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. Email your questions about this collection to libref [at] law.unm.edu.
Submissions from 2021
School "Safety" Measures Jump Constitutional Guardrails, Maryam Ahranjani
Why Are Women Lawyers Underrepresented in Criminal Justice?, Maryam Ahranjani
Santa Fe Reporter interviews Maryam Ahranjani: Change of Venue, District Court judge to consider defense’s argument that a fair trial in the slaying of basketball star is impossible in Santa Fe, Maryam Ahranjani and Katherine Lewin
KRWG interviews Maryam Ahranjani, Doña Ana County Mandatory Vaccination Policy Contested, Maryam Ahranjani and Madison Staten
“Preservative of All Other Rights”: Voting and Social Justice in the Post-Trump Era, Vinay Harpalani
“Trumping” Affirmative Action, Vinay Harpalani
Harvard Crimson interviews Vinay Harpalani: Justice Department Drops Yale Admissions Lawsuit, Signifying Likely Shift in Harvard Suit, Vinay Harpalani, Raquel Coronell Uribe, and Jasper Goodman
Harvard Crimson interviews Vinay Harpalani: ‘Complete Switch in Position’: Legal Experts Say Biden Likely to Back Harvard in Race-Conscious Admissions Suit, Vinay Harpalani, Benjamin L. Fu, and Vivi E. Lu
Harvard Crimson interviews Vinay Harpalani, Students for Fair Admissions Petitions SCOTUS to Take Up Suit Against Harvard’s Race-Conscious Admissions, Vinay Harpalani and Vivi E. Lu
Voice of America interviews Vinay Harpalani, 大學招生該不該考慮種族因素？哈佛“歧視亞裔”案上訴最高法院 (Should college admissions consider racial factors? Harvard "discrimination against Asians" case appealed to the Supreme Court), Vinay Harpalani and Mo Yu
Global News Toronto interviews Joshua Kastenberg: US House debate over 2nd impeachment of Trump, Joshua Kastenberg
KOB-4 interviews Joshua Kastenberg: Constitutional law experts weighs in on U.S. Capitol insurrection aftermath, Trump impeachment, Joshua Kastenberg
KOB-4 interviews Joshua Kastenberg: 'It's absolutely devastating', UNM law expert addresses Capitol Hill riots, Joshua Kastenberg
BBC World News interviews Joshua Kastenberg: US Capital Violence Aftermath, Joshua Kastenberg and BBC World News
Albuquerque Journal interviews Gabriel Pacyniak, Bill Would Help Indebted Utility Customers, Gabriel Pacyniak and Kevin Robinson-Avila
California v. Texas: The Role of Congressional Procedure in Severability Doctrine, Mary Leto Pareja
Pore Space Property, Joseph A. Schremmer
Nature’s Personhood and Property’s Virtues, Laura Spitz and Eduardo M. Peñalver
Submissions from 2020
Developing Youth Voices, Maryam Ahranjani
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Women in Criminal Justice Task Force, Maryam Ahranjani
"Toughen Up, Buttercup" versus #TimesUp: Initial Findings of the ABA Women in Criminal Justice Task Force, Maryam Ahranjani
Albuquerque Journal Interviews Maryam Ahranjani, Many Want Police Out of Schools Across NM, Maryam Ahranjani and Shelby Perea
Argument analysis: On first day of new term, Supreme Court seems skeptical of Texas’ arguments in interstate water dispute with New Mexico, Reed D. Benson
Case preview: In newest chapter in long-running water dispute, court will hear first-ever challenge to ruling by interstate river master, Reed D. Benson
Aaron Burr Jr. and John Pierre Burr: A Founding Father and his Abolitionist Son, Sherri Burr
Criminal Justice In America: A Summit, Barbara L. Creel
JustPod interviews Barbara Creel; McGirt v Oklahoma and Indian Nations Sovereignty, Barbara L. Creel
Default Culpability Requirements: The Model Penal Code and Beyond, Scott England
Arcing Towards Justice: Dr. King’s 2020 Vision, Sonia Gipson Rankin
BBC World News interviews Sonia Gipson-Rankin on the 2020 General Election, Sonia Gipson-Rankin
KOB-4 Interviews Sonia Gipson Rankin and Joshua Kastenberg on the use of the Arnold Tool is setting bail, Sonia M. Gipson Rankin, Joshua Kastenberg, and Joy Wang
Civil Procedure Update 2020: New Mexico Annual Judicial Conclave, Verónica C. Gonzales-Zamora and George Bach
Civil Rights in Living Color, Vinay Harpalani
Racial Stereotypes, Respectability Politics, and Running for President: Examining Andrew Yang's and Barack Obama's Presidential Bids, Vinay Harpalani
New Mexico In Depth interviews Vinay Harpalani: Complexity of colorism, Vinay Harpalani and Claudia Silva
Hierarchies of Elitism and Gender: The Bluebook and The ALWD Guide, Steven K. Homer
Alcohol Prohibition in the New Mexico and Arizona State Judiciaries at 100 Years: The Development of Law and Shaping of Society in the Southwest, Joshua Kastenberg
BBC World News interviews Joshua Kastenberg on the Firing of Defense Secretary, Joshua Kastenberg
BBC World News interviews Joshua Kastenberg on the U.S. Election 2020, Joshua Kastenberg
LBC News London Interviews Joshua Kastenberg, Senate Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump, Joshua Kastenberg
Albuquerque Journal interviews Joshua Kastenberg on new benchmarks for evidence rules, Joshua Kastenberg and Isabella Alves
KOB Interviews Joshua Kastenberg about Constitutional Rights during COVID-19, Joshua Kastenberg and Brittany Costello
Civil Military Relations Panel, Joshua E. Kastenberg
National Security And Judicial Ethics: The Exception To The Rule Of Keeping Judicial Conduct Judicial And The Politicization Of The Judiciary, Joshua E. Kastenberg
KOAB interviews Joshua Kastenberg about the impeachment process (US senators discuss impartiality during impeachment trial), Joshua E. Kastenberg and Patrick Hayes
KOB-4 interviews Josh Kastenberg: Mother wants answers after son found dead in New Mexico jail, Joshua Kastenberg and Tommy Lopez
The New York Times interviews Joshua Kastenberg on Election Day and Deployment of the National Guard, Joshua Kastenberg and Dave Phillips
KOB-4 interviews Serge Martinez: Landlords, tenants feel impact of state eviction moratorium, Serge A. Martinez
Access to Education and Affordable Housing (Panel Discussion), Serge Martinez and Deb Haaland
Housing & Education Roundtable Discussion, Serge Martinez and Deb Haaland
Bringing Relevance Back to Consumer Bankruptcy, Nathalie Martin
UNM Newsroom interviews Nathalie Martin: UNM law professor practices yoga and meditation in stressful times, Nathalie Martin and Maggie Branch
Greening the Old New Deal: Strengthening Rural Electric Cooperative Supports and Oversight to Combat Climate Change, Gabriel Pacyniak
Deconstructing Foundational Principles of Trusts and Estates Law, Sergio Pareja
Introduction, Andrew J. Pavlides
Crystal Gazing: Foretelling the Next Decade in Oil and Gas Law, Joseph A. Schremmer
Getting Past Possession: Subsurface Property Disputes as Nuisances, Joseph A. Schremmer
Remaking Environmental Justice, Clifford Villa
The Indigenous Decade in Review, Christine Zuni Cruz
Submissions from 2019
Newsy interviews Maryam Ahranjani, Are Armed ‘Guardian Patriots’ at US-Mexico Border Breaking the Law?, Maryam Ahranjani
Task Force Ops: Initial Findings from the Women in Criminal Justice Task Force, Maryam Ahranjani
ThinkProgress interviews Ahranjani on not prosecuting should Roe v. Wade be overturned, Maryam Ahranjani
The Guardian interviews Maryam Ahranjani: When kids are threats: the assessments unfairly targeting students with disabilities, Maryam Ahranjani and Ike Swetlitz
‘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
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
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
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
The Virtue of Vulnerability: Mindfulness and Well-Being in Law Schools and the Legal Profession, Nathalie Martin
Nefarious Neighbors: How Living near Payday Loan Stores Affects Loan Use, Nathalie Martin, Younghee Lim, Aimee Moles, and Trey Bickham
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
A New Associate’s Field Guide to Partner Compensation, 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
Evaluating Intellectual Disability: Clinical Assessments in Atkins Cases, James W. Ellis, Caroline Everington, and Ann M. Delpha
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
Federal Indian Law, Veronica Gonzales-Zamora
