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UNM School of Law Professor David Stout (’82) has been selected to receive the Justice Pamela B. Minzner Outstanding Advocacy for Women Award at a reception on Thursday, Aug. 24 at the Albuquerque Country Club. “Professor Stout is a tireless advocate...

The New Mexico Supreme Court recently took final steps to ensure that the state has a safe, fair and effective bail and pretrial detention system. The reforms permit detention without bail of clearly dangerous individuals accused of a crime and ensure...

Megan Horning is a fierce advocate for people in need, especially for individuals and families in Indian country whose experiences are not addressed thoroughly in our current legal system. Her paper, Border Town Bullies: The Bad Auto Deal and Subprime...

More than 650 legal educators recently attended the Association of American Law Schools 40th Annual Conference on Clinical Legal Education in Denver, but one law school stood out. From organizing the conference and being recognized during the opening...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision recently in Moore v. Texas references an amicus, meaning friend-of-the-court, brief written by The University of New Mexico School of Law Distinguished Professor Jim Ellis and a team of Law School faculty and...

Jacob Duran has sat in a prison cell for three decades, convicted of the murder of an elderly woman who hired him to do work on her home. At nearly 70 years old, Duran has finally found a reason to rethink his future after so much of his life has been...

A leading legal scholar and consultant on the hit T.V. series “The West Wing” is coming to the University of New Mexico stage. Akhil Reed Amar will present ‘The Constitution at a Crossroads’ later this month.

According to a recent study conducted by The National Jurist, New Mexico is in the second hottest job market for entry-level attorneys. Based on data from both the National Association for Law Placement and the American Bar Association the Mountain...

The University of New Mexico Law School not-for-profit Art Gallery is launching the 2017 Artist in Residence Program with an opening reception on Tuesday, Jan. 24 from 5–6:30 p.m. in the Forum at the UNM Law School.  

The UNM School of Law Not for Profit Art Gallery is inviting all University of New Mexico artists to submit their art for consideration for the 2017 exhibition. The Art Committee is looking for two current or emeriti faculty artists, two current student...