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Reid Kress Weisbord

Vice Dean and Assistant Professor of Law

Professor Weisbord received a Bachelor of Science from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, and a Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He served as comment editor of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law.

Before joining the Rutgers faculty in 2010, Professor Weisbord served as law clerk to the Hon. Jane R. Roth, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He previously clerked for the Hon. Norma L. Shapiro, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and practiced in the litigation department of Dechert LLP in Philadelphia.

Professor Weisbord’s research and teaching interests include nonprofit law, donative transfers, tax policy, and trusts and estates. His published work has been cited in the Restatement (Third) of Trusts and the American Law Institute’s Principles of the Law of Nonprofit Organizations. “Wills for Everyone: Helping Individuals Opt Out of Intestacy,” 53 Boston College Law Review 877 (2012), was recognized as one of the top 10 noteworthy trusts and estates law review articles published in 2012. See 2013 TNT 90-7.

In his administrative role as Vice Dean, Weisbord oversees all academic and curricular affairs, establishes the academic schedule, supervises the Registrar, and serves as Secretary of the Faculty.

PUBLICATIONS

“Charitable Insolvency and Corporate Governance in Bankruptcy Reorganization,” 10 U.C. Berkeley Business Law Journal ___ (forthcoming 2013)

“Social Security Representative Payee Misuse,” 117 Penn State Law Review 1257 (2013) (invited)

“Wills for Everyone: Helping Individuals Opt Out of Intestacy,” 53 Boston College Law Review 877 (2012)

The Connection Between Unintentional Intestacy and Urban Poverty,”Rutgers Law Review Commentaries (August 22, 2012)

Book Review: “Immortality and the Law,” 34 Journal of the American Taxation Association 176 (2012)

“The Effects of Donor Standing on Philanthropy: Insights From the Psychology of Gift-Giving” (with Peter DeScioli, Ph.D.), 45 Gonzaga Law Review 225 (2010)

“Reservations About Donor Standing: Should the Law Allow Charitable Donors to Reserve the Right to Enforce A Gift Restriction,” 42 Real Property Probate and Trust Journal 245 (2007)