Schedule of Classes


Schedule as of August 2, 2023

Law

This training seminar provides people with the opportunity to learn how to negotiate effectively and understand the theory and practice of mediation as a method of alternative dispute resolution. We will use simulations, small group exercises, and concept presentations based on realistic problems to provide an intensive, practice-oriented experience. Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00129597

Jul. 7, 2023 - Jul. 16, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture
Dathan  L  Weems - daweems@unm.edu2 Section Full

A course exploring a topic not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
T: Child&Family Justice Clinic
00130047

May 17, 2023 - Aug. 1, 2023
   

Open Learning - Topics
Aliza  G  Organick - organial@unm.edu6 Section Full
T: Economic Dev Justice Clinic
00230048

May 17, 2023 - Aug. 1, 2023
   

Open Learning - Topics
Serge    Martinez - sergemartinez@unm.edu6 Section Full
T: Enviro & Natural Res Clinic
00330049

May 17, 2023 - Aug. 1, 2023
   

Open Learning - Topics
Gabriel    Pacyniak - pacyniak@law.unm.edu6 Section Full
T: Advanced Legal Analysis
00430638

May 24, 2023 - Jul. 26, 2023
   

Open Learning - Topics
Steven  K  Homer - homer@law.unm.edu26
T: AltDisputeResolution Extern
00729606

May 24, 2023 - Jul. 26, 2023
   

Open Learning - Topics
Hope    Eckert - heckert@unm.edu1 TO 9 Section Full
T: MSL Internship
00929762

Jun. 5, 2023 - Aug. 1, 2023
   

Open Learning - Topics
Staff 1 TO 9 Section Full
T: Domestic Violence
01229359

May 24, 2023 - Jul. 26, 2023
   

Open Learning - Topics
Rosemary  A  Cosgrove - rocosgrove@unm.edu21

A student and full-time law school faculty member may agree to an individual research project for one, two, or three hours of credit. It is anticipated that the student will meet with the faculty member regularly during the completion of the project to review the work being done. A written product normally is expected, but its length and content shall be determined by the supervising faculty member. Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00129361

Jun. 5, 2023 - Aug. 1, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture
George  L  Bach - gbach01@unm.edu1 TO 3 Section Full
00229362

Jun. 5, 2023 - Aug. 1, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture
Gabriel    Pacyniak - pacyniak@law.unm.edu1 TO 3 Section Full
00329363

Jun. 5, 2023 - Aug. 1, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture
Nathalie  D  Martin - martin@law.unm.edu1 TO 3 Section Full
00429364

Jun. 5, 2023 - Aug. 1, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture
Staff 1 TO 3 Section Full
00529365

Jun. 5, 2023 - Aug. 1, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture
Staff 1 TO 3 Section Full
00629366

Jun. 5, 2023 - Aug. 1, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture
Staff 1 TO 3 Section Full
00729367

Jun. 5, 2023 - Aug. 1, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture
Staff 1 TO 3 Section Full
00829360

Jun. 5, 2023 - Aug. 1, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture
Staff 1 TO 3 Section Full

This course continues the analysis (begun in Civil Procedure I) of the procedural stages of a simple lawsuit, considers special problems raised by complex litigation, and explores alternatives to traditional litigation as a means of resolving disputes.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00130639

May 17, 2023 - Aug. 1, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture
George  L  Bach - gbach01@unm.edu316

Topics course for occasional offerings available both to law and graduate (regular and non-matriculated) students, mostly in summer institutes.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
T: European Union Law: Ovrview
00130055

May 31, 2023 - Jun. 29, 2023
   

Open Learning - Topics
Nathalie  D  Martin - martin@law.unm.edu1 TO 312
T: Int'l Hum Rts & Econ Actrs
00230056

May 31, 2023 - Jun. 29, 2023
   

Open Learning - Topics
Maryam    Ahranjani - mahranjani@unm.edu36
Int'l Business Transactions
00330059

May 31, 2023 - Jun. 29, 2023
   

Open Learning - Topics
Stewart    Paley - zekecat@unm.edu39
T: Int'l Lw of Art & Cult Her
CANCELLED
004
30287Open Learning - Topics Staff 330
T: Int'l Lw of Art & Cult Her
00530779

May 31, 2023 - Jun. 29, 2023
   

Open Learning - Topics
Michelle  D  Rigual - rigual@law.unm.edu1 TO 33

Law Office Externs are law students who are placed under the supervision of a practicing lawyer to obtain knowledge and experience in the practice of law. While working with their supervising attorney, students have the opportunity to gain valuable practical skills in a real-world setting.  Prerequisite: Completion of first year curriculum. Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00126517

May 24, 2023 - Jul. 26, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture
Hope    Eckert - heckert@unm.edu2 TO 3 Section Full

The Community Lawyering Clinic provides outreach legal services in partnership with local community service providers, including non-legal disciplines. MLAC law students represent children, caregivers, and families to address non-biological factors affecting children’s health. Students represent clients in Family Court, Children’s Court (juvenile delinquency), and other venues as necessary.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00130050

May 17, 2023 - Aug. 1, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture
Hope    Eckert - heckert@unm.edu6 Section Full

The Southwest Indian Law Clinic (SILC) provides high quality legal representation and clinical practice experience in Indian Country. SILC students may represent individual clients and/or tribal groups or Indian communities. 

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00130051

May 17, 2023 - Aug. 1, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture
Vanessa    Racehorse - vracehor@unm.edu6 Section Full

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Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00130052

May 17, 2023 - Aug. 1, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture/Practice Experience
Gabriel    Pacyniak - pacyniak@law.unm.edu1 TO 3 Section Full

The Judicial Extern Program provides law students with a candid first hand experience in the judicial decision-making process. This is accomplished by placing students in a judge or justice's office for a specified number of hours each week to work directly with the judge in daily decision-making tasks. Prerequisite: Completion of first year curriculum.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00130053

May 24, 2023 - Jul. 26, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture
Hope    Eckert - heckert@unm.edu2 TO 3 Section Full

This course studies the rules governing the professional conduct of lawyers and explores the values of the legal system which justify and explain those rules. Specific subject matter includes: the duties of competence, confidentiality, and loyalty; acquisition and retention of clients; and problems concerning the manner of representation. 

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00130054

Jun. 5, 2023 - Jul. 14, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture
Steven  K  Homer - homer@law.unm.edu322

Law

In an industrial society characterized by a "free" enterprise system and notions of individual freedom, "contract" is one of the primary means by which private individuals order their affairs. The contracts course inquires into why promises are enforced as contracts, which promises are enforced, and how they are enforced. The course places emphasis on close and critical analyses of court decisions.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00160364

   

Lecture
Staff 3 Section Full
00253178

   

Lecture
Sergio    Pareja - pareja@law.unm.edu3 Section Full
00353179

   

Lecture
Robert  J  Desiderio - desideri@unm.edu3 Section Full

This course considers the general principles of substantive criminal law and evaluates them in terms of the various purposes that justify a system of criminal punishment. It will include an analysis of the doctrines of mens rea attempt, complicity, and conspiracy as well as certain crimes such as homicide and certain defenses such as self-defense.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00153182

   

Lecture
Barbara  L  Creel - bcreel@unm.edu3 Section Full
00253183

   

Lecture
Jeffrey  S  England - scott.england@law.unm.edu3 Section Full
00352981

   

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Josh  E  Kastenberg - jkastenberg@unm.edu3 Section Full

ELA I is the foundational legal analysis and communication course. In the context of a problem solving approach to legal writing students learn how to do the information gathering, pre-thinking and argument development that are essential to good legal communication.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00153185

   

Lecture
Jeffrey  S  England - scott.england@law.unm.edu3 Section Full
00253186

   

Lecture
Steven  K  Homer - homer@law.unm.edu3 Section Full
00353187

   

Lecture
David  J  Stout - dstout01@unm.edu3 Section Full
00453188

   

Lecture
Christy  H  DeSanctis - cdesanctis1@unm.edu3 Section Full
00553189

   

Lecture
Steven  K  Homer - homer@law.unm.edu3 Section Full
00653190

   

Lecture
David  J  Stout - dstout01@unm.edu3 Section Full

Torts is an introduction to the system governing civil liability for wrongs. Course coverage focuses on the tort of negligence. As time permits, other torts are analyzed.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00153210

   

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Sonia  M  Gipson Rankin - sgrankin@unm.edu3 Section Full
00253211

   

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Mary  L  Pareja - mpareja@unm.edu3 Section Full
00353212

   

Lecture
Carol  M  Suzuki - suzuki@law.unm.edu3 Section Full

This course introduces students to all aspects of security interests in personal property collateral, including creation, perfection, priorities (between competing security interests and between security interests and other property interest), and enforcement of security interests (including repossession/sale of collateral and distribution of sale proceeds). 

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00176022

   

Lecture
Staff 32

The course examines the property rights of married couples, focusing nespecially on New Mexico community property law, with a comparison to the marital property law of other states. It covers community property ownership and management rights during marriage, at death, and at divorce, and an examination of choice of law issues. 

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00153215

   

Lecture
Staff 214

This course involves an in-depth inquiry into the building blocks of civil rights law; freedom of expression (speech and press), equal protection, due process, and religious freedom. There will be discussion of litigation strategy and the decision-making processes of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00153216

   

Lecture
John  M  Kang - johnkang@unm.edu3 Section Full
Waitlist: 23
00253217

   

Lecture
Maryam    Ahranjani - mahranjani@unm.edu31
CANCELLED
003
53218Lecture Staff 31

This course will cover the pretrial stages of a criminal case and the Constitution's impact on criminal procedure. Classes will focus upon criminal/constitutional issues with emphasis on the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments. Subjects covered will include searches and seizures, statements/confessions, due process, and line-ups.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00176024

   

Lecture
Barbara  L  Creel - bcreel@unm.edu3 Section Full
Waitlist: 3

The goals of the course are for the student to acquire: (1) a broad perspective as to the application and impact of the federal income tax in a variety of transactions; (2) practice in using the legal materials of taxation, especially the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Regulations; and (3) an understanding of the policies underlying various IRC provisions, i.e., how the tax system is used to influence behavior and thus promote various social and economic policies.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00176023

   

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Mary  L  Pareja - mpareja@unm.edu333

This course examines how the courts, legislative bodies and administrative agencies have adapted basic principles of property, contract and tort law to address the unique issues related to the development and production of oil and gas resources. The course will explore the nature of the interests created out of the oil and gas mineral estate and how these interests are protected.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00173247

   

Lecture
Joseph  A  Schremmer - schremmer@law.unm.edu39

This course examines the legal rules governing the allocation, use, and management of water resources. The focus is primarily on the western U.S. The course also briefly addresses the law of interstate waters; water rights for federal and tribal lands in the West; water supply institutions, including New Mexico's acequias; and the application of the Endangered Species Act to water resources.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00166900

   

Lecture
Reed    Benson - rdbenson@unm.edu31

This training seminar provides people with the opportunity to learn how to negotiate effectively and understand the theory and practice of mediation as a method of alternative dispute resolution. We will use simulations, small group exercises, and concept presentations based on realistic problems to provide an intensive, practice-oriented experience. Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
CANCELLED
001
39646Open Learning - Lecture Staff 215
00276650

Nov. 10, 2023 - Nov. 19, 2023
   

Open Learning - Lecture
Dathan  L  Weems - daweems@unm.edu2 Section Full

This course explores the role of the federal courts, the nature of federal judicial power, its clashes with Congress, and its relationship with state and tribal systems. The course includes coverage of federal civil rights law and immunities, federal court abstention doctrines, the deference given to tribal courts, and the writ of habeas corpus.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00170962

   

Lecture
Linda  M  Vanzi - vanzi@unm.edu33

Wills and Trusts explores the ways by which an individual’s property passes at death; how individuals may affect that passage by creating a will or will substitute like a trust during lifetime; what the law requires for a will or will substitute to be enforceable; the extent to which the law may limit the disinheritance of a surviving spouse or child; and how fiduciaries administer estates and trusts.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00267329

   

Lecture
Marc  T  Gonzalez - gonzalezm@law.unm.edu35

This course introduces students to the U.S. legal system and study of law. Topics: the legal method, the common law system, judicial case and statutory analyses, the legal profession, and core areas of the law. Restriction: permission of instructor.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00160991

   

Lecture
Robert  J  Desiderio - desideri@unm.edu410

A course exploring a topic not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
T: Applied Legal Research
00170591

   

Topics
Ernesto  A  Longa - longae70@unm.edu24
T: Natural Res-Journal III
00253266

   

Topics
Joseph  A  Schremmer - schremmer@law.unm.edu2 Section Full
T: Economic Justice Clinic
00356101

   

Topics
Allison  M  Freedman - amfreed1223@unm.edu6 Section Full
T: Natural Resources Journal I
00453268

   

Topics
Joseph  A  Schremmer - schremmer@law.unm.edu1 Section Full
T: Church and State
00576634

   

Topics
Andrew  G  Schultz - andyg@unm.edu2 Section Full
T: Lab
00663067

   

Web Enhanced - Topics
Alfred  D  Mathewson - amathews@unm.edu3 Section Full
T: Lab
00760371

   

Web Enhanced - Topics
Sonia  M  Gipson Rankin - sgrankin@unm.edu3 Section Full
T: Employment Discrimination
00871661

   

Topics
Vinay  V  Harpalani - vinayh@unm.edu32
T: Pblc Edu & the Constitution
00973627

   

Topics
Maryam    Ahranjani - mahranjani@unm.edu21
T: Lab
01063068

   

Web Enhanced - Topics
Christy  H  DeSanctis - cdesanctis1@unm.edu3 Section Full
T: Public Ed&Constn Field Work
01173701

   

Topics
Maryam    Ahranjani - mahranjani@unm.edu15
T: Int'l Business Transactions
01270599

   

Topics
Sergio    Pareja - pareja@law.unm.edu38
T: Antitrust
01373700

   

Topics
Steven  K  Homer - homer@law.unm.edu312
T: National Health Law MCC
01474684

   

Topics
Steven  K  Homer - homer@law.unm.edu1 Section Full
T: ABA Nat Appellate Advcy MCC
01574692

   

Topics
Edward  R  Ricco - edwardricco@unm.edu1 Section Full
T: Alt Dispute Resltn Extern
01670943

   

Topics
Hope    Eckert - heckert@unm.edu1 TO 9 Section Full
T: Nat Res &Environ Law Clinic
01753304

   

Topics
Gabriel    Pacyniak - pacyniak@law.unm.edu6 Section Full
T: Health Care Providers & Law
CANCELLED
018
76019Topics Staff 320
T: Labor Law
01976020

   

Topics
Steven  K  Homer - homer@law.unm.edu313
T: Lab
02063070

   

Web Enhanced - Topics
Michelle  D  Rigual - rigual@law.unm.edu3 Section Full
T: Envir Litigation Draft (DC)
02170964

   

Topics
Samantha  M  Ruscavage-Barz - sruscava@unm.edu2 Section Full
Waitlist: 1
T: Tribal Natrl & Cultrl Resou
02276021

   

Topics
Nadine    Padilla - nadine3@unm.edu38
T: Lab
02363072

   

Web Enhanced - Topics
Sonia  M  Gipson Rankin - sgrankin@unm.edu3 Section Full
T: Renewable Energy (WS)
02476017

   

Web Enhanced - Topics
Elizabeth    Elia - elia@law.unm.edu3 Section Full
Waitlist: 3
T: DC Semester I
02553312

   

Topics
Bonnie  M  Stepleton - stepleton@law.unm.edu6 Section Full
T: Federal Law in Practice
02670968

   

Topics
Staff 36
T: NM Law Review Seminar (WS)
02753314

   

Topics
Carol  M  Suzuki - suzuki@law.unm.edu2 Section Full
T: Lab
02863123

   

Web Enhanced - Topics
William  D  Slease - wslease@unm.edu3 Section Full
T: Bar Strategies Seminar
02953316

   

Topics
Beth  A  Kaimowitz - bkaim@unm.edu12
T: NM Law Review III
03053317

   

Topics
Carol  M  Suzuki - suzuki@law.unm.edu2 Section Full
T: Jurisprudence (WS)
03163124

   

Topics
John  M  Kang - johnkang@unm.edu3 Section Full
Waitlist: 2
T: Race and the Law (WS)
03270970

   

Topics
Vinay  V  Harpalani - vinayh@unm.edu3 Section Full
Waitlist: 3
T: DC Semester II
03373494

   

Topics
Bonnie  M  Stepleton - stepleton@law.unm.edu6 Section Full
T: Spanish for Lawyers I
03453347

   

Topics
Presiliano  A  Torrez - torrezp@unm.edu24
T: Economic Justice Clinic
03570971

   

Topics
Serge    Martinez - sergemartinez@unm.edu6 Section Full
T: Child&Family Justice Clinic
03654824

   

Topics
Sarah    Steadman - ssteadma@unm.edu6 Section Full
T: Prisoners' Rights
03773242

Oct. 6, 2023 - Nov. 5, 2023
   

Open Learning - Topics
Lalita    Moskowitz - lmoskowitz@unm.edu2 Section Full
T: Taking&DefendingDepositions
03870975

Sep. 8, 2023 - Sep. 24, 2023
   

Open Learning - Topics
Steven  S  Scholl - sscholl@unm.edu2 Section Full
T: National Security Law (WS)
CANCELLED
039
70976Topics Staff 312
T: indigenous Ppls & Int'l Law
04176162

   

Topics
Vanessa    Racehorse - vracehor@unm.edu36
T: Advanced Legal Writing (DC)
04270979

   

Topics
Nicole    Banks - nbanks@unm.edu3 Section Full
Waitlist: 4
T: Tribal Law Jrnl Seminar(WS)
04376161

   

Topics
Vanessa    Racehorse - vracehor@unm.edu2 Section Full
T: ABA Law Stu Tax Challenge
04460601

   

Topics
Steven  K  Homer - homer@law.unm.edu1 Section Full
T: Church and State
CANCELLED
045
67262Topics Staff 315
T: Applied Legal Research
04670592

   

Web Enhanced - Topics
Jennifer    Laws - laws@law.unm.edu2 Section Full
Waitlist: 12
T: Applied Legal Research
04770980

   

Web Enhanced - Topics
Sherri  N  Thomas - thomas@law.unm.edu23
T: Thurgood Marshall MCC
04876116

   

Topics
Barbara  P  Blumenfeld - blumenfe@unm.edu1 Section Full
T: MSL Internship
04967628

   

Topics
Steven  K  Homer - homer@law.unm.edu1 TO 910
T: Kelly Moot Crt Competition
05068507

   

Topics
Steven  S  Scholl - sscholl@unm.edu1 Section Full
T: Contracts Drafting (DC)
05170983

   

Topics
Paul  G  Figueroa - paul.figueroa@law.unm.edu3 Section Full
T: Employment Law (DC)
05273949

   

Topics
Samantha    Adams-Whitsell - samadams@unm.edu3 Section Full
Waitlist: 3

A student and full-time law school faculty member may agree to an individual research project for one, two, or three hours of credit. It is anticipated that the student will meet with the faculty member regularly during the completion of the project to review the work being done. A written product normally is expected, but its length and content shall be determined by the supervising faculty member. Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00153348

   

Lecture
Jeffrey  S  England - scott.england@law.unm.edu1 TO 3 Section Full
00253349

   

Lecture
Nathalie  D  Martin - martin@law.unm.edu1 TO 3 Section Full
00353350

   

Lecture
Elizabeth    Elia - elia@law.unm.edu1 TO 3 Section Full
00453360

   

Lecture
Staff 1 TO 3 Section Full
00553351

   

Lecture
Staff 1 TO 3 Section Full
00653352

   

Lecture
Staff 1 TO 3 Section Full
00753353

   

Lecture
Staff 1 TO 3 Section Full
00853354

   

Lecture
Staff 1 TO 3 Section Full
00953355

   

Lecture
Staff 1 TO 3 Section Full
01053356

   

Lecture
Staff 1 TO 3 Section Full
01153357

   

Lecture
Staff 1 TO 3 Section Full
01240664

   

Lecture
Staff 1 TO 3 Section Full
01353359

   

Lecture
Staff 1 TO 3 Section Full

Students enrolled in the Law of Indigenous Peoples class will be invited to join the Tribal Law Journal staff for the fall and spring semesters of their second and third years. Students will meet throughout the year to learn Bluebook citations, how to cite sources of traditional law, editing and source checking scholarly papers.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00153361

   

Writing
Vanessa    Racehorse - vracehor@unm.edu1 Section Full

The editor(s) of the Tribal Law Journal will work with the Editor-in-Chief in soliciting and selecting for publication articles submitted to the journal on internal indigenous law. Student editors will work collaboratively with authors to create a final product that reflects the mission of the journal, and at the same time, maintains the integrity of the authors’ work.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00153362

   

Writing
Vanessa    Racehorse - vracehor@unm.edu2 Section Full

This course continues the analysis (begun in Civil Procedure I) of the procedural stages of a simple lawsuit, considers special problems raised by complex litigation, and explores alternatives to traditional litigation as a means of resolving disputes.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00173243

   

Lecture
Veronica  C  Gonzales - gonzalesv@law.unm.edu312

This course explores private real property land-use arrangements, including problems arising under land sale contracts, deed formalities and construction, the recording system, and non-possessory interests in land such as easements, real covenants, and equitable servitudes. The course also covers other topics related to interests in real property and the use of real property, including landlord/tenant law and nuisance. The focus of the course is on general theory and practice, with side-glances at New Mexico law for illustrative purposes.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00157017

   

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Elizabeth    Elia - elia@law.unm.edu3 Section Full
Waitlist: 9

his basic three hour course in Administrative Law studies the legal functioning of government agencies. Agency actions resemble actions of legislatures and courts, prosecutors and advocates.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00157018

   

Lecture
Reed    Benson - rdbenson@unm.edu316

This course provides a historical and a contemporary perspective on the internal law of Indigenous peoples, domestically and internationally. This course is intended to familiarize students not only with traditional and contemporary aspects of the internal law of tribes. The tremendous influence exerted by outside forces on the internal law of Indigenous peoples will also be considered in a critical manner.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
CANCELLED
001
73246Seminar Staff 3 Section Full

This course will focus on trial procedure, evidence, and trial skills utilizing lectures and class discussions on the principles of evidence and trial skills, demonstrations of trial skills, practice sessions in which each student performs various exercises to learn trial skill, individual review with me of videotapes of the trial practice performances, and mock jury trial. Each student is also required to complete a trial notebook that is used during the mock trial.

Sections
#CRNTime/LocationInstructorCreditsSeats Available
00153370

   

Web Enhanced - Lecture
Josh  E  Kastenberg - jkastenberg@unm.edu69

This 3 credit hours course examines the multitude of issues involving the immigrants and the law. Starting with the historical origins of the United States immigration law, the course will focus on family and employer sponsored immigration, asylum, naturalization, exclusion, and deportation regulations. The impact of the US Patriot Act will also be explored.

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00154990

   

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Rebecca  S  Kitson-Shreve - kitson@unm.edu331

This course surveys the components of Intellectual Property Law, including the Law of Ideas, Copyrights, the Right of Publicity, Trademark Law, Unfair Competition Law, Trade Secrets, Patent Law. The marketing of Intellectual Property related goods represents one of the most dynamic sectors of the U.S. and world economy. U.S. exports of all intellectual property products are second only to those of aircraft.

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00173496

   

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Steven  K  Homer - homer@law.unm.edu3 Section Full
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Pretrial Practice follows the management of a civil lawsuit from establishing an attorney-client relationship through a settlement conference. The emphasis is on the strategies and tactics of litigation and solving real-world pretrial problems. Students will be assigned to represent either a plaintiff or a defendant in a simulated case. It is helpful to have taken civil procedure and evidence before enrolling in this course.

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00153373

   

Lecture
Steven  K  Homer - homer@law.unm.edu2 Section Full

Law Office Externs are law students who are placed under the supervision of a practicing lawyer to obtain knowledge and experience in the practice of law. While working with their supervising attorney, students have the opportunity to gain valuable practical skills in a real-world setting.  Prerequisite: Completion of first year curriculum. Offered on a CR/NC basis only.

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00153376

   

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Hope    Eckert - heckert@unm.edu2 TO 3 Section Full

The Community Lawyering Clinic provides outreach legal services in partnership with local community service providers, including non-legal disciplines. MLAC law students represent children, caregivers, and families to address non-biological factors affecting children’s health. Students represent clients in Family Court, Children’s Court (juvenile delinquency), and other venues as necessary.

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00153378

   

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Aliza  G  Organick - organial@unm.edu6 Section Full

The Southwest Indian Law Clinic (SILC) provides high quality legal representation and clinical practice experience in Indian Country. SILC students may represent individual clients and/or tribal groups or Indian communities. 

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00153380

   

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Samuel  L  Winder - swinder007@unm.edu6 Section Full

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00153382

   

Lecture/Practice Experience
Serge    Martinez - sergemartinez@unm.edu1 TO 3 Section Full

This course will be led by Professor Leo Romero or Professor Joshua Kastenberg. The professor will be assisted by four adjuncts--two adjuncts assigned to the course by the Bernalillo County Public Defender’s Office and by two assigned by the 13th Judicial District Attorney's Office. Pre-req.: Evidence, co-req.: Ethics Highly Recommended: Criminal Procedure I, Criminal Procedure II, Trial Practice, Evidence & Trial Practice

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00153383

   

Seminar
Steven  K  Homer - homer@law.unm.edu46

The Judicial Extern Program provides law students with a candid first hand experience in the judicial decision-making process. This is accomplished by placing students in a judge or justice's office for a specified number of hours each week to work directly with the judge in daily decision-making tasks. Prerequisite: Completion of first year curriculum.

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00153385

   

Lecture
Hope    Eckert - heckert@unm.edu2 TO 3 Section Full

This course studies the rules governing the professional conduct of lawyers and explores the values of the legal system which justify and explain those rules. Specific subject matter includes: the duties of competence, confidentiality, and loyalty; acquisition and retention of clients; and problems concerning the manner of representation. 

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00153386

   

Lecture
Marc  T  Gonzalez - gonzalezm@law.unm.edu315