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The New Mexico Law Review and the Tribal Law Journal are now accepting registration for an upcoming symposium focused on the evolving challenges and changes in New Mexico's healthcare landscape.

The Symposium will take place October 30, 2026 at the University of New Mexico School of Law.

Registration can be completed at: bit.ly/unmsol-symposium-registration
*Note: registration required for CLE credit by @unmlaw

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The UNM School of Law and the UNM School of Law Alumni/ae Association are proud to announce the 2026 Distinguished Achievement Award and Alumni Promise Award honorees. Honorees for the Distinguished Achievement Award are Alfred Dennis Mathewson, Bidtah Becker, and Chuck Peifer. The Alumni Promise Award recipient is Krista Garcia.

The awards dinner will be held on October 16, 2026, in the Student Union ballrooms.

Registration for the awards dinner is open and can be accessed by following the link in bio. by @unmlaw

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3 months ago

In case you missed it, there is still time!

Future UNM SOL students, register now for our Fall Open House!

Register here or use the link in the bio: https://unm.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1EVW6DwjypY3hA2 by @unmlaw

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Last Saturday, the Latiné American Law Student Association (LALSA) hosted its annual Matanza at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, bringing students, faculty, and members of the legal community together to celebrate Hispanic culture and tradition.

The evening featured a mariachi performance by the UNM Mariachi Band and the presentation of the New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association’s 1L scholarship to Miriam Reichsfeld. Joachim Marjon and Sheryl Saavedra of the New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association presented the scholarship.

Through its annual Matanza, LALSA continues to celebrate cultural traditions while fostering meaningful connections within the UNM Law and New Mexico legal communities.

Thank you to LALSA, the New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association, and everyone who helped make this year’s Matanza a memorable evening. by @unmlaw

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Professor Samuel Winder and third-year law students Andrew Kessel and Jamison Deese recently returned to campus after representing a client in tribal court through the Southwest Indian Law Clinic.

For Jamison, the experience brought the lessons of law school to life:

“The Southwest Indian Law Clinic is where law school finally clicked for me. Representing real clients turned what I learned in class into actual advocacy and showed me what it means to serve Native communities as a lawyer.”

The UNM School of Law’s clinical program, one of the oldest in the country, gives students the opportunity to put their legal education into practice while serving real clients and communities. The program is consistently recognized as one of the top clinical programs in the nation. by @unmlaw

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For our graduates, the years spent studying the law, learning to advocate, working with clients and serving their communities have led to this moment: becoming attorneys.

We are proud to welcome the newest group of UNM School of Law alumni to the legal profession. Congratulations! by @unmlaw

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The Law and Indigenous Peoples Program recently held its annual Academic Convocation and Gathering of Communities on Thursday, September 24. The event brings together students, faculty, practitioners, and members of Indigenous communities to promote conversation and collaboration on Indian law.

The Law and Indigenous Peoples Program provides students with an opportunity to earn the Indian Law Certificate by completing 21 hours of courses related to Indian law. Students can also gain hands-on experience representing tribal members and tribes through the program’s Southwest Indian Law Clinic (SILC), the first clinical program of its kind in the United States. by @unmlaw

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Future UNM SOL law students! Register now for our Fall Open House!

Register here or use the link in the bio: https://unm.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1EVW6DwjypY3hA2 by @unmlaw

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21 days ago

On September 10, we celebrated the opening of the UNM School of Law Art Gallery for the 2026-27 academic year. Thank you to all the local artist groups, our law community, and our faculty members who contributed to the display. by @unmlaw

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We are pleased to recognize two UNM School of Law students for outstanding accomplishments in the classroom and in their professional development.

Andrew Kessel is the recipient of the 2026 Justice Pamela Burgy Minzner Award, which honors a student entering their final year of law school who demonstrates a strong commitment to professionalism and legal ethics.

Sonya Radetsky has received the 2026 Salazar Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement, presented annually to the UNM law student with the highest cumulative GPA at the conclusion of their second year.

Congratulations to Andrew and Sonya on these well-deserved honors!

We are also grateful to John Salazar and Dick Minzner for their generosity and continued commitment to recognizing and supporting the accomplishments of our students. by @unmlaw

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Planning to apply to the University of New Mexico School of Law? Register now for our Virtual Admissions Day on Friday, September 25, 2026, starting at Noon MT. Register by Tuesday, September 22, 2025, at 4 pm MT.

Register here: https://buff.ly/VpfgCqg

We're excited to welcome you to our Virtual Admissions Day! by @unmlaw

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Patrice H. Kunesh and second-year UNM School of Law student and Cherokee Nation citizen Dillon R. Turman recently published “Sovereignty as Tax Policy: Reshaping Tribal Governance Through Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act Regulations” with the Brookings Institution.

The article examines how the U.S. Treasury Department’s final Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act regulations mark a significant shift in federal-Tribal relations by requiring greater federal deference to Tribal sovereignty and Tribal governments’ determinations about how best to serve their citizens. It also considers the regulations’ broader implications for Tribal self-governance, economic development, and the federal government’s trust responsibility. by @unmlaw

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