School of Law

The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments this week on whether to uphold the Colorado Supreme Court decision barring Trump from the 2024 Colorado primary ballot. A UNM Law professor is among a group of First Amendment scholars arguing the...

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...

A professor at The University of New Mexico School of Law was part of a team of attorneys that filed an amicus brief for the Colorado Supreme Court to consider in its ruling on Anderson v. Griswold. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled last month that...

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...

The Tribal Law Journal (TBJ) at The University of New Mexico School of Law hosts a virtual symposium to discuss the impacts of the Seminal Supreme Court decision Johnson v. M'Intosh. The symposium is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2...

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)...

This week marks National Forensic Science Week, a time to recognize the contributions of forensic science to the modern criminal justice system and an opportunity to celebrate academic programs, forensic professionals, and scientific research in the...

It was nearly a year ago when Open AI publicly launched its generative artificial intelligence platforms ChatGPT and DALL-E. The availability of this new technology immediately sent shockwaves through industries across the world and AI became part of the...

The word ‘crisis’ is hardly an exaggeration when you look at the state of climate and drought in the Southwest. It’s even less of one, when you’re evaluating water supply in New Mexico. Crisis is, unfortunately, the most accurate possible descriptor when...