Tag: civil rights

State Pays Law School Tuition to Bring Lawyers Where Rural New Mexico Needs Them Most

Across rural New Mexico, thousands navigate family court and civil disputes without legal representation. With nearly 88 percent of family court litigants representing themselves, the state is launching a program to place attorneys in underserved acequias, colonias and land grant communities where access to justice has long been out of reach.

New Mexico Just Challenged the U.S. Deportation Apparatus — Here’s Why It Matters

As New Mexico’s Immigrant Safety Act takes effect this May, the state joins a growing movement resisting immigrant detention and cooperation with ICE.

School to Host Stephen Vladeck for Dennis Chavez Lecture on Saving the Supreme Court

The University of New Mexico School of Law will host constitutional law expert Stephen Vladeck for this year’s Dennis Chavez Endowed Lectureship, tackling the future of the US Supreme Court and the stakes for civil rights and democracy.