Summary Judgment

Law to Fact

In this episode…

Today’s episode is a viewer request. I was asked to create a podcast on summary judgment and went right to the expert, Ryan Williams, of Mitchell Hamline School of Law and a member of the Kaplan Bar Prep faculty. In this episode, he clearly explains summary judgment in a way that will be sure to help you excel on exams.

Some key takeaways are:

1. Summary judgment is a tool for courts to dispose of a case without holding a trial.

2. A party is granted summary judgment if in light of the facts presented, a reasonable juror could only find for the moving party.

3. Either party can ask for summary judgment

About our guest…

Professor Williams is a Yale University and Georgetown Law graduate, specializing in Civil Procedure, Torts and Bar preparation. He currently teaches at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, and as a bar exam expert lecturer for Kaplan. He has also published numerous articles on national security, and in 2014 was named one of the top law Professors of color in America by Lawyers of Color Magazine.

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