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Retired Justice Gene Franchini Dies During Annual Lecture to First-Year Students
Gene Franchini, retired justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court and a champion of moral principles, died on Nov. 4, doing what he loved best: sharing his ethical philosophy with first-year students at the UNM School of Law. He was 74. "He has been a wonderful friend to the law school for many years and we will miss him greatly," said Dean Kevin Washburn.
Pilar Thomas to Present Keynote at Annual Indian Convocation
Pilar Thomas (`02), newly appointed deputy solicitor for Indian Affairs at the U.S. Department of Interior, will be the keynote speaker at the 16th annual Indian People/Indian Law Convocation on Nov. 10 at the UNM School of Law. Every year, the convocation recognizes and honors the law school's Native American community and Indian law students and welcomes the class of first-year students.
The program will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the school's Forum.
Summer Law Course at German Castle to Examine Nuremberg Trials
Professor Antoinette Sedillo Lopez will co-teach in a UNM summer program at the Schloss Dyck Castle in Germany’s picturesque Rhine country. Students will receive three law-school credits for her course and three non-law school credits for the companion course. The program is open to both undergraduate and graduate students.
