Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

As we mentioned in a previous post, law professors Ron Allen and Mike Pardo summarize and critique probabilistic theories of evidence on pp. 7-12 of their most recent paper “Relative plausibility and its critics.” (Hold on: “critique” is too polite. … Continue reading →

CNN, the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage, went on the air on this day in 1980. At the time, CNN’s format was a radical innovation. Today, with the rise of the Internet, CNN–and cable TV generally–seem so antiquated …

We recently discovered Ron Allen and Mike Pardo’s new paper on “Relative plausibility and its critics” via Larry Solum’s Legal Theory Blog. Because of our fascination with all things Bayesian and with the role of probability theory in legal trials, … Continue reading →

In addition to Frank Valdes and Margaret Montoya, our friend and colleague Tayyab Mahmud (Seattle University School of Law) also attended the first annual Margaret Montoya Legal Scholarship Retreat at Campo Sano in Central Florida. Here are a few things we learned … Continue reading →

Our friend and colleague Frank Valdes (University of Miami) also attended the first annual Margaret Montoya Legal Scholarship Retreat. He shared his thoughts on the craft of scholarly writing during the retreat. Here are a few things that we learned from … Continue reading →

We will continue blogging about the Margaret Montoya Legal Scholarship Retreat in the next few days.

As we mentioned in our previous post a few days ago, we have been attending the first annual Margaret Montoya Legal Scholarship Retreat at “Campo Sano” in a rural part of Volusia County, Florida. The WiFi connection was pretty bad … Continue reading →

We are attending the first annual Margaret Montoya Legal Scholarship Retreat at “Campo Sano” (see image below) in Volusia County, close to Deland, Florida. More details to follow …