Pedro Álvarez Sánchez de Movellán is an Associate Professor of Procedural Law at the University of León. At this university, he obtained his PhD and was awarded the Extraordinary Doctorate Award. He is the author of several monographs, including The Annulment of the Arbitral Award (1996), Evidence in Appeal under Law 1/2000, Civil Procedure Act (2001), and Evidence by Presumptions: Particular Reference to its Judicial Application in Cases of Extra-contractual Liability (2007). He has also contributed to various collective publications (most recently, Procedural Law on Insolvency, 2008) and has written numerous articles published in national and international journals. In teaching, he has participated in the award-winning project “Pedagogical Action for Courtroom Simulation”, which is a reference in the field of innovation in legal education. Currently, he is the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law. He has also occasionally performed judicial duties at the Provincial Court of León.