In what’s likely the only class of its kind in the country, New Mexico Court of Appeals judges teach students how to think like a judge.
In Appellate Decision Making, UNM Law School students learn how judges think about a case. They learn how judges go...
By Audrey Jaramillo and Tamara WilliamsMay 04, 2016
Garrett Adcock has been in the news for his intelligence, versatility on the Lobo football field, and most of all, for his extensive community service.
Two faculty members in the Law and Indigenous Peoples Program at The University of New Mexico School of Law combined their expertise in Indian law to write an amicus brief that has received national attention.
Creel and LaVelle collaborated to draft and...
The six students knew the practice sessions and preparation for the Mock Trial Competition would be intense.
But they also knew that there would be a great payoff: Steve and Andy Scholl would train them to be trial lawyers, not mock trial...
A recent study co-authored by University of New Mexico School of Law Associate Professor Yael Zakai Cannon shows the relationship between “adverse childhood experiences,” or ACEs, and juvenile delinquency. The study also sheds light on the role that law...
The University of New Mexico School of Law has jumped 11 spots to the ranking of 60th nationwide in US News & World Report’s 2017 Best Law Schools. US News takes into account assessments by peer law schools, ratings by lawyers and judges as well as ...
Surprise and elation spread across the faces of UNM Law School students Frank Cardoza and Scott Woody at a dinner during the midyear meeting of the ABA’s Section of Taxation.
The University of New Mexico School of Law received a grant designed to attract, prepare and mobilize a diverse group of lawyers to pursue justice and racial equity, and to achieve improved health and well-being for New Mexico’s most vulnerable children...
The Natural Resources and Environmental Law Program at the University of New Mexico School received an “A” rating in the winter issue of preLaw magazine.
“The UNM Law School has a strong tradition in this field, and we are happy to be recognized as one...
The winter issue of preLaw magazine lists the University of New Mexico School of Law No. 1 for Public Defenders/Prosecutors.
Curriculum at the UNM Law School features more than 100 classes beneficial to a public interest practice, and many of them are...