Faculty
About Our Faculty
The faculty members at the law school are its most important assets. They have been educated at the nation's most distinguished law schools and have practiced and taught throughout the country, bringing to UNM a healthy diversity of backgrounds, professional interests, and outlooks on legal education.
In addition to their academic responsibilities, our law professors serve the public and the profession as bar commissioners, consultants and advisers to leading law firms and legislative and judicial committees. They also participate in national and state legal organizations.
The UNM law faculty are known for their commitment to teaching and the special value they place on accessibility and responsibilities to students. They value contacts with students outside class and do not limit these to set office hours. They work together to devise and test new courses and methods of instruction, undertake ancillary teaching responsibilities, and coach students in legal writing, taking examinations, moot courts, trial practice, and other competitions. The law school's 10-1 student to faculty ratio facilitates frequent interaction.
The school of law is the only school in the state and has a close relationship with the bench and bar. This relationship is reflected in the list of distinguished practicing attorneys who serve as adjunct faculty. The adjuncts enrich the curriculum by offering courses in a number of legal specialties and enhance students' communication with the bench and bar.
