School of Law

Protecting survivors, safeguarding students, faculty and staff, and opening more doors for all: that’s what UNM’s Women’s Resource Center (WRC) and its partners will be able to do more of. That’s thanks to a new $300,000 federal grant from the The...

The UNM School of Law has launched its first ever Border Justice Fellowship Program, a key component of the school’s Border Justice Initiative focused on ensuring the legal system’s just treatment of immigrants at the U.S. southern border.  Jorge...

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...

UNM School of Law Professor Cliff Villa has been asked by the President Joe Biden Administration to serve as a political appointee to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As a senior advisor to the EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management,...

University of New Mexico alumna Barbara Brown Simmons, known for her dedication to justice and a life of service to others, died July 14. “As we mourn Barbara Brown Simmons’ passing, we also celebrate her life. She was inspirational, groundbreaking, and...

Twelve faculty members at The University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2022 Women in STEM awards. Award recipients will look at patterns of cancer disparities in New Mexico, consider an interdisciplinary lens for algorithmic justice, examine...

The University of New Mexico's Natural Resources and Environmental Law Program hosts a discussion by John Leshy, Tuesday, April 19.  The former solicitor (general counsel) of the U.S. Department of the Interior released a new book, "Our Common Ground"...

 Ajla Škrbić, post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Law, Freie Universität, Berlin, will present The University of New Mexico Department of History’s Women’s History Lecture on “Gender, Power and Violence: Conflict-Related Sexual Violence...