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Free Educational Webinars

Watch at your own pace. Each webinar is taught by attorney Portia M. Wood and designed to give you the knowledge you need to make informed decisions for your family.

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Wills, Trusts & Generational Wealth

The Foundation Every Family Needs

Join attorney Portia M. Wood for an in-depth look at estate planning fundamentals — what wills and trusts really do, how they protect your family, and how to use them as tools to build and preserve generational wealth.

What You'll Learn

  • What is estate planning and why it matters
  • Wills vs. Trusts — which is right for you
  • Powers of attorney and healthcare directives
  • How trusts help build and protect generational wealth
  • Common estate planning myths debunked
  • Next steps to protect your family today
Approximately 60 minutes|100% Free|No obligation

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Estate Planning for Families with Minor Children

Protecting What Matters Most

If you have children under 18, this webinar is specifically for you. Attorney Portia M. Wood covers everything parents need to know about guardianship, trust provisions for minors, and creating a plan that keeps your children safe and financially protected.

What You'll Learn

  • Why every parent needs an estate plan — not just the wealthy
  • How to choose the right guardian for your children
  • What happens if you don't name a guardian
  • Setting up trusts to protect your children's inheritance
  • Special considerations for blended families
  • Age-appropriate distributions and trustee selection
Approximately 45 minutes|100% Free|No obligation

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Successor Trustee School

Know Your Duties, Protect the Beneficiaries

Been named as a successor trustee? This comprehensive session covers your legal duties, responsibilities, timelines, and how to properly administer a trust — from notification to distribution.

What You'll Learn

  • Understanding your fiduciary duties as trustee
  • Asset inventory and management requirements
  • Beneficiary notification and communication
  • Distribution process, timelines, and record-keeping
  • When to hire professionals (attorneys, CPAs, appraisers)
  • Common trustee mistakes and how to avoid them
Approximately 90 minutes|100% Free|No obligation

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eBook

The Little Black Book of Estate Planning

Everything you need to know about estate planning in plain English. Covers wills, trusts, powers of attorney, beneficiary designations, and common myths debunked.

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Guide

How to Choose a Guardian for Your Children

A step-by-step guide for parents to evaluate, compare, and select the right guardian for their minor children — key factors, common mistakes, and the guardian vs. trustee distinction.

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Checklist

Estate Planning Checklist

A comprehensive, printable checklist of every document, account, beneficiary designation, and trust funding step you need for a complete estate plan.

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Report

Building Black Wealth Through Estate Planning

An in-depth look at the racial wealth gap, how estate planning helps close it, and three actionable steps Black families can take today to build generational wealth.

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Report

Estate Planning for Latinx Families

A culturally responsive guide addressing unique needs of Latinx families — multi-generational households, cross-border property, mixed immigration status, and family caregiving.

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Guide

Finding the Right Estate Planning Firm

Five questions to ask every attorney, red flags to watch for, and what to expect from a firm that treats estate planning as a relationship — not a transaction.

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Guide

What Happens Without a Trust in California

The probate process, statutory fees, timeline, and how a living trust avoids all of it. Includes a fee table showing what probate costs at every estate value.

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Guide

Understanding Powers of Attorney

Who speaks for you when you cannot speak for yourself? Learn the difference between financial and healthcare powers of attorney and why every adult needs them.

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About Attorney Portia M. Wood

Portia M. Wood, Esq., LL.M., is the founder of Wood Legal Group, LLP — an African American woman-owned estate planning and probate law firm. Alongside her mother and law partner Robin Wood, Esq., Portia is on a mission to close the information gap that keeps families from leveraging and protecting assets to create generational wealth.

Through The Legacy Wealth Institute, Portia provides free educational programming to normalize the idea of Black, Latinx, and LGBTQ families using trusts and estate planning tools to build generational wealth.

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