The 2012 edition of Water Matters!,  a guide to New Mexico’s water issues published annually by the Utton Transboundary Resources Center, has been distributed to New Mexico legislators. In…

Professor Denise Fort provided the legal voice to a recently released National Research Council book that focuses on water reuse by cities. She was one of 15 authors of Water Reuse: Potential for Exp…

The University of New Mexico's Indian Law Program has been renamed the Law and Indigenous Peoples Program and Professor Christine Zuni Cruz (`82) has been appointed director of the program. The progr…

Professor Denise Fort presented a talk titled, “Policy Questions Concerning Tribal Water Marketing” at the American Bar Association’s 30th Annual Water Law Conference in late Februa…

Professor Chris Fritz addresses America’s constitutional tradition in two essays that were recently published in leading national forums.

“Out From Under the Shadow of the Federal Constit…

Homeowners worried about foreclosure will receive help from New Mexico’s housing counselors, major banks, and financial planning experts in a free, four‐day foreclosure assistance event f…

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 wom…

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…

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…

Professor Jennifer Moore’s latest book, Humanitarian Law in Action within Africa, was published by Oxford University Press in early February. In the book, Moore studies the role and application…

Professor Reed Benson returned to the University of Michigan Law School to lead a panel discussion during the 25th Annual National Association of Environmental Law Societies conference in March. He a…

The team of Tyler McCormick (`13), Jessie Miles, (`13), Aja Oishi (`13) and Brian Parrish (`…

Professor Antoinette Sedillo Lopez presented a keynote address at the Southwest Junior Clinicians Conference in mid-March at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. …

The team of Jocelyn Barrett (`12), Matthew Coombs (`12), Jordan DeHaan (`12) and Gregory Segura (`12) represented the…

The University of New Mexico School of Law and the American Indian Law Center’s Pre-Law Summer Institute (PLSI) were well-represented at an April meeting at the American Law Institute (ALI) in…

In a split decision, Michael Hendricks (`14)…

The halls and classrooms at the University of New Mexico School of Law were abuzz for a few days during spring break, but the people going in and out of them were not law students heading to class. I…

Professor Alfred Mathewson presented a paper titled, "The Bowl Championship Series, Conference Realignment and the Major College Football Oligopoly: Revolution Not Reform," at a March symposium at th…

U.S. District Court Judge James Parker discussed the vast changes in the practice of law during the past 50 years and offered an optimistic message for the future to members of the Class of 2012 duri…

Professor Carol Suzuki discussed the responses of law school clinics to environmental disasters in an article published in the Japanese clinical law journal. The article is based on a presentation sh…

UNM Law Professor Antoinette Sedillo Lopez opened a conference at Fordham Law School with a presentation titled: "Transforming the Legal Profession: On the Other Side of Julius Cohen's Vision: Women…

Antoinette Sedillo Lopez was featured during the 2012 Workshop for New Clinical Law School Teachers, organized by the Association of American Law Schools, in Washington, D.C.

She, along with two othe…

Not long after the shocking death in 2010 of their friend, Mary Han (`85), Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Molzen (`85)…

Water resources managers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan gained a better understanding of how to manage transboundary rivers and other water resources during a late-May visit to Albuquerque.

They were …

In an op-ed published in the Albuquerque Journal in its June 18 edition, Dean Kevin Washburn compares the broad difference in how horse racing is regulated versus casino gambling in New Mexico. He s…

Members of the clinical faculty at the University of New Mexico School of Law played prominent roles at the 2012 Association of American Law Schools&#8…

Professor Sergio Pareja has always felt comfortable with his command of the Spanish language, until he stood in front of a classroom of students at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) in Madrid, w…

A select group of interdisciplinary experts came together to discuss the effects of climate change in the Southwest at a May workshop organized by the Utton Transboundary Resources Center.

Based on c…

Professor Denise Fort made a presentation at the annual meeting of the Universities Council on Water Resources/National Institutes for Water Resources in July. The title of her talk was, “Clima…

Professor Denise Fort spent three days in late June at a workshop in Sydney, Australia. The discussions centered on innovations in managing groundwater and the relationship between ground and surface…

Professor Sergio Pareja has co-authored Federal Income Taxation of Business Enterprises: Cases, Statutes, Rulings, 4th edition. The book covers the basics of the federal income taxation of partnershi…

Professor Alex Ritchie discussed new federal air quality regulations as a featured speaker at the 2012 Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico (IPANM) Annual Meeting in early August.

Ritchie …

After taking his first business law class as an undergraduate at Georgetown University, Professor Alex Ritchie knew he one day wanted to be a transactional lawyer. Although he enjoyed his first caree…

Nearly two years ago, Professor Gloria Valencia-Weber made history when President Barack Obama appointed her to the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) board of directors. Since 1974 LSC’s congres…

President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Dean Kevin K. Washburn of the University of New Mexico School of Law to become the next Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, the highest position in th…

The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Dean Kevin Washburn to serve as assistant secretary for Indian Affairs at the Department of Interior, the highest position in the federal government t…

Professor Denise Fort’s expertise in water law was in demand in August at two events. She was an invited presenter at the 57th Annual New Mexico Water Conference at New Mexico State University.…

Professor Chris Fritz was invited to participate in the 17th Annual Teaching of History Conference at the University of North Texas in mid-September. The conference is designed to share new or differ…

Aliza Organick (`96) was immersed in her clinical rotation at the University of New Mexico School of Law when she found her calling. During her third semester in law school, she and classmate Leslie M…

Professor Carol Suzuki has co-authored a chapter in the HIV & AIDS Benchbook, second edition, published by the American Bar Association. The book is designed to assist judges nationwide in resolving …

The clinical law faculty at the University of New Mexico School of Law will host an Oct. 5 open house to celebrate the grand opening of its newly refurbished state-of-the-art clinical classroom. The o…

Professor Yael Cannon was on a study-abroad semester in Cape Town, South Africa, working with gang-involved youth when she found her calling. She was an undergraduate student at the University of Mar…

Professor Barbara Blumenfeld examines the use of rhetoric in the teaching of legal writing in a new article titled, “Rhetoric, Referential Communication, and the Novice Writer.” The artic…

It was New Mexico’s natural beauty that first captivated George Bach (`02) when he was a 15-year-old Boy Scout at Philmont Scout Ranch. A native of Kentucky, he knew then that he would return to…

Professor Barbara Bergman, associate dean for academic affairs, has been appointed interim dean at the University of New Mexico School of Law. UNM Provost Chaouki T Abdallah made the announcement Oct…

Professor Dawinder “Dave” Sidhu has joined a select group of 13th Amendment scholars across the country to prepare an amicus brief in a closely watched case that is pending before the U.S.…

Maxie Gallardo (`14) loved the NAFTA course. Nick Davis (`14) liked that he started his second year of law school six credits ahead of his classmates. Jeff Gordon (`14) enjoyed learning how different…

Emeritus Professor Peter Winograd was the recipient of the inaugural Distinguished Service Award presented by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) at an early November ceremony in San Fr…