Recent News and Events at the University of New Mexico School of Law http://lawschool.unm.edu In an op-ed published in the Feb. 11 edition of the Albuquerque Journal, Professor Rob Schwartz discusses a federal rule that extends all preventive services, including contraceptive services, to women who are insured through their employers. "The rule is based on research findings of the Institutes of Medicine that contraceptive services are preventive services because contraception prevents so much maternal, infant and fetal illness and death," he wrote. http://lawschool.unm.edu/news/archives/2012/feb/schwartz.php http://lawschool.unm.edu/news/archives/2012/feb/schwartz.php Dean Kevin Washburn testified about the potential impact of Internet gaming on Indian gambling enterprises before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Feb. 9. His testimony was in response to a recent opinion by the U.S. Department of Justice that reversed the department's longstanding assertion that all Internet gaming was illegal under the federal Wire Act. http://lawschool.unm.edu/news/archives/2012/feb/washburn.php http://lawschool.unm.edu/news/archives/2012/feb/washburn.php Every fall semester, Professor Barbara Bergman leads students in a unique learning-by-doing opportunity when she combines two law school staples into one course: Evidence and Trial Practice. This six-credit course is not for the faint-hearted. Evidence and Trial Practice, or ETP as it is called, prepares students for life as a trial lawyer. http://lawschool.unm.edu/news/archives/2012/feb/etp.php http://lawschool.unm.edu/news/archives/2012/feb/etp.php