School of Law

After teaching for almost 30 years, UNM School of Law Regents Professor Sherri Burr is retiring from her tenured position on July 31. She was the first African-American female to be granted tenure and promotion to full professor at UNM.  Burr taught...

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...

Each year, 24 seventh and eighth graders explore the world of law and get a taste of college life at a five-day residential Summer Law Camp on the UNM campus. Participants take classes at the UNM Law School, where they develop skills in research,...

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...

While some westerners clamor for “restoring public lands to the states,” it may be time for more serious consideration of restoring some management functions over public lands to the governments from whom these lands were taken. Professor Kevin Washburn...

Several programs at The University of New Mexico were ranked in the upcoming issue of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools” for 2018 after surveying more than 1,970 graduate programs in compiling the rankings. Topping the list was...

A new book by University of New Mexico School of Law Professor Joshua E. Kastenberg is the first published history to explore the military legal expansions of Major General Enoch Crowder, Judge Advocate General of the US Army. Kastenberg also examines...