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 2023
Brief of Amici Curiae Law Professors & Indian Law Experts in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, Smith v. United States, Barbara L. Creel, Verónica Gonzales-Zamora, and Marc-Tizoc Gonzaléz
The MIDAS Touch: Atuahene's "Stategraft" and Unregulated Artificial Intelligence, Sonia Gipson Rankin
Policing the Unhoused, Ernesto A. Longa
Book Review: Smokescreen: Debunking Wildfire Myths to Save Our Forests and Climate, Brenda Macías López
New Mexico's Greenbelt Law: Disincentivizing Water Conservation Through Agricultural Tax Breaks, Annalise Porter, Robert P. Berrens, and John Fleck
Book Review: Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal, Miguel A. Quintana
Ad Coelum and the Design of Property Rights, Joseph A. Schremmer
Submissions from 2022
Breaking Barriers: Women in Criminal Law (Young Lawyers Rising Podcast), Maryam Ahranjani
Sprinting a Marathon: Next Steps for Gender Equity in Criminal Law Employment, Maryam Ahranjani
The Constitutional Costs Of School Policing, Maryam Ahranjani and Natalie Saing
A Contentious Mission: Water Supply and Corps of Engineers Reservoirs, Reed D. Benson
A Model of Collegial Judicial Decision-Making: The Ransom-Montgomery Years on the New Mexico Supreme Court, Michael B. Browde and Mario E. Occhialino
Is the Court of Indian Offenses of Ute Mountain Ute Agency a Federal Agency for Purposes of the Fifth Amendment’s Double Jeopardy Clause?, Barbara L. Creel
Stated Culpability Requirements, Scott England
Creating Lightbulb Moments: Developing Higher-Order Thinking in Family Law Classrooms Through Court Observations, Sonia Gipson Rankin
What’s (Race in) the Law Got to Do With It: Incorporating Race in Legal Curriculum, Sonia Gipson Rankin
Would You Make It to the Future? Teaching Race in an Assisted Reproductive Technologies and the Law Classroom, Sonia Gipson Rankin
Appellate Court Forum, Verónica Gonzales-Zamora
Judicial Philosophy 2022: Ethics & Professionalism in Appellate Decision-Making, Verónica Gonzales-Zamora
Civil Procedure Update 2022 (Handout and Slide Deck), Verónica C. Gonzales-Zamora and Julio C. Romero
Asian Americans, Racial Stereotypes, and Elite University Admissions, Vinay Harpalani
Boston Globe interviews Vinay Harpalani: Supreme Court agrees to hear Harvard affirmative action case, could cause ‘huge ripple effect’ in college admissions, Vinay Harpalani, Laura Krantz, and Deirdre Fernandes
The Political Urgency of Black Manhood: Frederick Douglass on Constitutional Theory, John M. Kang
Global News Toronto interviews Joshua Kastenberg: U.S. Supreme Court blocks Biden vaccine mandate, Joshua Kastenberg and Miranda Anthistle
KOB interviews Joshua Kastenberg: Business leaders react to Supreme Court blocking vaccine mandate, Joshua E. Kastenberg and Chase Golightly
Book Review: Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future, J. Spenser Lotz
A Unifying Doctrine of Subsurface Property Rights, Joseph A. Schremmer
Regulating Natural Gas Venting and Flaring as Waste: A Review of the New Mexico Approach, Joseph A. Schremmer
Waste and the Governance of Private and Public Property, Joseph A. Schremmer and Tara K. Righetti
Adapting To a 4°C World, Clifford Villa
Beyond Bake Sales: Environmental Justice Through Superfund Removal Actions, Clifford Villa
Don't Blame the Flint River, Clifford Villa
No “Box to be Checked”: Environmental Justice in Modern Legal Practice, Clifford J. Villa
Book Review: The Development of the Law of the Sea Convention: The Role of International Courts and Tribunals, Kalista Wilson
Submissions from 2021
Pulling Back the Curtain: A Follow-Up Report from the ABA Criminal Justice Section Women in Criminal Justice Task Force, Maryam Ahranjani
School "Safety" Measures Jump Constitutional Guardrails, Maryam Ahranjani
The Role of Lawyers in Bridging the Gap between the Robust Federal Rights to Education and Relatively Low Education Outcomes in Guatemala, 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
Brief for American Indian Law Scholars as Amicus Curiae, Stephen C., et al v. Bureau of Indian Education, et al.,, Barbara L. Creel, Tierra N. Marks, and Randolph H. Barnhouse
When Imitation Is Not Flattery: Addressing Cultural Exploitation in Guatemala Through a Sui Generis Model, Paul Figueroa
BBC World News interviews Sonia Gipson Rankin: Biden vaccine mandate blocked, Sonia Gipson Rankin
BBC World News interviews Sonia Gipson Rankin: Verdict of trial in murder of Ahmaud Arbery, Sonia Gipson Rankin
Technological Tethereds: Potential Impact of Untrustworthy Artificial Intelligence in Criminal Justice Risk Assessment Instruments, Sonia M. Gipson Rankin
BBC World News interviews Sonia Gipson Rankin: Daunte Wright police shooting trial verdict, Kimberly Potter fatally shot Mr. Wright mistaking her handgun for Taser, Sonia M. Gipson Rankin
Diverse Magazine interviews Sonia Gipson-Rankin: Law Schools Respond to the Movement for Social Justice, Sonia Gipson Rankin and Pearl Stewart
Civil Procedure Update 2021: New Mexico Annual Judicial Conclave, Verónica Gonzales-Zamora
The COVID Ceiling: Super-Moms are Struggling, Verónica Gonzales-Zamora
Civil Procedure Update 2021 (Handout and Slide Deck), Verónica Gonzales-Zamora and Julio C. Romero
Latina and Latino Critical Legal Theory: LatCrit Theory, Praxis and Community, Marc-Tizoc Gonzaléz, Sarudzayi Matambanadzo, and Sheila I. Vélez Martínez
Can “Asians” Truly Be Americans?, Vinay Harpalani
Dear Ohio interviews Vinay Harpalani: Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month and highlighting the rise of violence against Asian Americans, Vinay Harpalani
“Preservative of All Other Rights”: Voting and Social Justice in the Post-Trump Era, Vinay Harpalani
Racial Triangulation, Interest-Convergence, and the Double-Consciousness of Asian Americans, Vinay Harpalani
“Trumping” Affirmative Action, Vinay Harpalani
Understanding the Nuances: Diversity Among Asian American Pacific Islanders, Vinay Harpalani
Building Asian American and Black Solidarity for Racial Justice in Today’s America, Vinay Harpalani, Sunu P. Chandy, Sholanna Lewis, and Frank H. Wu
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
The Washington Post interviews Vinay Harpalani: The courts have served as an anti-democratic force for much of U.S. history, Vinay Harpalani and David A. Love
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
The Harvard Crimson interviews Vinay Harpalani: Supreme Court Delays Decision on Reviewing Harvard Admissions Lawsuit, Vinay Harpalani, Vivi E. Lu, and Dekyi T. Tsotsong
Washington Monthly interviews Vinay Harpalani: Asian Americans and the Pursuit of Unhappiness, Vinay Harpalani and Reginald C. Oh
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
Anomalous Anatomies: How the TSA Should Screen for Transgender People, Karissa J. Kang and John M. Kang
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
Reassessing the Ahistorical Judicial Use of William Winthrop and Frederick Bernays Wiener, Joshua E. Kastenberg
The Global Herald interviews Joshua Kastenberg: Ahmaud Arbery verdict: Key details from the trial as 3 men found guilty of murder, Joshua E. Kastenberg and Miranda Anthistle
How to combat New Mexico’s housing crisis? UNM law professor and advocate Serge Martinez has answers., Serge A. Martinez and Annabella Farmer
Bad Apples or a Rotten Tree: Ameliorating the Double Pandemic of COVID-19 and Racial Economic Inequality, Nathalie Martin
Bad Apples or a Rotten Tree: Ameliorating the Double Pandemic of COVID-19 and Racial Economic Inequality, Nathalie Martin
Reducing The Wealth Gap Through Fintech 'Advances' in Consumer Banking and Lending, Nathalie Martin and Pamela Foohey
Crunchbase News interviews Nathalie Martin: Beyond Payday Loans: More Startups And VCs Bank On Subprime Lending Alternatives, Nathalie Martin and Christine Hall
CNN interviews Alfred Mathewson: Nikole Hannah-Jones chose HBCU Howard over UNC. Here's why that's significant, Alfred Mathewson and Leah Asmelash
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
The Santa Fe New Mexican interviews Lysette Romero Córdova: New Mexico Civil Rights Act now law, Lysette Romero Córdova
Pore Space Property, Joseph A. Schremmer
When Engineering Solutions Cause Legal Problems: The Developing Field of Reservoir Rights and Liabilities, Joseph A. Schremmer
Brief for the National Stripper Well Association as Amicus Curiae, L. Ruth Fawcett Tr. v. Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas, Joseph A. Schremmer and Charles C. Steincamp
The Case for Outside Reverse Veil Piercing in New Mexico, Laura Spitz
Nature’s Personhood and Property’s Virtues, Laura Spitz and Eduardo M. Peñalver
'That Name Is Dead to Me': Reforming Name Change Laws to Protect Transgender and Nonbinary Youth, Sarah Steadman
Brownfields Cleanup: A Look Back and Ahead Toward Superfund Authority, Clifford Villa
Protecting Vulnerable Waterways, Clifford Villa
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
