Tara Lucke

Keynote Speaker – Family Law Stream

Estate Planning Lawyer & Founder | The Art of Estate Planning

Tara is an estate planning lawyer and the founder of The Art of Estate Planning, a firm that provides precedents, education and mentoring to Australian lawyers.

With 17 years’ experience as an estate planning lawyer, Tara’s mission is to help lawyers feel confident, supported, and be profitable in their estate planning practice.

Through her innovative precedent packages, online courses and vibrant membership community, she’s helped over 600 law firms expand into offering testamentary trust wills.

Tara is passionate about shutting down gatekeeping of complex estate planning concepts, and building community, to empower lawyers to thrive in their estate planning practice.

Trusts Under the Microscope

Learn how the Family Court is treating testamentary and inter vivos trusts in recent cases — and what structures can better protect inheritances in property settlements.

Where Law Meets Legacy

See how financial agreements, guardianship planning, and trust structures intersect with family law to safeguard client wishes in modern, often blended families.

Practical Strategies

Gain strategies to prompt estate plan reviews, align guardianship nominations with legal frameworks, and design estate plans that stand up in court.

Trust Me, It’s Complicated: Family & Testamentary Trusts in Family Court

Testamentary trusts are often promoted as a shield for inheritances — but how effective are they when tested in the Family Court? In this session, Tara takes a closer look at recent decisions involving both testamentary and inter vivos trusts, unpacking what really happens when these structures come under pressure in property settlements. She will highlight the practical lessons for practitioners, showing how to structure trusts more effectively to protect assets, reduce disputes, and deliver outcomes that hold up in court.

Love, Legacy & the Law: Future-Proofing Families in a Changing World

Estate planning and family law are inseparable, especially in blended families and complex financial arrangements. Lawyers must work together to create solutions that protect clients now and into the future.

In this session, Tara leads a fireside discussion on how financial agreements, guardianship planning, and trust structures can align estate planning with family law realities. The panel will share insights on urgent steps during relationship breakdowns, strategies for safeguarding legacy wishes, and challenges around guardianship when surviving parents may be unfit.