NAELA's Annual Conference will be held in Bellevue, Washington, May 8 & 9, 2025
Details for NAELA's Annual Conference and Pre-Conference Workshop (each requires separate registration)
Mastering Complex Trusts Pre-Conference Workshop
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Programming
Topics include:
• Revocable Living Trusts with Pour Over Wills
• First Party (Self-Settled) Special Needs Trusts
• Irrevocable Income Only Trusts
• The Intersection of Trusts and Retirement Accounts
• Third-Party Special Needs Trusts
Join this engaging full-day workshop and walk away ready to implement what you have learned. Full session list found HERE.
Annual Conference
Thursday, May 8, 2025
8:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Coffee with Exhibitors
9:45 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Programming
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Networking Lunch
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception
Friday, May 9, 2025
7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Programming
Join us for NAELA’s only in-person national meeting in 2025 in Bellevue, Washington. This year's program offers general sessions as well as breakout sessions covering timely, practical education. Here’s a peek into just a few session topics:
• Privacy Issues in Guardianship
• VSED - The Realities, Preparation and Incorporating this Choice into Legal Documents
• Update on Federal Estate Tax Impacting Trusts and Estates
• Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts (ILITS) 101
• Medicaid Divorce; For Better, For Worse, but Not for the Nursing Home
• Tools and Lessons Learned From the Bankruptcy of A Professional Trustee
Full session list found HERE.
CLE Information
NAELA will be filing for continuing legal education (CLE) credit in all mandatory CLE states. Each state has different rules and regulations, so approvals will vary from state to state and credit hours will vary. Below are the hours NAELA is requesting for each program.
2025 Trusts Workshop = 495 minutes = 8.25 general hours (60 minute state) and 9.9 general hours (50 minute state)
2025 NAELA Annual Conference = 630 minutes = 10.5 general / 1.0 ethics (60 minute state) & 12.6 general / 1.0 ethics (50 minute state)