Michael Higdon | William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV

		Michael Higdon
		Lawyering Process Professor


		Phone: 702 895-2334 Email: michael.higdon@unlv.edu

		Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

	Education: J.D. summa cum laude, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2001

	Professor Higdon is an alumnus of the William S. Boyd School of Law, graduating as a member of the school’s charter class. While at Boyd, he served as editor-in-chief of the Nevada Law Journal. Graduating summa cum laude, he received the James E. Rogers Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement. He went on to clerk for Judge Procter Hug, Jr. on the U.S. Court of the Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Prior to joining the faculty at the Boyd School of Law, Professor Higdon practiced commercial and employment litigation with the firm of Schreck Brignone in Las Vegas. Professor Higdon teaches Lawyering Process, Legal Drafting, Advanced Advocacy, and Wills, Trusts and Estates, and serves as an advisor to the Society of Advocates. In addition, Professor Higdon is a member of the national Board of Directors for the Legal Writing Institute.

	Areas of Expertise: Lawyering Process Wills, Trusts and Estates

	Selected Publications: LAW REVIEW AND OTHER ARTICLES Queer Youth and Legislative Bullies: The Invidious and Cruel Discrimination Behind Homophobic Statutory Rape Laws __ U.C. Davis L. Rev.__ (2008) forthcoming. When Informal Adoption Meets Intestate Succession: The Cultural Myopia of the Equitable Adoption Doctrine, 43 Wake Forest L. Rev. 223 (2008). From Simon Cowell to Tim Gunn: What Reality Television Can Teach Us About How to Critique Our Students' Work Effectively, 15 Persp.3 (Spring 2007) Using DVD Covers to Teach Weight of Authority, 15 Persp. 1 (Fall 2006). Teaching Students How to Receive an Assignment, The Second Draft, Aug. 2005, at 14. BAR PUBLICATION The Legal Reader, the Legal Writer and the All-Important Thesis Sentence, Nev. Law., Sept. 2007 at 20. --> More Publications (pdf)

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