A new report from The University of New Mexico and PSE Healthy Energy examines which communities in New Mexico are most impacted by pollution from large facilities.

The report, “Climate, Health…

Cristina Rodríguez, J.D., will present, "Partisan Polarization, the Supreme Court, and Prospects for Reform" at The University of New Mexico School of Law on Thursday, Feb. 23. The event begins a…

The life and legacy of University of New Mexico School of Law alumna and trailblazer, Barbara Brown Simmons (‘74), was celebrated on Jan. 27 at the UNM Alumni Chapter.

Brown Simmons, who died J…

Through the combined efforts of the Career Services professionals, law school professors, and the students’ hard work themselves, the Law School outranked many other top law programs around the…

Congratulations to Elliott Heater-Brown (2L), the winner of the Don G. McCormick Writing Prize! This prize is awarded to an ELA II student with the brief that best represents and exemplifies excellen…

UNM Law graduate (2022), Samantha Wauls, has received a prestigious one-year entertainment law fellowship with the Motion Picture Association (MPA)! The Motion Picture Association and the Entertainme…

ExxonMobil today announced grants during the past 12 months to New Mexico higher education institutions and multiple community education initiatives supporting various Science, Engineering, Technolog…

The American Bar Association’s Accreditation Standard 303(b) requires that lawyers be trained in professional identity formation, including “the knowledge, skills, values, morals, goals a…

The Pre-Law Summer Institute (PLSI) Institute for American Indians and Alaska Natives is a two-month program that prepares American Indian and Alaska Native individuals for law school by simulating t…

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The Distinguished Achievements Award Dinner (DAAD) is celebrating the 2023 awardees: Hon. Judy Nakamura (Ret), Benny Naranjo, Alicia Gutierrez, and Larissa Lozano for the Promisee Award. The DAAD is …

Special promo code for students and faculty. Please email nmlrsymposium2023@unm.edu for more information.

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Congratulations, Othmer Award and APIL Fellowship Recipients!

The Association for Public Interest Law (“APIL”) celebrates the recipient of the 2023 Othmer Award, as well as the recipients …

New Mexico is the no. 2 oil-producing state in the nation. But in recent months, President Joe Biden visited an up-and-coming wind tower manufacturing site and just last week there was a groundbreaki…

Governor Lujan Grisham’s executive order, suspending open and concealed carry laws in Albuquerque and throughout Bernalillo County for 30 days, has raised many discussions among the…

Professor Kastenberg published a book that became available for purchase on September 8, 2023. The book is titled Goldwater v. Carter: Foreign Policy, China, and the Resurgence of Executive Branch Pr…

NMCRA Symposium - October 28th 9am - 5pm

NRJ Symposium - November 3rd 8am - 2pm

TLJ Symposium- November 9th 9am -2pm

Attention Brave Souls! You're Invited to a Bone-Chilling Lecture on Mega Drought in the Southwest. 
Are you ready to confront the terrifying reality of a Mega Drought gripping the Southwest? Join …

Ron and Susan Friedman Professor Maryam Ahranjani joined First Amendment scholars Floyd Abrams, Bruce Ackerman, Lee C. Bollinger, Erwin Chemerinsky, Alan Chen, Kent Greenfeld, Martha Minow, and Geoff…

Congratulations to Professor Reed Benson for receiving the 2023 Frank Trelease Award from the University of Wyoming College of Law. The award honors Frank J. Trelease who served as dean at the…

Professor Gabe Pacyniak received the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) Leadership in Energy Efficiency award this November. Professor Pacyniak has been a part of numerous programs that help…

The UNM School of Law recently gained a new addition to the Clinical Program this semester: a passenger van that can seat up to 15 people. Every student at the law school is required to partic…

Thursday, November 16
12pm - 1pm

oin us for Lobo Living Room: The United States Supreme Court: Behind the Velvet Curtain on Wednesday, November 15 at 5:15 PM, at the UNM School of Law. Register here: https://conta.cc/49o3qV8

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Gloria Valencia-Weber, a professor emerita, regents professor, and Henry Weihofen Professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law received the prestigious Pierce Hickerson Award from the Natio…