Peter Murray is the Robert Braucher Visiting Professor and Edward R. Johnston Lecturer on Law at

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. He is an authority in the fields of evidence,

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, comparative civil procedure, and

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. Murray graduated from Harvard Law School (

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magna cum laude, 1967). He served as Secretary to the

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Judicial Council from 1969 to 1978 and has been a consultant to the Maine Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence since 1973. Murray is a member of the

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and the American Board of Trial Advocacy.

Interesting facts

Peter Murray is a member of the editorial board of

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References

External links

Biography and Bibliography at Harvard Law School
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