School of Law

University of New Mexico Provost Chaouki Abdallah recently announced that professor Barbara Bergman, associate dean for academic affairs at the UNM School of Law, has been appointed the interim dean following the appointment of former dean ...

The clinical law faculty at the University of New Mexico School of Law host open house Friday, Oct. 5, from 5-7 p.m. to celebrate the grand opening of its newly refurbished state-of-the-art clinical classroom. The event is open to the public.Refreshments ...

Kevin WashburnThe U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Dean Kevin Washburn to serve as assistant secretary for Indian Affairs at the Department of Interior, the highest position in the federal government that focuses primarily on Indian ...

The highly awarded 2011 documentary "Crime After Crime" returns to the University of New Mexico Law School on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. Filmmaker Yoav Potash, who lived in Santa Fe, N.M. during the final two of the six-year project, will attend.The ...

Professor Jim Chen of the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law will discuss the legal developments that presaged and paralleled the Civil War at a Constitution Day event at the University of New Mexico School of Law. The lecture takes ...

University of New Mexico graduate schools are ranked among the "2012 Best Schools for Hispanics" as reported by HispanicBusiness.com. The schools are ranked based upon their effectiveness in attracting Hispanic students in medicine, business, engineering ...

New Mexicans haven't been immune to the United States' home foreclosure crisis in the previous few years. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, around 17,000 mortgage loans in New Mexico are considered "seriously delinquent," and most of those ...

UNM School of Law alumna Sue George (`88), a longtime environmental lawyer who directs the Wild Friends program at the University of New Mexico School of Law, will be the guest speaker at a March 7 brown bag lunch at the school. The title of her talk is, ...

Oxford University Press recently released Humanitarian Law in Action within Africa, written by UNM School of Law Regents Professor Jennifer Moore. Moore studies the role and application of humanitarian law by focusing on African countries emerging from ...

Judge Mary H. Murguia of the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will present the inaugural U.S. Sen. Dennis Chavez Endowed Lecture on Law & Civil Rights at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 20 at the University of New Mexico School of Law.This new lecture and symposium ...