University of New Mexico Law School

UNM Law School Indian Law Hiring Announcement

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

The University of New Mexico (“UNM”) School of Law invites applications for full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty positions in the area of Indian Law. Entry-level and experienced teachers are encouraged to apply. Courses taught by these professors could include basic and advanced Federal Indian Law, the legal systems of sovereign tribal nations, and international indigenous law as well as the intersection of Indian Law with other practice areas. We seek candidates with scholarly distinction or promise as well as a commitment to excellence in teaching.

UNM’s Law and Indigenous Peoples Program, of which these faculty members will be a part, includes: (1) an Indian Law Certificate Program, which allows students to specialize in Indian Law; (2) the Southwest Indian Law Clinic, in which student attorneys represent indigenous clients, tribes, and organizations serving indigenous communities; and (3) the Tribal Law Journal, a student-edited journal publishing scholarship on the law of tribal nations and indigenous communities worldwide. Experienced candidates might also have the opportunity to direct the Law and Indigenous Peoples Program.

UNM School of Law has one of the highest percentages of Native American students and faculty in the country, and is also nationally recognized for innovative skills-based and doctrinal classes, along with a 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio.

We value candidates from varied backgrounds and perspectives, including women, underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, people who attended law school later in their careers, people from rural origins, first‐generation college graduates, veterans, and groups historically marginalized in American life are especially encouraged to apply.

All applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and list of references to the University of New Mexico Jobs website at this link: https://unm.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/18/home/requisition/30884?c=unm. 

The general UNM jobs website is: https://unmjobs.unm.edu/.  For best consideration, please apply by September 27, 2024. For more information, please contact:

Nathalie Martin

Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee martin@law.unm.edu

UNM NALSA: Crime In Indian Country

Monica Williamson

NALSAFlyer

 

March 26, 2020

5:30-8:30pm

PDF flyer here.

Register here.

 

 

Gloria Valencia-Weber reappointed to board for Legal Services Corporation

Monica Williamson

University of New Mexico Emeritus Professor of Law Gloria Valencia-Weber was recently sworn in as one of 11 members of the Board of Directors for Legal Services Corporation, the single largest provider of civil legal aid for the poor in the nation. Valencia-Weber was originally appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010, and was one of six selected for reappointment. Article here.

UNM Tribal Law Journal

Monica Williamson

Yá’át’ééh and Hafa Adai! The University of New Mexico School of Law Tribal Law Journal would like to invite you to contribute to their online blog. Please see the attached PDF for details on how to submit to a blog.

 

UNM Tribal Law Journal Call for Submissions

Monica Williamson

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Call_for_submissions PDF version. 

New Mexico Law School Indian Law Faculty Job Posting

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

UNM School of Law is recruiting an Indian Law faculty member.  Please consider applying or share with interested candidates.  The link to apply is here:

https://unmjobs.unm.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=69890

The position ad is below.

The University of New Mexico School of Law invites applications for one faculty position in its Law and Indigenous Peoples Program starting in the Fall of 2013. The position is full-time and may be probationary leading to a tenure decision, tenured, or visiting. Academic rank and salary will be based on experience and qualifications.

The Law and Indigenous Peoples Program is widely regarded to be among the finest in the country. The School of Law therefore seeks individuals with the scholarly and teaching qualifications to build upon the excellence of this program.

The Indian Law position requires someone who is committed to teaching and scholarship in one or more areas of Indian Law. The Law and Indigenous Peoples program offers courses in: Federal Indian Law, Tribal Law, and International Law and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We are interested in building and developing these concentrations of law. In addition, the Law and Indigenous Peoples Program offers an Indian Law Certificate, publishes the Tribal Law Journal, provides clinical experiences through the Southwest Indian Law Clinic and works closely with the nationally-known American Indian Law Center (AILC), Inc., a non-profit legal and public policy organization. The Pre-Law Summer Institute, which prepares Native American students for law school, is administered by the AILC and hosted by the UNM School of Law. Please see our website at lawschool.unm.edu for more information.

The University of New Mexico is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

The University of New Mexico (UNM) provides a diversified package of benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. In addition, UNM offers educational benefits through tuition remission and dependent education programs.

Univ. of New Mexico Law School Symposium on 30 Years of Montana v. U.S.

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the flyer: UNM Montana Symposium Flyer.

The symposium will be March 24-25, 2011, at Isleta Pueblo Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Rebecca Tsosie to Join New Mexico Law Faculty

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From John LaVelle:

Dear Indian law colleagues,

It my great privilege and pleasure to announce that Professor Rebecca Tsosie will be joining the faculty of the University of New Mexico School of Law, beginning in the summer of 2011.

Thanks to Dean Kevin Washburn for working creatively to facilitate Rebecca’s appointment.

— John

3rd Annual UNM Indian Law Clinics Conference Announcement

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Indian Law Clinics and Externship Programs

Third Annual Symposium

Interconnections of Law and Poverty and Impacts on Indigenous Peoples and Other Communities of Color

Sunday, June 7 to Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Isleta Resort & Casino

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Kevin Washburn Named Dean at UNM

Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Holy cow!!!!

From UNM (via the Lounge):

Kevin WashburnThe University of New Mexico Provost Suzanne Ortega announced today that Kevin K. Washburn has been selected to lead the UNM School of Law as its newest dean and full professor of law. Washburn will begin his tenure at UNM on June 30, 2009.

Photo: Kevin K. Washburn was chosen dean at the UNM School of Law.

“Professor Washburn has deep roots in the New Mexico legal community and national experience in legal education. We are fortunate to have him return to the School of Law,” said Ortega.

An enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, Washburn is the first American Indian to serve as the dean of UNM’s School of Law. He began his legal education at UNM at the American Indian Law Center’s summer program and later taught Indian law issues here as an adjunct professor.

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