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Put up or shut up! The flavors of summary judgment

In honor of Monday’s assignment, I’ve posted a new handout on the types of summary judgment, the “put up or shut up” rule. Varying somewhat from Glannon’s approach, I define four (4) types of summary judgment: Proof of all of my own (the movant’s) elements Disproof of one or more of my opponent’s (non-movant’s) elements Absence […]

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Revenge of the 1Ls: Getting dunked at the Law Review carnival

Saturday was a well-deserved break for everyone at the Law Review Carnival. (You mean there’s more to law review than cite-checking?). It was also an opportunity for my students to seek well-earned revenge when I volunteered to sit in the dunk tank! Many thanks to Andrea A., Flor M., and Jenny N. for photos & vids. One of […]

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See me speak next Friday at Hispanicize 2015

I’ll be speaking next Friday, March 20 in Miami at Hispanicize Week 2015. It looks to be a great event. My panel’s topic is Protect Your Work! A Legal Primer on Copyright Law for Digital Content Creators. The panel will be moderated by my friend Teresita Chavez Pedrosa, formerly with St. Thomas Law. The panelists will be: Jessie Abad of Estefan Enterprises Jason […]

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