School of Law

The University of New Mexico Audit Department has completed its audit of the Student Bar Association bank accounts and posted the report on the auditor’s website. The School of Law and SBA have already put into place the measures outlined in the audit ...

The University of New Mexico is touted by HispanicBusiness.com for Hispanic enrollment in postgraduate programs. UNM is featured in all four of its lists: business, engineering, law and medicine.  Of the 40 schools that made it on the 2014 ...

“Understanding and Acting on the Border Crisis: A panel discussion,” featuring several members of the University of New Mexico faculty, is set for Sunday, Aug. 24 from 5 – 6:30 p.m. at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 5301 Ponderosa NE, one block east ...

For students considering the University of New Mexico School of Law, the decision to invest in a legal education was made a bit easier this week. PreLaw magazine ranked the UNM School of Law 11th “Best Value Law School” nationwide in its 2014 Back to ...

University of New Mexico School of Law Emerita Professor Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, was selected to receive the 2014 Excellence in Legal Service Award from MALDEF, the nation’s leading Latino legal civil rights organization. The award, which recognizes ...

The University of New Mexico School of Law Corinne Wolfe Children’s Law Center received the 2014 Outstanding Program Award from the State Bar of New Mexico. The award was presented at the recent State Bar annual meeting. “The Corinne Wolfe Children’s ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed Norman Bay, current director of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Enforcement, commissioner of the agency. FERC regulates the nation’s electric grid and other energy infrastructure. From 2002 to 2009, Bay was a ...

When it comes to finances, ignorance is not bliss and knowledge is golden. Financial well-being increases when individuals educate themselves about how to eliminate debt, frugally purchase cars and homes, save and invest appropriately and plan ...

Lawyers are twice as likely to be alcoholics than the general population, and three times more likely to suffer a heart attack.  Now a short, user-friendly yoga book written by lawyers can help lawyers de-stress. Yoga for Lawyers: Mind-Body Techniques

University of New Mexico School of Law Distinguished Professor Jim Ellis and a team of UNM law faculty and students were instrumental in obtaining a recent Supreme Court ruling on how states can diagnose intellectual disability in capital cases. The ...