Professor Carol A. Parker

Professor of Law
Associate Dean for Finance and Administration
American Council on Education Fellow (2012-2013)
B.A., Michigan State University
M.I.S., University of Michigan
J.D., Wayne State University
Member of the Michigan Bar

As Associate Dean Carol is responsible for providing direction and oversight for numerous law school services and operations including budgeting, accounting and financial analysis, faculty hiring and contracts, human resources, grants and special appropriations, facilities and building safety, law journal business operations, information technology and the law library. She also serves as chair of the law library faculty. As a member of the law dean’s management team, she is actively involved in law school strategic planning, policy setting and problem solving, and regularly represents the Law School at events and meetings. She serves on various university-wide ad hoc committees, on Faculty Senate committees, and has served as the Law School’s faculty senator.

As an ACE Fellow she worked on special projects for the UNM Office of the President, and spent several months working in the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost at Arizona State University. She also visited the campuses of more than 20 higher education institutions, foundations, and non-profits. Her Fellowship studies covered a wide range of topics including strategic planning; fundraising; institutional research and predictive analytics; educational innovations such as competency-based education, online programs and adaptive learning technology; enrollment management strategies; e-advising systems; the research mission; technology transfer and economic development; diversity; globalization; and athletics.

Carol teaches Wills and Trusts, Advanced Legal Research and International Legal Research at UNM Law. She also taught Legal Writing, Research and Advocacy, and Advanced Legal Research as an adjunct professor at Michigan State University College of Law. She is the 2008-2010 recipient of UNM Law’s Keleher & McLeod Professorship in recognition of her teaching, scholarship and service. She serves as an accreditation site inspector for the American Bar Association’s Section on Legal Education Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. Carol has received national awards for publications on the subject of open access to legal scholarship and faculty status for academic librarians. She is licensed to practice law in Michigan and worked as a research attorney at the Michigan Court of Appeals.

Contact Information

Ph.: 505-363-3493
Fax: 505-277-0068
Office: 3329A
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