Iris J. Goodwin

Associate Professor of Law
A.B, Barnard College
Ph.D., 1988, Columbia University
J.D., 1988, New York University

Gratuitous Transfers, Wealth Transfer Tax, and Estate Planning

Goodwin@libra.law.utk.edu

Professor Goodwin, who joined the UT law faculty in 2005, brings a rich background in political theory to both her teaching and scholarship. Before attending New York University School of Law, she earned a doctorate in political science from Columbia University, where she was a Chamberlain Fellow and a member of the Columbia College faculty. Her doctoral dissertation centered on Protestant natural law theory. Her scholarship locates the field of Trusts & Estates within various traditional conceptions of the public good. Professor Goodwin brings to her teaching and research significant practice experience. She began her legal career as an associate in Sullivan & Cromwell's Estates Group and later was Senior Vice President and Associate Fiduciary Counsel at Bessemer Trust Company.