UNM School of Law

UNM Team Advances to Semi-finals at National Mock Trial

The UNM School of Law team of Corinne Hale (`11), Alice Kilborn (`11) and Andy Scholl (`11), advanced to the semi-final round before losing by one ballot point at the National Trial Competition in Tulsa, OK.

A second team of Kitren Fischer (`10), Kevin Holmes (`10) and Charles Kalm (`10) also performed impressively at the February regional competition.

Future Lawyers Welcomed at Minority Pre-law Mixer

A group of high school and college students learned what it’s like to be a law student at the annual Minority Pre-law Mixer in late February. The Saturday afternoon event at the UNM School of Law provided a glimpse into what law school is all about for undergraduate and high school students. The students attended workshops, toured the law school and had dinner with local judges and lawyers.

Cy Pres Award Establishes Fred Hart Chair in Consumer/Clinical Law

The UNM School of Law closed a year-end gift of nearly $1.4 million toward the creation of the Frederick M. Hart Chair in Consumer and Clinical Law. The gift came through a cy pres award from the settlement of a class action against Old Line Insurance. While it is not unusual to have funds left over in a class action settlement, what was unusual in the Old Line case was that the related parties and attorneys, at the end of the case, agreed on a meaningful distribution of the unclaimed funds: to donate them to the School of Law.