The University of New Mexico School of Law faculty bring a diversity of backgrounds, professional interests and outlooks to legal education. This collection showcases the range of scholarship by current and emeritus faculty, including law journals, bar journals, briefs, testimony, op-eds, presentations, blog posts or blawgs, and interviews.
Submissions from 2020
KOAB interviews Joshua Kastenberg about the impeachment process (US senators discuss impartiality during impeachment trial), Joshua E. Kastenberg and Patrick Hayes
Submissions from 2019
Newsy interviews Ahranjani, Maryam Ahranjani
ThinkProgress interviews Ahranjani on not prosecuting should Roe v. Wade be overturned, Maryam Ahranjani
‘Off with their heads’ won’t make ABQ safer, George Bach, Robert Schwartz, and David Stout
Can a State's Water Rights Be Damned? Environmental Flows and Federal Dams in the Supreme Court, Reed D. Benson
Front Matter, Jennifer Brannen and Serena R. Wheaton
Thank You Fossil Fuels & Good Night: The Twenty-First Century’s Energy Transition by Gregory Meehan, Rameez Burney
Constitutional Frankenstein: The Grand Jury Without Checks, Nicholas Chiado
Earth at Risk by Claude Henry and Laurence Tubiana, Amy Childress
Bringing Broadband to The Desert: Rural New Mexico, Fiberoptic Cable, and Electric Utility Cooperatives, Janette A. Duran
Perpetual Affordability Covenants: Can These Land Use Tools Solve the Affordable Housing Crisis?, Elizabeth Elia
Regarding Docket No. FR-6111-P-02, HUD’s Implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Disparate Impact Standard, Sonia Gipson Rankin, Alfred Mathewson, Melanie Moses, G. Matthew Fricke, Kathy Powers, Gabriel R. Sanchez, Christopher Moore, Elizabeth Bradley, Mirta Galesic, and Joshua Garland
Book Review: Fractivism: Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds, Victor Hall
Kamala Harris and the Complexity of Racial Identity Politics, Vinay Harpalani
Michael Vick, Robert Byrd, and the Case for Redemption, Vinay Harpalani
Race-Conscious Admissions, Diversity, and Academic Freedom, Vinay Harpalani
The Supreme Court and the Future of Affirmative Action, Vinay Harpalani
The Harvard Crimson interviews Vinay Harpalani (Justice Department Continues Investigation Into Harvard Admissions), Vinay Harpalani and Camille G. Caldera
Vertical and Horizontal Modes of Injustice in Air Pollution: a Comparison of Law and Society in China and the US, Mingjie Hoemmen
Front Matter, Natural Resources Journal
Lt. Col. Vindman is a Patriot, Joshua E. Kastenberg
Shades of Nixon in Mattis departure, Joshua E. Kastenberg
KOB-TV interviews Kastenberg on a juvinelle tried for murder and the death penalty, Joshua E. Kastenberg
Brief of Professors of Law, US v. Bergdahl, Joshua E. Kastenberg, Rachel E. Vanlandingham, and Geoffrey S. Corn
Humanizing Work Requirements for Safety Net Programs, Mary Leto Pareja
Front Matter, Angelica Lopez
The Virtue of Vulnerability: Mindfulness and Well-Being in Law Schools and the Legal Profession, Nathalie Martin
Book Review: Sustainability: Approaches to Environmental Justice and Social Power, Melanie McNett
Book Review: Aisling Swaine, Conflict-Related Violence Against Women: Transforming Transition (2018), Jennifer Moore
Peace in the Home, Peace in the Nation: Conceptions of Justice for Rural Women of Northern Uganda, Jennifer Moore
Preserving Habeas Corpus for Asylum Seekers Just When They Need It Most, Jennifer Moore
The Silent Problem: The Implicit Personhood Determination in State V. Montoya, Erin Phillips
Deceleration: Slowing Down to Determine an Accelerated Loan’s Post Dismissal Status, Stephanie Schneider
A New Associate’s Field Guide to Partner Compensation, Joseph A. Schremmer
Getting Past Possession: Subsurface Property Disputes as Nuisances, Joseph A. Schremmer
Red River, White Law, Laura Spitz
It’s Still Me: Safeguarding Vulnerable Transgender Elders, Sarah Steadman
Book Review: Jonathan P. Thompson, River of Lost Souls: The Science, Politics, and Green Behind the Gold King Mine Disaster (2018), Clifford J. Villa
Gold King Mine Spill: Environmental Law and Legal Protections for Environmental Responders, Clifford J. Villa
Let's Talk Protecting Endangered Species, Clifford J. Villa, Ty Bannerman, Will Cavin, Taylor Jones, and Ari Biernoff
Submissions from 2018
Universities as "Sanctuaries", Maryam Ahranjani
What Does Immigration Status Have to do with Law School, Maryam Ahranjani
Searchlight New Mexico interviews Maryam Ahranjani on the Prisonization of America's Public Schools, Maryam Ahranjani and Sara Solovitch
Federalism and the State Police Power: Why Immigration and Customs Enforcement Must Stay Away from State Courthouses, George Bach
Albuquerque Journal interviews Reed Benson, Supreme Court hears NM-Texas water dispute, Reed D. Benson
Keeping Power in Charge: Federal Hydropower and the Downstream Environment, Reed D. Benson
Eating the Ocean by Elspeth Probyn, Annie Brethour
Evaluating Intellectual Disability: Clinical Assessments in Atkins Cases, James W. Ellis, Caroline Everington, and Ann M. Delpha
Grains by Bill Winders (Polity Press, 240 pages; 2017), Sabina Gaynor
Constructing the First Year Experience: Improving Retention and Graduation Rates at a Hispanic-Serving Institution, Sonia M. Gipson Rankin, Tim Schroeder, Joe Suilmann, and Pamela Cheek
Introduction, Logan Glasenapp
Federal Indian Law, Veronica Gonzales-Zamora
Brief for Southwest Indian Law Clinic as Amici Curiae, United States v. Smith, Veronica C. Gonzales-Zamora and Barbara L. Creel
Comment in Support of Proposal 2018-006 Immigration status of bar applicants (Rule 15-103(B)(7)), Veronica C. Gonzales-Zamora and New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association, Board of Directors
Hearsay in New Mexico, Veronica Gonzales-Zamora and Linda Vanzi, Chief Judge
One Drunk Driver, Shame on You, Two Drunk Drivers, Shame on Who: Reconciling the Unlawful Acts Doctrine with Comparative Negligence, Alison K. Goodwin
KOB-TV interviews Kastenberg on the Stolen Valor Act, Joshua E. Kastenberg
Safeguarding Judicial Integrity during the Trump Presidency: Richard Nixon's Attempt to Impeach Justice William O. Douglas and the Use of National Security as a Case Study, Joshua E. Kastenberg
The History of the University of New Mexico School of Law Librarians' Fight for Faculty Status and Equal Voting Rights, Ernesto A. Longa
TaxProf Article of the Week: Serge Martinez (New Mexico), Why are We Doing this? Cognitive Science and Nondirective Supervision in Clinical Teaching, Serge A. Martinez
HLS 200: A Latina's Story about the Bicentennial, Margaret E. Montoya
KUNM Interviews Jennifer Moore about refugees, asylum, and international law, Jennifer Moore
New Mexico’s Renewable Portfolio Standard: Analysis of Existing Policy Design Elements and Compliance Obligations Beyond 2020, Gabriel Pacyniak
Using Empirical studies as a Basis for Updating Intestacy Laws, Sergio Pareja
New Mexico Tribal Cannabis: Policy, Politics, & Guidance for Government-to-Government Cooperation in State-Tribal Cannabis Compacting, Matthew Ramírez
Bloomberg Law interviews Elizabeth Rapaport; Trump’s Pardons Quicker Than Obama’s, But ‘Haphazard’, Elizabeth Rapaport
High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A View From the #MeToo Era, Elizabeth Rapaport
Entering a Building Without Going Inside: The Implications of State v. Holt for Breaking and Entering Cases in New Mexico, Keri Rezac Thiel
Property Provisions of the Joint Operating Agreement: An Update for the New 2015 Form JOA, Alex Ritchie and Gary B. Conine
Front Matter, Selena Sauer
Introduction, Selena Sauer
Brief for the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association as Amicus Curiae, Joseph A. Schremmer
The Curious Policy Implications of In re SemCrude: Do Crude Oil Markets Need a Volcker Rule?, Joseph A. Schremmer
Imputing Regulatory Failures in Oil and Gas Licensing: A Discussion and Proposal, Joseph A. Schremmer and Charles C. Steincamp
Brief of Amici Curiae Professors, Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. R. Scott Appling, Laura Spitz
Human "Being", Laura Spitz
Shooting Stars and Dancing Fish: A Walk to the World We Want by Antonio A. Oposa Jr. (Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc., 261 pages; 2017), Olga Starcher
Es FEMA El Problema? Hurricane Maria and the Slow Road to Recovery in Puerto Rico, Clifford J. Villa
Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair, and Sustainable by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Serena R. Wheaton
Submissions from 2017
The Prisonization of America's Public Schools, Maryam Ahranjani
We've Got Letters, Maryam Ahranjani
Public News Service interviews Mary Pareja and Maryam Ahranjani about protesting the nomination of Senator Sessions, Maryam Ahranjani and Mary Leto Pareja
Is there a right to life for the Colorado River?, Reed D. Benson
Reviewing Reservoir Operations: Can Federal Water Projects Adapt to Change?, Reed D. Benson
Brief for Association of Commerce & Industry as Amici Curiae, Beaudry v. Farmers Insurance Exchange, et al., Veronica C. Gonzales-Zamora
Manual on Pro Bono Appeals Programs for State Court Appeals, Veronica C. Gonzales-Zamora
Brief for Washington Legal Foundation as Amici Curiae, Arguedas v. Seawright, Veronica C. Gonzales-Zamora and Harrold D. Stratton
Chief Justice William Howard Taft's Conception of Judicial Integrity: The Legal History of Tumey v. Ohio, Joshua E. Kastenberg
San Francisco Chronicle Interviews Joshua Kastenberg About President Trump's Missle Strike on Syrian Airfield (Experts see Trump strike as illegal unless U.S. under threat or U.N. authorizes), Joshua E. Kastenberg
Command Responsibility in the Twenty-First Century: The United States Basic Framework and Future Military (and Quasi-Military) Operations, Joshua E. Kastenberg
The New York Times interviews Kastenberg on the history of the military charge: misbehavior before the enemy, Joshua E. Kastenberg
Puzder is the Wrong Person for the Job, Serge A. Martinez
Right Scholarship and the Goddesses of Commercial Law, Nathalie Martin
What Communities Can Do to Rein in Payday Lending: Strategies for Successful Local Ordinance Campaigns Through a Texas Lens, Nathalie Martin and Robert Mayer
