Professor Alfred D. Mathewson has had a long and vital role in Albuquerque’s celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In 2010, Mathewson was presented with the “Keep the Dream Alive Awa…
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee appointed Raquel Montoya-Lewis to a seat on Whatcom County Superior Court, making her Washington’s only sitting Native American Superior Court judge. Monto…
UNM School of Law Professor Alex Ritchie examines and tries to find solutions to complex oil and gas legal issues, not only in the classroom, but also in his scholarship. His reasoned analysis as to…
Gerard W. Thomson (’73), who along with his family helped establish a lecture and symposium honoring the late U.S. Senator Dennis Chavez, died peacefully on January 9, 2015, at the George Wash…
John Newell, Esquire, has recently been named Director of the Rozier E. Sanchez Judicial Education Center of New Mexico (JEC), which provides education and training to the judges, administrators and…
This Fall, members of the New Mexico Law Review and Professor Dawinder “Dave” S. Sidhu met distinguished visitor Kannon Shanmugam -- a leading Supreme Court advocate, partner at Williams…
UNM Law Professor Sarah Steadman (left) supervised while Dynette Cordova (’15, right) represented clients Theresa and Jose M., who adopted twins N.Z. and C.A. on National Adoption Day.
Dyne…
Tax issues for low-income taxpayers can be complex and overwhelming. This is particularly true when the IRS challenges the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Child Tax Credit, Head of Household Status or…
Kevin K. Washburn, Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, and former dean of the University of New Mexico School of Law, will be honored with the ABA’s prestigi…
Governor Susana Martinez selected two attorneys to the Board of Regents for UNM and reappointed Jamie Koch, who has served on the Board for the last 12 years.
Matt Chandler is a Clovis-based lawyer at…
Drones -- aircraft without a pilot -- are used by the military, fire fighters, and maybe soon by Amazon. But should they be used to hunt wildlife?
Several states have already banned the practice, an…
Emeritus Professor Peter Winograd was highlighted in a multiple-page interview in the fall-winter issue of the ALI Reporter, a publication of the American Law Institute. According to the website, ALI…
To celebrate Sheehan & Sheehan’s commitment to the Law School, Dean David Herring (back, left) hosted the firm at a basketball game.
Sheehan & Sheehan PA has been a very valuable partne…
February 26, 2015 – UNM Law Professor Barbara Creel has been appointed by the United States Sentencing Commission as a voting member to its Tribal Issues Advisory Group (TIAG).
The goal and pu…
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Judge Anne Kass
Judge Anne Kass and Heidi Nesbitt, the Director of the Pre-Law Summer Institute (PLSI) and Assistant Director of the American Indian Law Center (AILC), ha…
UNM Law School’s Business and Tax Clinic has tapped into the expertise of a high-level tax attorney with 34 years of experience.
Peter Marks, the new Pro Bono Coordinator for the tax component…
Professor Mary Leto Pareja, whose expertise is in health law and economic justice issues, has recently written an article proposing restructuring of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to improve ch…
Wild Friends, an award-winning project of the UNM School of Law that provides hands-on civic education statewide, continues to receive media attention with their 2014-2015 legislative project to dev…
Visiting law professor Maryam Ahranjani congratulates Bernadette Rodriguez, one of the six winners of the law school’s first annual Marshall-Brennan Moot Court competition in October, 2014.
UNM School of Law Prof. Nathalie Martin, whose research focuses on high-cost loans, is being quoted and interviewed in the news media ranging from the New York Times and the Atlantic to the Albuque…
Francisco Calí Tzay, Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), and Lindsay Robertson, Advisor to the CERD Chair on Indigenous Issues, presented &…
In early 2013, the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic began representation of a minority-owned sole proprietorship where all business expenses—as well as most of the taxpayer’s item…
On Friday, March 20, 2015, Commissioner Norman Bay presented a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) lecture title…
“Max Evans & Friends,” an episode of Arts Talk, a local-cable television show produced by Professors Sherri Burr and students in her Intellectual P…
Reporter Jeff Guo of the Washington Post quoted UNM Law Professor Reed Benson six times in an article about rainwater collection in Colorado.
Professors Barbara Creel and John LaVelle have been invited to participate as official observers in the Talking Circle on the Indigenous Legal Tradition at the …
The Jeffrey G. Miller Pace National Environmental Law …
Professor Barbara Creel and the National Association of Cri…
Chief United States District Judge M. Christina Armijo hosted 14 students and 3 faculty from the Law and Indigenous Peoples Program on a tour of the Pete V. Domenici U.S. Courthouse in …
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UNM law students Suzanne Fortner (’16), Robert Johnston(’1…
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Southwest Indian Law Clinic students Veronica C. Gonzales (’15) and Heidi Todacheene (’15) will re…
In the article, “See how U.S. News and World Report ranked UNM’s law school,”Albuquerque Business First reporter Sal Christ writes that the UNM School of Law ranks 71st out of 1…
UNM Law School Professor Barbara Creel presented at the Rural West Conference hosted by Stanford University’s Bill Lane Center for the American West from March 4-6, 2015.
The conference theme…
Wild Friends students from Guadalupe Montessori in Silver City, two of whom were expert witnesses on the floor of the Senate for SM 91, with sponsor Sen. Morales.
Wild Friends had a very even…
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UNM Law School Not-for-Profit Art Gallery will launch a Student Artist …
Professors Gloria Valencia-Weber and Jeanette Wolfley are invited as panelists at the Federal Bar Association’s 40th Annual Indian Law Conference from April 9-10, 2015 near Scottsdale, AZ, at…
UNM Law Professor Nathalie Martin and Emeritus Professor Elizabeth Rapaport continue to be sought out by journalists and others for their expertise.
Recently, Rapaport was quoted in The Marshall Pro…
Albuquerque, NM –University of New Mexico School of Law Professor Emerita Margaret Montoya is an honoree in the Harvard Law School (HLS) 2nd Annual International Women’s Day Portrait Exh…
This month, Garrett Epps, Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law and the Supreme Court correspondent for The Atlantic, visited the law school to talk about his latest book, &#…
UNM Law Community Lawyering Clinic with Chief of Staff Keith Gardner and Deputy General Counsel Matthew Stackpole.
Professor Camille Carey integrated an experiential learning opportunity into …
March 2, 2015 – Right now in the United States, 65 million people – 21 percent of the population—are eligible for legal aid, according to the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), the…
Distinguished Professor James W. Ellis received the 2014 Advocacy Matters! Award from The Arc, a national organization that promotes and protects people with intellectual and developmen…
Veronica C. Gonzales (’…
Albuquerque, NM – University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President Chaouki Abdallah announced that UNM School of Law Dean …
Two UNM Law students were recently selected for a prestigious internship to learn how federal Indian policy is implemented.
Melanie Ben (1L) and Christine Jordan (2L) received the 2015
Larissa Lozano (’16) and Jaymie Roybal (’…
The University of New Mexico School of Law Class of 2015 is on the final step of the journey to receive the Juris Doctorate. Students will celebrate at several events, including the Honor…
The first-ever Indian Estate Planning Clinic for Native American members will be held on Saturday, April 25 from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm at the UNM Law School, 1117 Stanford NE, Albuquerq…
UNM Law Library faculty presented papers on legal research outcomes and security issues at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Law Li…
Three faculty members of the UNM Law School Business and Tax program traveled nationwide recently to share their expertise and participate in panels – from the UC Hastings College o…
Gordon Rahn “spends his days searching for the truth,” as director of the UNM Law School…
Third year law students were welcomed into the Law Alumni Association at a reception in the Forum at the UNM Law School on Thursday, April 9, 2015. They were joined by lawyers, judges, …
The Native American Law Students Association held a very successful fundraiser at the Buf…
The University of New Mexico School of Law has moved to Number 18 nationwide in the Top 50 Law Schools ranking by Above the Law, up four places from last year.
“We’re del…
The Honors and Awards Ceremony celebrating the Class of 2015 was held on Friday, May 8 at the UNM Law School For…
Albuquerque, NM –The University of New Mexico School of Law student-edited general legal journal New Mexico Law Review (NMLR) has published a special issue …
More than 1200 family and friends gathered on the North Patio at the UNM Law School to honor the Class of …
For decades, former Dean and Professor Emeritus Leo Romero helped shape Ne…
Adjunct Professor Grace Allison has been named Chair of the 300-member Charitable Planning and Organizations Group of the Real Property Trust and Estate section (“RPTE”) of …
The blog, Badcredit.org, highlights research by Professor Nathalie Martin in the post Exploring the Credit Behaviors of Undocumented Immigrants.
The blog summarizes her research with, &…
Over Spring Break…
Last year, Tracy L. Canard Goodluck (’14) was selected for the prestigious Presidential Management Fellowship program, a two-year paid fellowship under the U.S. government’s…
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Dozens of very generous sponsors and thirty-seven teams of enthusiastic players had a simi…
Applications to the UNM Law School increased almost 10% this year, generating positive attention from the Daily Lobo and Albuquerque Business First.
Despite a downward national trend, a…
UNM Law School student Adriel Orozco ('16) recently received a 10-week summer public interest labor law from the Peggy Browning Fund. Orozco is spending the fellowship working at Friend…
UNM School of Law Assistant Professor Serge Martinez is taking the lead role…
Five faculty members of the UNM Clinical…
After a rigorous internal search, University of New Mexico Provost Chaouki Abdallah announced today the …
New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers has selected UNM Law Professor Barbara Bergman, Pamela B. Minzner Chair in Professionalism, as the 2015 recipient of the Charles Driscoll Award.
This…
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Albuquerque, NM – University of New Mexico School of Law Professor Sherri Burr has received a prestigious one-month fellowship from the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jef…
Most students come …
UNM School of Law Professor Sherri Burr and students in her Intellectual Property and Art Law classes produced an episode of local-cable…
Southwest Indian Law Clinic Director Professor Barbara Creel was invited t…
Albuquerque, NM – UNM Law School Professor Dawinder “…
Professor Al Utton
Thursday, September 24, 5–7 p…
In August, Assistant Professor Mary Leto Pareja participated in a panel discussion sponsored by the Taxpayer Advocate Service, a division of the Internal Revenue Service, about reforming …
Professor Jenny…
Professor Cliff Villa is the “go to guy” on legal and practical implications of the Animas River spill.
Recently hired t…
Mexican di…
The University of New Mexico School of Law is proud to announce that three of our outstanding faculty have received promotions: Camille Carey to Professor, Yael Zakai Cannon to Associate …
Looking for a fun way to celebrate the end of summer and the start of a new school year?
All UNM Law School faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited to a back to school barbecue o…
Three UNM Law students worked in public policy this summer, doing research, assisting in drafting legislation, and helping advocate for clients. They built a portfolio of hands-on exper…
The UNM School of Law Not-for-Profit Art Gallery invites all artists who are UNM faculty or alumni, as well as friends of the Law School, to submit their art for consideration for the S…
Low-income individuals who have income tax problems with the IRS can get brief advice from UNM Clinical Law Students at an upcoming free Income Tax Controversy Fair. Consultations will f…
Melanie Ben (‘17) and Christine Jordan (‘16) spent ten weeks in Washington D.C. …
UNM School of Law graduates Mia Touchet, Rachel Higgins, Kelly Sanchez, and…
With the help of the Office of Student & Career Services, students built a portfolio of hands-on experiences and prepared fo…
This semester, UNM School of Law Professor Carol Suzuki is co-teaching a Bioethics writing seminar with Dr. Aroop Mangalik, a retired internist…
The UNM Law School’s commitment to providing students with a quality educat…
Two …
UNM School of Law’s proximity to a number …
Reed Benson, Weihofen Professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law, has been named Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Water and the Environment at the University of Lethbri…
Many UNM Law School students have increased their skills …
UNM Law Professor Max Minzer has been named General Council for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Minzner, who joined FERC Chairman Norman Bay’s staff as an advisor…
On Friday, October 16, over 400 attendees gathered to celebrate the 2015 Distinguished Achievement Awards Dinner. The awards dinner is the Law Alumni Associatio…
Connecting with alumni and friends around the state is a priority for the UNM School of Law deans. Dean Sergio …
Emily…
A degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law is one of the best values in the nation, according to The National Jurist magazine.
The UNM School of Law was named 6th Best Valu…
The Kendall O. Schlenker Endowed Scholarship in Law was established in 2014 by an anonymous donor to honor Mr. Schlenker, who is a 1957 gr…
UNM School of Law Professor David Stout has been named one of the top lawyers in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, the oldest and most respected peer-review publicat…
UNM Law School Professor Steven K. Homer authored an essay that has been published by the American Bar Association and the National LGBT Bar Association in the collective work Out and Ab…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin K. Washburn, after more than three years of leadership, w…
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School of Law Alumna Aja N. Brooks Sworn In as the State Bar of New Mexico’s 139th President
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New Mexico State Representative and First-Year Law Student Cristina Parajón is a Driving Force Behind the Development of the Gateway Center
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