Faculty
Professor Antoinette Sedillo Lopez
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Professor of Law
B.U.S. 1979, University of New Mexico
J.D. 1982, University of California, Los Angeles
Member of the District of Columbia and New Mexico Bars
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez brings an eclectic background to the UNM law faculty. The daughter of a magistrate in Valencia County, she first became committed to the concept of equal access to justice during law school at UCLA, when she worked part time for Centro Legal de Santa Monica.
Although she spent three years as an associate with Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, after teaching an undergraduate class on women and the law at UNM, she committed her career to teaching.
In 1986, she joined the faculty at the UNM law school and regularly alternated teaching an academic course with a clinical course, until 2001, when she became director of the law school's clinical programs. A key project is the UNM Access to Justice Practitioner Network, a group of lawyers willing to offer pro bono and reduced-fee services to under-served clients that the clinic is unable to help.
Sedillo Lopez has taught a broad range of courses, from land use, civil procedure, professional responsibility to comparative law.
In 1996, she took a semester off to run the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign in New Mexico, after which she taught election law at both the UNM law school and the University of Utah.
She is series editor for "Latino Communities: Emerging Voices-Political, Social, Cultural and Legal Issues" (1998) and has been editor for another series, entitled, "Latinos in the United States: History, Law and Perspective." Sedillo Lopez also has published poetry in literary magazines.
Professor Sedillo Lopez participated in the development of the book, Best Practices for Legal Education, written by Roy Stuckey and others and published by CLEA. She is also a contributing blogger to the Best Practices for Legal Education Blog.
As clinic director, she draws on her broad range of interests to provide exciting learning opportunities for students.
Contact Information
Ph.: 505-277-8662
Fax: 505-277-0068
Office: 3417
Email: lopez@law.unm.edu
