School of Law

Beginning next fall, courses at The University of New Mexico will begin showing new Common Course Numbering (CCN) in compliance with the State of New Mexico’s Higher Education Department (HED) to standardize common courses among the state’s higher...

Kenneth Winston Starr, J.D., will present, "Investigating the President, Now and Then: Living in a Constitutional Quagmire" at The University of New Mexico School of Law on Nov. 1. Starr will present his lecture as the Distinguished 2018 John Field...

The University of New Mexico School of Law is observing Constitution Day through a celebration sponsored by Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project.  Constitution day falls on Sept. 17 of every year, but this year will be observed on Friday,...

Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency leader Gina McCarthy has something to say, and it will be at The University of New Mexico School of Law. McCarthy led the EPA from 2013 to 2017, during a period that included passage of the federal Climate...

Two groundbreaking lectures will take place at UNM School of Law on Thursday, March 22. First, Professor Deleso Alford from Florida A&M University College of Law presents the Henrietta Lacks and HeLa Cells portion of “The HER-story” series on...

A new Native American Budget and Policy Institute launching this week aims at empowering Native American communities to improve their health, education and economic well-being. The NABPI will conduct research, budget and policy analysis, social justice...

New rankings from the 2018 Princeton Review on best law schools are out and it’s great news for law students at UNM. The UNM School of Law out shined many other law schools in areas important to the University, law community and perspective...

The Real ID requirements that took effect last November are fairly sophisticated to navigate. They may prove challenging for people who are trying to get or renew a driver’s license, have questions about a name change, or need advice on changing or...

The UNM School of Law Alumni will honor four members of the legal community at its Distinguished Achievement Awards Dinner on Friday, Oct. 20 in the UNM Student Union Building (SUB) ballrooms. The dinner, attended by approximately 450 guests or more each...

At the beginning of this summer, close to a few-hundred would-be attorneys took the New Mexico Bar Exam with hopes of passing the rigorous test to become a licensed practitioner of law. The New Mexico Board of Bar Examiners (NMBBE) just released the...