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fiduciary duties of trustees

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A quick definition of fiduciary duties of trustees:

Fiduciary duties of trustees: When someone is in charge of managing a trust, they have certain responsibilities to the person who will benefit from the trust. These responsibilities are called fiduciary duties. The trustee must be careful, honest, and fair when managing the trust. They cannot use the trust for their own benefit. If there are multiple people who will benefit from the trust, the trustee must treat everyone fairly and make decisions that are good for everyone, not just one person.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: The fiduciary duties of trustees refer to the responsibilities that trustees have when managing a trust. A trustee is someone who is appointed to manage a trust on behalf of the beneficiaries. The trustee has a legal obligation to act in the best interests of the beneficiaries and to manage the trust with care, loyalty, and good faith.

For example, if a parent sets up a trust for their child's education, the trustee must manage the trust in a way that benefits the child's education. The trustee cannot use the trust funds for their own personal gain or benefit.

Another example is when a trust has multiple beneficiaries. The trustee has a duty of impartiality and must act in the best interests of all beneficiaries, not just one. For instance, if a trust has two siblings as beneficiaries, the trustee must manage the trust in a way that benefits both siblings equally.

These examples illustrate how the fiduciary duties of trustees require them to act in the best interests of the beneficiaries and to manage the trust with care, loyalty, and good faith.

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U kno even tho their circuit numbers don't compare to other schools, those #s are better than expected tbh
40-50 fed clerks is pretty cool
texaslawhopefully
20:29
That’s fair. Chicago though: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/clerkships
That's sweet. Again tho, unclear with Fedsoc tho. But u sounded like ur willing to go Fedsoc so ur set
lilypadfrog
20:31
yeah Tex is a fedsoc guy iirc
lilypadfrog
20:31
Is it really like no clerkship benefit at Chicago if you’re not conservative?
lilypadfrog
20:31
that seems crazy #tome
texaslawhopefully
20:32
No, at least from the two people I know there that’s false. I think it’s just something like Chicago for conservatives is on par with S whereas for liberals it’s below HYS but above CCNP
texaslawhopefully
20:32
I mean I think even the student body there only like 15 percent is part of fedsoc
It's more just not a good # for people who aren't willing to clerk conservative. I'm sure they place liberal clerks at an above average rate for a t-6 though. Maybe higher (not entirely sure)
texaslawhopefully
20:34
Page 14 has ideological splits by school: https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/msen/files/law-prof-ideology.pdf
texaslawhopefully
20:35
Chicago/UVA are more to the right but not by an exceedingly large difference
lilypadfrog
20:36
I feel like UVA doesn’t have that reputation the way Chicago does. That’s interesting. Thanks tex
yeah I've heard about uva being conservative
siroracle
20:48
Yeah it’s only 75 percent lib that’s pretty terrifying
Dkk
20:53
lmfao
20:59
@siroracle: funny cause true
@siroracle: don't you have a bridge to be under?
shouldn't you be collecting tolls
21:00
trolololol
atwatodbit
21:04
anyone know much about mich clerking
atwatodbit
21:05
ive tried to learn more about it but its hard to cut through stuff. numbers wise they look good?
21:06
this website is a good research tool for outcomes: https://app.lawhub.org/schools
atwatodbit
21:06
@llama: thanks!
21:06
yah
Dkk
21:10
Anyone else read the Antioch shooters manifesto today. Pretty crazy stuff.
21:14
sad
YRDSL
21:31
@texaslawhopefully: it's pretty funny how even in law journal articles people can't stop confusing Penn with Penn State
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