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On Saturday, March 12 the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board (JJAB) and UNM-Los Alamos will kickoff the return of their popular Parenting University series of programs with a free workshop for parents and caregivers.  

The University of New Mexico School of Law received a grant designed to attract, prepare and mobilize a diverse group of lawyers to pursue justice and racial equity, and to achieve improved health and well-being for New Mexico’s most vulnerable children...

Professor Gordon Rahn charges his students in the Innocence and Justice Seminar to the same mission: find new evidence.

University of New Mexico Professor of Law Barbara Creel, Jemez Pueblo, has been appointed by the United States Sentencing Commission as a voting member to its Tribal Issues Advisory Group (TIAG). The goal and purpose of the group is to study the ...

The New Mexico Senate has confirmed Barbara Damron as the secretary of the Higher Education Department. It was a breeze, starting this morning with a lovefest in the Senate Rules Committee.

DNA analysis can help convict the guilty and exonerate the innocent When the criminal justice system fails to function as it should. Since its reorganization in 2010, the Innocence and Justice Program (IJP) at the University of New Mexico School of Law has investigated claims of innocence and provided courses in criminal investigation to

Faculty, staff and leadership are convening to discuss the University of New Mexico’s public mission and how community engagement should be infused throughout the institution and be an integral element in shaping its identity.

The University of New Mexico Alumni Association has announced the recipients of its 2014 Lobo, Zia and Inspirational Young Alumnus Awards. They include: Tim Cass, Lobo Award; John Draper, Charles Lanier, Damon Martinez, Don Power, Ruth Schifani and Bar

UNM Law School Professor Barbara E. Bergman has been selected to receive the 2014 Justice Mary Walters Award from the UNM Women's Law Caucus on Friday, March 14 at 6 p.m. in the UNM Student Union Building ballroom B. Each year, the Women’s Law Caucus ...

Barbara Rodriguez, associate professor and chair, Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of New Mexico, is collaborating with Deborah Rhein, associate professor, Communication Disorders Program at New Mexico State University, on a ...