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Crestencia Pihlaja, a 2L at The University of New Mexico School of Law, earned second place for Best Oral Argument at the Hispanic National Bar Association moot court competition in Seattle in March. Damon Nieto and Crestencia Pihlaja Pihlaja...

Erinna “Erin” Atkins, a 2009 graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Law, took office in January as the President of the State Bar of New Mexico. Even now as she leads the State Bar of New Mexico, she still considers it an immense privilege to...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham tells us why she wants to call a special session centered on public safety. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio asks the governor why she thinks a special session is necessary and whether she has the...

For most students, the peak college experience at The University of New Mexico is Fiestas, the annual student event that kicks off every Spring, and one of the largest music festivals in New Mexico! This yearr’s event will take place at 89Johnson Field...

Barely 20 percent of adults can name their state legislators, according to a semi-recent survey. Half couldn't say if their state had a one- or two-house legislature. Over 60 percent didn’t know if being a state legislator was a full-time job. UNM’s...

This week, New Mexico in Focus looks back at how the COVID-19 pandemic has shaped the last four years. In the first of a two-part interview, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor sits down with Santa Fe-based public defender Jennifer Burrill and Michael Bird,...

This week, New Mexico in Focus breaks down a report that ranks New Mexico as one of the 10 most expensive states to purchase groceries. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio speaks with James Peach, a retired economics professor with New Mexico State University,...

Local journalism in New Mexico is pressing forward, thanks to Press Forward.  A coalition of some of the nation’s largest nonprofit foundations has just announced that New Mexico is joining 10 other new Press Forward Chapters, as part of a $500...

This week, New Mexico in Focus speaks with a tipster who may have helped launch the FBI investigation into alleged corruption at the Albuquerque Police Department's DWI unit. Journalist Elise Kaplan of City Desk Albuquerque asks legal malpractice...

This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks to attorney Ahmad Assed and journalist Julia Goldberg about the ongoing trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and the pending trial of actor/producer Alec Baldwin, each charged...