School of Law

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced New Mexico Court of Appeals Judge Julie Vargas will serve on the state Supreme Court. The Albuquerque native, and former Lobo will succeed Justice Judith Nakamura. The governor selected Vargas from the list of...

In a historic move, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden selected New Mexico Congresswoman, and UNM alumna, Deb Haaland to serve as the first Native American interior secretary. Haaland isn’t a stranger to shattering glass ceilings. The democratic...

Education helped save his life. Steven Trujeque, the father of two, was headed toward a future of incarceration and, possibly, a dance with death. “At that point in time, in my life, I was looking for anything. I kept telling myself I need to find a way...

A professor at The University of New Mexico School of Law has become a very accomplished Yogi – someone who studies and is proficient in yoga. Nathalie Martin, who has been a part of the UNM law faculty since 1998, was featured in a magazine put...

University of New Mexico School of Law Regents Professor Christine Zuni Cruz was awarded the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law and Governance at McGill University. Cruz’s research project, “Toward an Understanding of Indigenous Legal...

Wild Friends, an award-winning conservation and civics program through the University of New Mexico School of Law, received a $50,000 grant from XTO Energy. This grant expands the Wild Friends program to southeast New Mexico and enables all eighth-grade...

As the state’s flagship university, The University of New Mexico takes pride in being a “community of unique perspectives embracing divergence, letting the very things that divide us become the things that connect us to each other. What makes us...

Life after law school has been anything but sedentary and sedate for Professor Emerita Sherri Burr. Burr officially retired from teaching three years ago after a distinguished career that spanned 30 years, a noteworthy span that saw her become the first...

The challenge marginalized groups face is that many microaggressions are systemic. This means they are embedded in policies, programs and practices at the federal, state and local level. To combat microaggressions means that everyone has to be...

When people think of racism, there’s this idea that it is explicit in nature. However, time has shown that this is not the case and racism can be expressed implicitly or not as outwardly as media would like people to perceive. Many times, when people...