Law Professor Elected to National Fellowship
Professor Monica Hof Wallace, JD ‘98, has been named as a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Established in 1949, ACTEC is a national, nonprofit association of more than two thousand lawyers and law professors from throughout the United States and abroad. ACTEC fellows are peer-elected on the basis of professional reputation and expertise in the preparation of wills and trusts, estate planning, probate, trust administration and related practice areas.
"Being selected as an Academic Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel is a tremendous honor,” Professor Wallace said. “I am deeply grateful to my colleagues who encouraged and supported me in teaching and writing in the areas of successions, donations, and trusts. I look forward to learning from and contributing to a community of practitioners and law professors whose dedication to excellence in the trust and estate legal field is recognized worldwide."
Professor Wallace is the Dean Marcel Garsaud, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law and joined the College of Law faculty in 2002 and teaches in the areas of family law, successions, donations, trusts, community property, appellate advocacy, and leadership in law. She is the author of the Louisiana Civil Law Treatise on Successions and Donations and is a co-author of the Louisiana Family Law Treatise. Professor Wallace is also the author of the Chartacourse casebooks on Louisiana Civil Law of Persons, Successions & Donations, and Probate & Trusts.
In 2025, Professor Wallace was named Distinguished Professor by the Louisiana Bar Foundation. She has also been recognized as Professor of the Year numerous times by College of Law students and for both outstanding research and outstanding teaching by law faculty.
“Welcoming 55 distinguished trust and estate lawyers and professors to the College is an exciting moment for ACTEC,” said ACTEC President Margaret G. Lodise in a press release announcing the new Fellows. “This exceptional class reflects the extraordinary depth of talent, leadership, and commitment to excellence within the trusts and estates profession.”