Joel C. Dobris is a Professor of Law at the UC Davis School of Law (King Hall)

UC Davis School of Law

The University of California Davis School of Law , referred to as UC Davis School of Law and commonly known as King Hall and UC Davis Law, is an American Bar Association approved law school located in Davis, California on the campus of the University of California, Davis. The school received ABA...

. Dobris is one of the most cited legal academic in the country in the area of the law of Wills, Trusts, and Estates. His book, Estates and Trusts, is a widely used textbook at American law schools.

He received a B.A. in English from Yale College

Yale College

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 in 1963 and an LL.B. from the University of Minnesota Law School

University of Minnesota Law School

The University of Minnesota Law School, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, is a professional school of the University of Minnesota. The school offers a Juris Doctor , Masters of Law for Foreign Lawyers, and joint degrees with J.D./M.B.A., J.D./M.P.A, J.D./M.A., J.D./M.S., J.D./Ph.D.,...

in 1966.