
Space is still available for practicing lawyers in Poverty Law in Practice, a six-week course that welcomes both law students and lawyers to learn about basic substantive laws and procedures associated with services most often requested by under-served people. The class begins on Jan. 27 and will take place on consecutive Fridays, from 1:15-4:15 p.m.
Professor Denise Fort provided the legal voice to a recently released National Research Council book that focuses on water reuse by cities. She was one of 15 authors of Water Reuse: Potential for Expanding the Nation’s Water Supply Through Reuse of Municipal Wastewater, a publication that examines a wide range of reuse applications, including drinking water, non-potable urban and industrial uses, irrigation, groundwater recharge and ecological enhancement.
The Utton Transboundary Resources Center at the University of New Mexico School of Law has released, Land & Water: Making the Connection, a report that addresses the disconnect between land use planning and water resource management in New Mexico.
The 23-page publication was produced by a panel of eight authors.