Visiting Associate Professor of Law
Education
J.D. Columbia Law School
Grad. Certificate, Fudan University, Shanghai
B.A. Loyola (Md.) College
Courses Taught
Legal Writing
Scholarly Works
Professor Murray currently has published fourteen books and several law review articles A sample of some of his recent scholarly publications follows.
Legal Writing and Analysis (forthcoming 2009)
Legal Research Methods (forthcoming 2009)
Advanced Legal Writing and Advocacy: Trials, Appeals, and Moot Court (forthcoming 2009)
International and Comparative Freedom of Expression (forthcoming 2009)
International Art Law: International, Transnational and Comparative Perspectives on Law and the Arts (forthcoming 2009)
The Law (in Plain English®) for Health Care Professionals (2008)
Copyright, Originality, and the End of the Scenes a Faire and Merger Doctrives for Visual Works, 58 Baylor Law Review 779 (2006)
The Positive Pedagogy of Presentations to Partners, 21 Second Draft 11 (Dec. 2006)
Communicating Explanatory Synthesis, 14 Perspectives 136 (Sprint 2006)
Deskbook of Art Law (Oxford University Press 2008)
Adversarial Legal Writing and Oral Argument (Foundation Press 2006)
Appellate Advocacy and Moot Court (Foundation Press 2006)
Legal Research Methods (Foundation Press 2006)
Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis (Foundation Press 2006)
Objective Legal Writing and Analysis (Foundation Press 2006)
First Amendment and Censorship (Oxford University Press 2005)
Legal Research and Writing and Legal Research and Writing Problems and Exercises (Foundation Press 2005) as part of a Foundation Press series "Legal Research and Writing" by Professor Murray and Christy DeSanctis of George Washington.
Art Law: Cases and Materials (William S. Hein 2004)
Presentations
“Publishing Books in Legal Writing and Other Subject Areas” at the Legal Writing Institute National Conference 2008, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 15, 2008
"DIOS MIO - The KISS Principle of Art," The Law and Ethics of Intellectual Property Lecture, University of Illinois School of Art and Design, Mar. 3, 2008
"All’s Fair in Love and Art? Predominant Purpose, Transformation, and the Triumphant Return of Satire," The Taste of Art Lecture Series, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL, Feb. 25, 2008
"Introduction to Advocacy," University of Illinois Springfield Department of Legal Studies and the Institute for Legal, Legislative, and Policy Studies, Jan. 17, 2008
Do Lawyers Get a Bad Rap?," television interview on professional ethics on "Illinois Law" program on WCIA TV (CBS affiliate) and on the Illinois Channel, Oct. 14, 2007
"Intellectual Property Professors Panel: Planning for a Career in IP," University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, IL, Oct. 2007