School of Law

One of The University of New Mexico’s own will deliver the keynote address at the 2018 Fall Commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 14. UNM School of Law alumna Judith Nakamura, chief justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, will present the keynote...

The University of New Mexico School of Law has welcomed two full-time faculty members, Assistant Professor of Law Sonia M. Gipson Rankin, and Associate Professor of Law Laura Spitz. “We are very pleased to have these new professors join our law school...

UNM School of Law’s Natural Resources and Environmental Law Program and the Utton Center presents a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) panel discussion, “Colorado’s Experience with State Pollution Regulations for the Oil and Gas Sector.”  The discussion...

On Tuesday, Oct. 30 from 5 – 6:30 p.m. the UNM Law School Not for Profit Gallery launches its 2019 Artists in Residence Exhibition in the Law School Forum.  In attendance will be all 18 artists, including law school alumni Norm Gagne, Sarah Lough, and...

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...

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...