Podcast Episode 262: Listen and Learn — Motions for Judgment as a Matter of Law and Motions for New Trial (Civ Pro)

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In this week’s episode, we’re focusing on a topic from Civil Procedure — specifically, motions for judgment as a matter of law and motions for new trial, where the moving party is asking the court to take certain issues away from the jury.

In this episode we discuss:

• The two types of motions for judgment as a matter of law
• The standard for granting a motion for judgment as a matter of law
• Filing and granting motions for new trial
• Analyzing a hypo encompassing the above concepts

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Resources:

• “Listen and Learn” series
• SpacedRepetition.com
• Podcast Episode 203: Listen and Learn – Motions for Summary Judgment (Civ Pro)
• Podcast Episode 244: Spaced Repetition and Memorization During Bar Prep (w/Gabe Teninbaum)

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