The proposed Family Governance course will examine the need for family governance when dealing with generational wealth and how family harmony (or other family goals) can be achieved through different structures and principles of family governance. The primary focus of the course will be a "fairness" model including the rule of law for family decision making that aims to further the accumulation and use of generational wealth, which may include shareholder agreements, family constitutions, family councils, family offices, private trust companies, charitable trusts, foundations, etc. The course will follow a multinational case study with many family governance issues, so that students can apply the concepts to the case study and consider how each structure may benefit or hinder the goals of the family. This course will be most beneficial to students looking to work in the estate planning field or with closely held business interests.

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