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The University of New Mexico is well-known for preparing the next generation of legal professionals within the UNM School of Law; that’s not the only option, however, for creating a new cohort of lawyers through UNM. For over 15 years, UNM’s Continuing...

Each Fall a group of law students teach high school students from underserved schools about their Constitutional rights and how to interact with law enforcement. This week the program will be featured in a national streaming special about racial healing...

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 National Legal Aid and Defenders...

The University of New Mexico’s Level Two Grand Challenge team Just Transition to Green Energy convened UNM law school professors and New Mexico politicians recenty to provide a forum to discuss challenges and policies for moving toward a low-carbon...

Samantha Wauls, a University of New Mexico School of Law alumna (‘22) will spend the second half of her year-long entertainment law and policy fellowship at the Motion Picture Association and Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program (MPA-EICOP)...

University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) annually compiles a Year-in-Review highlighting both its general and research news and feature stories across campus during the course of the calendar year. Below is a select list based on UCAM's Newsroom...

In a first of its kind event, Steve A. Darden (Diné/Navajo and Cheyenne) will share his research on Diné traditional concepts around death, the afterlife, and burials in a presentation called, “Diné/Navajo Stories about Death, the Afterlife, Grief...

Imagine your identity gets stolen or misconfigured online, resulting in serious personal damages. The cause was an error rooted in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, equipment with no face or name.  So who’s to blame? Is it the company who hosts...

University of New Mexico School of Law alumnus Eric Knapp (‘98) and his wife, Dana Marie Knapp, have made a $1.9...

  It’s another accolade for University of New Mexico alumnus and Bay-area named “Super Lawyer” Loren Kieve.    Kieve has just been chosen for the 2022 John H. Pickering Achievement Award on behalf of the...