Irma S. Russell, Dean

Andrew King-Ries, Associate Dean

The Law School is accredited by the American Bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools, and offers the degree of Juris Doctor (J.D.). Prerequisites for admission to the Law School are a baccalaureate degree and Law School Admission Test.

For detailed information concerning the Law School’s admission criteria, application procedures, facilities, and official course descriptions, consult the Law School Catalog, which may be obtained by calling (406)243-6169 or visiting the Law School website.

The Law School’s administrative regulations are contained in the Law School Student Handbook, which is on the website. The Law School conforms in most instances to the calendar established for the entire University. There are some differences, however, because the Law School operates on a different (and longer) semester system than the rest of the University.

Academic Year Calendar

Access the Law School Academic Calendar on the Law School calendar weg page.

Required Curriculum

Elective Courses

(Elective offerings vary from year to year)

• Advanced Criminal Procedure (Law 690, 2 credits)
• Advanced Environmental Law (Law 649, 3 credits)
• Advanced Legal Research (Law 615, 2 credits)
• Advanced Legal Issues in Education (Law 686, 3 credits)
• Advanced Legislation (Law 652, 2 credits)
• Advanced Federal Indian Law (Law 617, 2 credits)
• Advanced Public Land and Resources Law (Law 619, 2 credits)
• Advanced Trial Advocacy (Law 685, 1 credit)
• Agricultural Law (Law 656, 2 credits)
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (Law 614, 3 credits)
• American Indian Natural Resources (Law 619, 2credits)
• Appellate Advocacy (Law 616, 3 credits)
• Bankruptcy (Law 621, 2 credits)
• Child Advocacy (Law 670, 2 credits)
• Client Counseling Team (Law 638, 2 credits)
• Conflict of Laws (Law 653, 2 credits)
• Consumer Transactions (Law 645, 3 credits)
• Copyright Law (Law 682, 3 credits)
• Cyber Law (Law 676, 2 credits)
• Disability Law (Law 668, 2 credits)
• Elder Law (Law 620, 3 credits)
• Employment Law (Law 622, 3 credits)
• Environmental Law (Law 650, 3 credits)
• Estate Planning (Law 659, 3 credits)
• Family Law (Law 669, 3 credits)
• Family Law Mediation (Law 672, 2 credits)
• Federal Courts (Law 671, 2 credits)
• Federal Indian Law (Law 648, 3 credits)
• First Amendment Seminar (Law 675, 2 credits)
• Foundations of Natural Resources Conflict Resolution (Law 613, 3 credits)
• Gender and the Law (Law 625, 3 credits)
• Health Care Law (Law 637, 3 credits)
• Independent Study (Law 660/1, 1-2 credits)
• Insurance Law (Law 624, 3 credits)
• International Business & Trade (Law 629, 2 credits)
• Introduction to Environmental Law (Law 650, 3 credits)
• Land Use Planning (Law 687, 3 credits)
• Law & Literature (Law 607, 1 credit)
• Law & Technology (Law 693, 2 credits)
• Law Practice (Law 631, 1 credit)
• Law Reviews I, II, III, IV (Law 564/5, Law 602/3, 1-2 credits)
• Lawyers’ Values (Law 630, 2 credits)
• Legal History (Law 626, 2 credits)
• Local Government (Law 646, 3 credits)
• Moot Courts (Law 666, 2 credits)
• Montana Constitutional Law (Law 618, 2 credits)
• Natural Resource Development (Law 633, 3 credits)
• Negotiations (Law 641, 2 credits)
• Negotiation Team (Law 642, 2 credits)
• Non-profit Organizations (Law 674, 2 credits)
• Patent Law (Law 627, 2 credits)
• Philosophy of Law (Law 664, 3 credits)
• Practicum in Natural Resources Conflict Resolution
• Product Liability (Law 657, 2 credits)
• Public Interest Lawyering (Law 673, 3 credits)
• Public International Law (Law 634, 3 credits)
• Public Land and Resources Law (Law 654, 3 credits)
• Public Regulation of Business (Law 632, 3 credits)
• Real Estate Transactions (Law 658, 2 credits)
• Remedies (Law 628, 3 credits)
• Sales & Leases (Law 692, 3 credits)
• Secured Transactions (Law 636, 2 credits)
• Special Topics in Criminal Law (Law 667, 2 credits)
• Taxation of Business Organizations (Law 639, 4 credits)
• Taxation of Estates & Gifts (Law 655, 3 credits)
• Taxation of Property Transactions (Law 640, 2 credits)
• Trademark Law (Law 693, 2 credits)
• Tribal Courts/Tribal Law (Law 688, 3 credits)
• Tribal/State Relations (Law 694, 2 credits)
• UCC Articles 203 (Law 609, 3 credits)
• Water Law (Law 663, 2 credits)
• White Collar Crime (Law 644, 2 credits)
• Workers' Compensation (Law 662, 3 credits)

Gregory Munro

Interim Dean & Professor

Contact

• Office: Law 316
• Phone: (406) 243-6745
• Email: greg.munro@umontana.edu

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Personal Summary

Professor Munro is the Director of Professional Skills. An innovator in professional skills instruction and assessment, Professor Munro teaches Torts, Trial Practice and Insurance Law.

Professor Munro was a civil trial lawyer in Billings, Montana, for thirteen years practicing in the areas of product liability, medical malpractice, construction site safety, premises liability, automobile accidents, and bank and insurance bad faith tort. He joined the faculty in 1988. He is a past president of the Montana Trial Lawyers Association.

Education

He earned his B.A. in 1970 and his J.D. in 1975 from The University of Montana.

Courses Taught

• Torts I and II
• Trial Practice

Publications

BOOKS

• Outcomes Assessment for Law Schools (Inst. for L. Sch. Teaching 2000).
• Lawsuit Guide, co-authored with Ned Good, (in publication process:  Trial Guides)

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in the Domestic Violence Case in Domestic Violence Civil Law Manual (ABA Commn. on Dom. Violence & Sec. for Litig. 2000) (with Betty Garlow).
• Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in Montana Judge's Desk Book (Mont. JJ. Assn. 2000).
• Multiple Defendants and Unnamed Defendants in Negligence Actions in Montana Judge's Desk Book ch. 16 (Mont. JJ. Assn. 2000).
• Causation in Montana after Busta v. Columbus Hospital in Montana Judge's Desk Book ch. 18 (Mont. JJ. Assn. 2000).
• Stacking Automobile Insurance Coverages in Montana in Montana Judge's Desk Book ch. 19 (Mont. JJ. Assn. 2000).

LAW REVIEW ARTICLES

• How Do We Know If We Are Achieving Our Goals? Strategies for Assessing the Outcome of Curricular Innovation, 1 J. Assn. Leg. Writing Dirs. 229 (2002).
• Defense Within Limits: The Conflicts of "Wasting" or "Cannibalizing" Insurance Policies, 62 Mont. L. Rev. 133 (2001).
• A Response to the Critique of Regulation of Mail-Order Pharmacy, 12 J. Legal Med. 267 (June 1991).
• Regulation of Mail-Order Pharmacy, 12 J. Legal Med. 1 (March 1991).
• Integrating Theory and Practice in a Competency-based Curriculum: Academic Planning at the University of Montana School of Law, 52 Mont. L. Rev. 345 (1991).
• In Memoriam:  Joe Mazurek, co-authored with Justice Mike McGrath, Montana Law Review 2013.

BAR JOURNAL ARTICLES

• The Insured’s Right To Settle When The Insurer Is Defending Under Reservation Of Rights, Trial Trends (Summer 2012)
• When The Undefended Montana Insured Settles And Assigns Rights In Return For A Covenant Not To Execute, Trial Trends (Spring 2012)
• Claims and Coverage In Montana For Damage To A Victim’s Family Members, Trial Trends (Summer 2011)
• Auto Policy Conflicts of Law in Montana, (Autumn 2010)
• Insurance and Climate Change, Trial Trends (Summer 2010).
• The “Discretionary Clause” In ERISA Health Insurance Plans, Trial Trends (Spring 2010).
• Defeating The “Step-Down” Clause In Auto Insurance, Trial Trends (Summer 2009)
• Who Is An “Insured” Under Uninsured Motorist, Underinsured Motorist, and Medical Pay Coverages of a Corporate Auto Policy?, Trial Trends (Autumn 2008)
• The Reasonable Expectations Doctrine in Montana, Trial Trends (Summer 2008). 
• Insurance for Pollution in Montana, Trial Trends (Winter 2008).
• Continuing Development of Insurance Bad Faith in Montana, Trial Trends (Autumn 2007).
• Voiding Auto Insurance Clauses for Violating Public Policy, Trial Trends (Autumn 2004).
• Insurance Coverage for Damages for Emotional Distress in Montana, Trial Trends (Summer 2004).
• Obtaining Separate Limits of Auto Coverage for Each “Occurrence” or “Accident,” Trial Trends (Autumn 2003).
• Obtaining Attorney Fees in Actions Against Insurers, Trial Trends (Summer 2003).
• Exposing “Illusory” Underinsured Motorist Coverage, Trial Trends (Winter 2003).
• The Constitutional Attack on Montana’s Anti-Stacking Statute, Trial Trends (Autumn 2002).
• The Duty of the Agent or Broker to Recommend Underinsured Motorist Coverage with Adequate Limits, Trial Trends (Summer 2002).
• The Case against Montana’s Anti-Stacking Statute, Trial Trends (Spring 2002).
• Exclusions for War and Terrorism: Who Will Pay for Man-Made Catastrophes?, Trial Trends (Winter 2002).
• The Case Against Subrogation, Trial Trends (Autumn 2001).
• The Insurer’s Reservation of Rights Letter and the Duty to Defend, Trial Trends (Summer 2001).
• Invalidating the Family or Household Exclusion in Auto Insurance, Trial Trends (Spring 2001).
• Driving the Stake into the Comparative Bad Faith Defense and Reverse Bad Faith Claims, Trial Trends (Winter 2001).
• The “Household” or “Family” Exclusion in Auto Policies, Trial Trends (Autumn 2000).
• Development and Status of Insurance Bad Faith in Montana, Trial Trends (Summer 2000).
• Securing Insurance Coverage of Medical Expense and Avoiding Subrogation, Trial Trends 43 (Spring 2000).
• Avoiding the Intentional Acts Exclusion in Casualty Insurance, Trial Trends (Winter 2000).
• Defense within Limits: The Conflicts of “Wasting" or “Cannibalizing” Insurance Policies, Trial Trends (Autumn 1999).
• “Stacking” in Montana in 1999, Trial Trends (Summer 1999).
• Invalidating Auto Policy Provisions in Montana, Trial Trends (Winter 1999).
• Montana Law and the Out-of-State Insurance Policy, Trial Trends (Autumn 1998).
• Underinsured Motorist Coverage, Trial Trends (Summer 1998).
• Assessment of Professional Skills at the Law School, Mont. Law. (Spring 1998).
• Innocents and Experience: The Disturbing Record of Tort Reform in Montana, Trial Trends (Summer 1993).
• Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Law School, Mont. Law. (Apr. 1992).