials Journal, Oct. 1981, at 29 (with Joseph Kartiganer).
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spring 2026
- Federal Income Taxation
- Wills and Estates