Sometimes I think perhaps a bit too much in terms of my own experience. I like to think I'm not completely alone in that....[??]

New territory becomes part of mainstream society with the thanks of many different courageous leaders.

Explorers scout the territory. They climb through the valleys and jungles. Sometimes they tell others about the wonderful places they've been and seen.

Trailblazers go into the jungle with their machetes and clear a path through the tangled vines. They fall in quicksand and muck out the swamps. The Explorers are off in new territory.

[Editor's Note: This was posted on the ADR Prof Blog and I thought it deserved a broader audience so I asked the author, Professor Andrea Schneider for permission to reprint it.]

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Moving Beyond the “Right to Be Heard”:
The Crime Victims’ Right to Personal Accountability and Understanding
by
Amanda Hibler

Introduction

It’s easy to see, when creating an estate plan, how important it is to protect and pass on your assets; but a good estate planner knows that a will or a trust is not all about assets. In fact, for all of the technical and financial language you may find in your will or living trust, the most important part of the document is if—and how—it reflects your most deeply held values.

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