School of Law

Leo Romero, professor emeritus and former dean of the University of New Mexico School of Law, is to be honored by the American Bar Association with the 2014 Spirit of Excellence Award, which celebrates accomplishments of lawyers who promote a more ...

The University of New Mexico Mock Trial Team won the Air Force Invitational mock trials competition recently in Colorado Springs. Two teams of UNM students participated, playing the roles of both prosecution and defense in a case regarding a former ...

The University of New Mexico School of Law Mexican American Law Student Association (MALSA) received the 2013 National Achievement Award for Diversity from the Law Student Division of the American Bar Association honored the with the 2013 National ...

During a summer research trip to South Australia, UNM Professor of Law Marsha Baum was invited to speak at multiple venues on her comparative law research project on the legal treatment of animals in disasters and animals used in research. Baum was a ...

The University of New Mexico School of Law and its Alumni Association Board recently announced the 2013 School of Law Distinguished Achievement Award recipients.  Peter Johnstone, UNM School of Law class of 1974 (posthumously); Patricia Madrid, class ...

Dawinder S. Sidhu, an assistant professor of law at the UNM School of Law, has been selected as the 2013-14 Supreme Court Fellow assigned to the United States Sentencing Commission.The Supreme Court Fellows Program was created in 1973 by the late Chief ...

Provost Chaouki Abdallah has announced the appointment of David Herring as the dean for the University of New Mexico's School of Law. Herring is a professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, where he teaches Constitutional Law, ...

The University Of New Mexico School Of Law's Not for Profit Art Gallery unveiled a new art installation recently. The project is organized by the School of Law's Art Committee and will feature work from UNM students.The students featured are: Christopher ...

Margaret E. MontoyaUniversity of New Mexico School of Law Professor Margaret E. Montoya created one of the essays included in the National Park Service's "American Latinos and the Making of the United States: A Theme Study," which recognizes Latino ...

Sherri Burr is not just a regents professor who teaches entertainment law, she's an art aficionado who sees the value of bringing art into the UNM School of Law. Burr, who chair's the school's art committee, decided to institute a rotating art ...