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.

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Submissions from 2019

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Preserving Habeas Corpus for Asylum Seekers Just When They Need It Most, Jennifer Moore

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A New Associate’s Field Guide to Partner Compensation, Joseph A. Schremmer

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Red River, White Law, Laura Spitz

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It’s Still Me: Safeguarding Vulnerable Transgender Elders, Sarah Steadman

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Book Review: Jonathan P. Thompson, River of Lost Souls: The Science, Politics, and Green Behind the Gold King Mine Disaster (2018), Clifford J. Villa

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Gold King Mine Spill: Environmental Law and Legal Protections for Environmental Responders, Clifford J. Villa

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Let's Talk Protecting Endangered Species, Clifford J. Villa, Ty Bannerman, Will Cavin, Taylor Jones, and Ari Biernoff

Submissions from 2018

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Universities as "Sanctuaries", Maryam Ahranjani

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What Does Immigration Status Have to do with Law School, Maryam Ahranjani

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Searchlight New Mexico interviews Maryam Ahranjani on the Prisonization of America's Public Schools, Maryam Ahranjani and Sara Solovitch

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Federalism and the State Police Power: Why Immigration and Customs Enforcement Must Stay Away from State Courthouses, George Bach

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Albuquerque Journal interviews Reed Benson, Supreme Court hears NM-Texas water dispute, Reed D. Benson

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Keeping Power in Charge: Federal Hydropower and the Downstream Environment, Reed D. Benson

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Evaluating Intellectual Disability: Clinical Assessments in Atkins Cases, James W. Ellis, Caroline Everington, and Ann M. Delpha

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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

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Federal Indian Law, Verónica C. Gonzales-Zamora

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Brief for Southwest Indian Law Clinic as Amici Curiae, United States v. Smith, Verónica C. Gonzales-Zamora and Barbara L. Creel

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Comment in Support of Proposal 2018-006 Immigration status of bar applicants (Rule 15-103(B)(7)), Verónica C. Gonzales-Zamora and New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association, Board of Directors

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Hearsay in New Mexico, Verónica C. Gonzales-Zamora and Linda Vanzi, Chief Judge

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KOB-TV interviews Kastenberg on the Stolen Valor Act, Joshua E. Kastenberg

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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

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The History of the University of New Mexico School of Law Librarians' Fight for Faculty Status and Equal Voting Rights, Ernesto A. Longa

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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

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HLS 200: A Latina's Story about the Bicentennial, Margaret E. Montoya

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KUNM Interviews Jennifer Moore about refugees, asylum, and international law, Jennifer Moore

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New Mexico’s Renewable Portfolio Standard: Analysis of Existing Policy Design Elements and Compliance Obligations Beyond 2020, Gabriel Pacyniak

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Using Empirical studies as a Basis for Updating Intestacy Laws, Sergio Pareja

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New Mexico Tribal Cannabis: Policy, Politics, & Guidance for Government-to-Government Cooperation in State-Tribal Cannabis Compacting, Matthew Ramírez

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Bloomberg Law interviews Elizabeth Rapaport; Trump’s Pardons Quicker Than Obama’s, But ‘Haphazard’, Elizabeth Rapaport

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High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A View From the #MeToo Era, Elizabeth Rapaport

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Property Provisions of the Joint Operating Agreement: An Update for the New 2015 Form JOA, Alex Ritchie and Gary B. Conine

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Brief for the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association as Amicus Curiae, Joseph A. Schremmer

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The Curious Policy Implications of In re SemCrude: Do Crude Oil Markets Need a Volcker Rule?, Joseph A. Schremmer

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Imputing Regulatory Failures in Oil and Gas Licensing: A Discussion and Proposal, Joseph A. Schremmer and Charles C. Steincamp

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Brief for Professors, Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. R. Scott Appling as Amicus Curiae, Laura Spitz

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Human "Being", Laura Spitz

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Es FEMA El Problema? Hurricane Maria and the Slow Road to Recovery in Puerto Rico, Clifford J. Villa

Submissions from 2017

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The Prisonization of America's Public Schools, Maryam Ahranjani

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We've Got Letters, Maryam Ahranjani

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Public News Service interviews Mary Pareja and Maryam Ahranjani, NM Law Professors Join Opposition to Sessions at U.S. Attorney General, Maryam Ahranjani and Mary Leto Pareja

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Is there a right to life for the Colorado River?, Reed D. Benson

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Reviewing Reservoir Operations: Can Federal Water Projects Adapt to Change?, Reed D. Benson

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Consumer Credit in America: Past, Present, and Future, Pamela Foohey, Jim Hawkins, Creola Johnson, and Nathalie Martin

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Brief for Association of Commerce & Industry as Amici Curiae, Beaudry v. Farmers Insurance Exchange, et al., Verónica C. Gonzales-Zamora

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Manual on Pro Bono Appeals Programs for State Court Appeals, Verónica C. Gonzales-Zamora

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Brief for Washington Legal Foundation as Amici Curiae, Arguedas v. Seawright, Verónica C. Gonzales-Zamora and Harrold D. Stratton

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Chief Justice William Howard Taft's Conception of Judicial Integrity: The Legal History of Tumey v. Ohio, Joshua E. Kastenberg

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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

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Command Responsibility in the Twenty-First Century: The United States Basic Framework and Future Military (and Quasi-Military) Operations, Joshua E. Kastenberg

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Safeguarding Judicial Integrity by Making the Executive Branch's Unfettered Amicus Gateway Transparent: An Argument for the Supreme Court to Exercise Its Inherent Authority to Make Public the President's Tax and Investment Records, Joshua E. Kastenberg

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The New York Times interviews Kastenberg on the history of the military charge: misbehavior before the enemy, Joshua E. Kastenberg

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The Right to an Independent Judiciary and the Avoidance of Constitutional Conflict: The Burger Court’s Flawed Reasoning in Chandler v. Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit and Its Unfortunate Legacy, Joshua E. Kastenberg

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Puzder is the Wrong Person for the Job, Serge A. Martinez

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Right Scholarship and the Goddesses of Commercial Law, Nathalie Martin

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What Communities Can Do to Rein in Payday Lending: Strategies for Successful Local Ordinance Campaigns Through a Texas Lens, Nathalie Martin and Robert Mayer

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The Power of Community Action:Anti‐Payday Loan Ordinances in Three Metropolitan Areas, Nathalie Martin, Robert N. Mayer, and Steve Graves

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Community Engagement and Social Activism in Legal, Aliza Organick

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An Examination of Policy Options for Achieving Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in New Jersey, Gabriel Pacyniak

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Making the Most of Cooperative Federalism: What the Clean Power Plan has Already Achieved, Gabriel Pacyniak

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Reducing Transportation Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic: Fuel System Considerations, Gabriel Pacyniak, Drew Veysey, and James Bradbury

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New Strategies for Reducing Transportation Emissions and Preparing for Climate Impacts, Gabriel Pacyniak, Kathryn Zyla, and Vicki Arroyo

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Law Schools Harm Genízaros and other Indigenous People by Misunderstanding ABA Policy, Bill Piatt, Moises Gonzales, and Katja Wolf

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A Reexamination and Reformulation of the Habendum Clause Paying Quantities Standard Under Oil and Gas Leases, Alex Ritchie

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Oil and Gas Secured Transactions in Kansas, Joseph A. Schremmer

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The Law and the Human, Laura Spitz

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U.S. Nonprofit Activity in Cuba: Challenges in Cuban Law and Practice, Laura Spitz, Elizabeth Brundige, Lucía Domínguez Cisneros, and Eduardo Peñalve

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Is the "Act of God" Dead?, Clifford J. Villa

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Brief for The Council of University Presidents on Legislative Council v Martinez as Amicus Curiae, No. S-1-SC-36422, Kevin Washburn

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Comment re Rule 10 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice for the District Courts, Kevin Washburn

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Courts Also Won (Albuquerque) Mayoral Election, Kevin Washburn

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What the Future Holds: The Changing Landscape of Federal Indian Policy, Kevin Washburn

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Explaining the Modernized Leasing and Right-of-Way Regulations for Indian Lands, Kevin Washburn and Jody Cummings

Submissions from 2016

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The Free Blacks of Virginia: A Personal Narrative, A Legal Construct, Sherri L. Burr

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Montana Standard interviews Barbara Creel on the Violence Against Women Act and Double Standards, Barbara L. Creel

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Supreme Court Brief interviews Creel, Barbara L. Creel

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Brief for Barbara L. Creel and the Tribal Defender Network, US v. Bryant, Barbara L. Creel and John LaVelle

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High Court Denies Rights of Natives, Barbara L. Creel and John LaVelle

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Brief for The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), and The ARC of the United States as Amicus Curiae, James W. Ellis, Ann M. Delpha, Carol M. Suzuki, Steven Homer, David Stout, and April Land

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Dateline New Mexico's Tom Trowbridge interviews John LaVelle on U.S. Government Violates the Constitution, John P. LaVelle

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Uncounseled convictions a threat to Indians, John P. LaVelle

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A Legal History of the Civil War and Reconstruction: A Nation of Rights by Laura F. Edwards, Jennifer Laws

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Inviting Everyone to the (Risk) Pool Party: Reforming the Premium Tax Credit to Boost Participation, Mary Leto Pareja

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CNN Money interviews Serge Martinez, My Chipotle nightmare, Serge A. Martinez

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Why are We Doing This? Cognitive Science and Nondirective Supervision in Clinical Teaching, Serge A. Martinez

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Survival in the Face of Scarcity: The Undocumented Immigrant Experience, Nathalie Martin

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Habeas Corpus in New Mexico, Max Minzner

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Engendering Peace and Justice after Armed Conflict: A Call for Qualitative Research among Women's Community Networks, Jennifer Moore

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Talking with Women about Community Healing in Uganda and Sierra Leone, Jennifer Moore

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State Innovation on Climate Change: Reducing Emissions from Key Sectors While Preparing for a New Normal, Gabriel Pacyniak

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Reviving the Dead Hand After Repeal of the Rule Against Perpetuities, Sergio Pareja

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Fracking in Louisiana: The Missing Process/Land Use Distinction in State Preemption and Opportunities for Local Participation, Alex Ritchie

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Brief for Professors as Amicus Curiae, Husky International Electronics Inc. v. Daniel Lee Ritz Jr., Laura Spitz

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Brief for Professors, Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp. as Amicus Curiae, Laura Spitz

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From Out to In: The Opportunity and Need for Clinical Law Programs to Effectively Serve Low-Income LGBT Individuals, Sarah Steadman

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Flint Drinking Water Contamination: Frames of Reference, Clifford J. Villa

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KSFR Santa Fe's Here and There with David Marash interviews Clifford Villa, Clifford J. Villa

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The Dawning of Disaster Law, Clifford J. Villa

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Cedar Mesa Proposal Good for All, Kevin Washburn

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Modrall Sperling interviews Kevin Washburn about Indian law and returning to New Mexico, Kevin Washburn

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Recurring Issues in Indian Gaming Compact Approval, Kevin Washburn