Professor Munro is the Director of Professional Skills. An innovator in professional skills instruction and assessment, Professor Munro teaches PreTrial Advocacy, 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.
He earned his B.A. in 1970 and his J.D. in 1975 from The University of Montana.
Professor Munro's publications include:
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)
The Impact Of Cigna v. Amara On ERISA Reimbursement Claims, Trial Trends (Autumn 2011)
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).
