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Check out our all-new online Statewide Legal Fairs and Clinics Calendar! Developed in collaboration with the Administrative Office of the Courts, this calendar is the perfect way to access and see upcoming opportunities for pro bono work and ways to volunteer as an attorney or other legal professional!

Visit https://www.sbnm.org/Statewide-Legal-Fairs-and-Clinics-Calendar to view the calendar in its entirety!

Emergency Fire Clinic Alert! If you’ve been affected by the South Fork and Salt fires, join us on Monday, July 1, 2024, at Eastern New Mexico University in Ruidoso. Get help with FEMA applications and legal advice from NMLA attorneys. We stand with you during this difficult time.

NCBE Statement on SCOTUS Decisions and the Bar Exam | NCBE NCBE has released a statement regarding the timeline by which new US Supreme Court decisions might be reflected on the bar exam.

Postmarked sixty years ago tomorrow on June 21, 1964, this letter was Andrew "Andy" Goodman's last correspondence with his parents. Hours after mailing his postcard, Andy, along with James Earl Chaney and Michael Schwerner, were murdered at the hands of Neshoba County Sherrif Cecil Price and the Ku Klux Klan.

The postcard reads: "Dear Mom and Dad, I have arrived safely in Meridian, Mississippi. This is a wonderful town and the weather is fine. I wish you were here. The people in this city are wonderful and our reception was very good. All my love, Andy."

Via the Andrew Goodman Foundation.

Celebrating at the UNM School of Law Library! Per the POTUS's 2024 Juneteenth proclamation, "On June 19, 1865, freedom finally came for the 250,000 enslaved people of Texas. That day, which would become known as Juneteenth, the Army arrived to enforce what had already been the law of the land for two and a half years — the Emancipation Proclamation. Today, we recognize that Juneteenth not only marks the end of America’s original sin of slavery but also the beginning of the work at the heart and soul of our Nation: making the promise of America real for every American."

Check out the POTUS's proclamation, as well as amazing historic Juneteenth photos, via the links below.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/06/18/a-proclamation-on-juneteenth-day-of-observance-2024/

https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/june-19/

Image, dated 1910: a group of people in a decorated horse-drawn carriage, celebrating Juneteenth in Corpus Christi, Texas.

The New Mexico State Bar Foundation’s Legal Resources for the Elderly Program will be hosting a free virtual legal webinar for New Mexico residents on June 11, starting at 11 a.m. (MT). The webinar, which aims to equip the elderly or their caretakers with the tools and resources they need to plan for the future, will cover Powers of Attorney, Advance Health Care Directives, probate, non-probate transfers (including Transfer on Death Deeds) and Institutional Medicaid.

New Mexico residents can register for this free webinar online at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IV7kgP3DRH6MFpuvVbzjNQ or by calling 505-797-6005 and providing their first and last name and email address. After registering, they will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

The full calendar of upcoming Legal Resources for the Elderly virtual workshops for 2024 can be found at: https://www.sbnm.org/For-Public/Legal-Resources-for-the-Elderly/Calendar.

Celebrating Month at the UNM Law Library! Come check out the featured books on display at the Library front entrance.

Happy #2024!

Enjoy your summer, students! Hope rest, relaxation, and outdoors are on the agenda, along with work and studies!

Today marks the seventieth anniversary of the United States Supreme Court’s May 17, 1954, decisions in Brown v. Board of Education and its companion cases.

Thanks to the "Brown, revisited" project, you can now hear the words of then-NAACP Legal Defense Fund Director-Counsel Thurgood Marshall, Chief Justice Warren, and other lawyers and justices as they were spoken in the Brown v Board of Education and companion cases.

The “Brown Revisited” project has used 1950s texts, actors, historic audio recordings of Brown case protagonists, and voice-cloning technology to recreate actual Brown voices speaking their historic Brown words. Here is the project website: https://brown.oyez.org/home/. Here is a video that explains the voice-cloning process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpBFyPm1OEY.

Click below to hear the recreated voice of Chief Justice Warren reading his opinions for the Court in Brown and in Bolling v. Sharpe: https://brown.oyez.org/modules/opinions-may-1954/.

Congratulations, 2024 grads! We are here to support you in your studies for the bar and beyond!

Celebrating the kickoff of here at the UNM Law Library! How do you use and support your local libraries?

Students, as final-exam time rolls around, the UNM Law Library has tools to make your studies easier. From online study aids to grade distribution reports and more, the UNM Law Library has your back. Click this link to find out more.
https://lawlibrary.unm.edu/students/course-prep.html

https://nativenewsonline.net/arts-entertainment/10-000-books-in-five-days-across-navajo-nation

To achieve this goal, NDN Book Club is seeking support from both Native and non-Native communities. Individuals can contribute to the realization of this vision by making donations, no matter how small, on their website. https://ndngirlsbookclub.org/donate-1

On UNM's podcast this week ---- A high school student’s bedroom was scanned while taking a class exam and after teachers saw a can of spray paint, he was accused of graffitiing a wall at the school. Was that decision just or were the student’s rights violated? High schoolers in the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project have spent the past year working with students at the UNM School of Law to answer this hypothetical question. In just one week, they’ll travel to Washington D.C. to compete and argue in a national moot court competition. You can hear more about it on this week’s episode of our It’s (Probably) Not Rocket Science podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

It's (Probably) Not Rocket Science Podcast | The University of New Mexico Have you ever had a question you wish you knew the answer to? Maybe even a hypothesis? Join faculty and staff from The University of New Mexico as we explore some of the most pressing questions of our time and seek to find answers across academic disciplines.

Do you have legal questions? Save the date to get FREE legal help during the Ask-A-Lawyer Call-In Program on Saturday, May 4 from 9 a.m. until noon (MT), sponsored by the New Mexico Young Lawyers Division!

New Mexico residents can call in to receive brief legal advice regarding legal issues including:
• landlord/tenant • divorce • child support • employment • bankruptcy • criminal cases
• personal injury • immigration law • and more!

During the Ask-A-Lawyer Call-In Program event on May 4 from 9 a.m. until noon (MT), New Mexico residents can call toll free 1-800-876-6227 to receive free legal help from a volunteer attorney! Please help us share this great event! More info: https://buff.ly/3fMANHQ

Happy Pi Day! Reposted from the Library of Congress.

Enjoy your break, students! Hope rest, relaxation, and outdoors are on the agenda.

The New Mexico State Bar Foundation’s Legal Resources for the Elderly Program will be hosting a free virtual workshop for New Mexico residents on March 12 at 11 a.m. (MT) that will be available via video and teleconference (Zoom). To register for the webinar, New Mexico residents can call 505-797-6005 and provide their first and last name and email address or register online at this link: https://buff.ly/3T2jkxi

The virtual workshop will cover Powers of Attorney, Advance Health Care Directives, probate, non-probate transfers (Including Transfer on Death Deeds) and Institutional Medicaid. This free virtual workshop is open to New Mexico residents of all ages who would like to learn more about these helpful legal topics for the elderly.

You will be sent a confirmation email with information about joining the webinar after registering.

The calendar of upcoming Legal Resources for the Elderly virtual workshops for 2024 can be found at: https://buff.ly/3y7IhNE

Happy Spring break, students! Here are five books you might want to check out to enjoy during break - and remember to check our Law Library to see if you can borrow them, too! https://unmlawlibrary.on.worldcat.org/discovery
Hope rest and relaxation are on the agenda, and have a safe, fantastic break!

1. Changing Laws, Saving Lives How to Take on Corporate Giants & Win, by Randi McGinn.
Randi McGinn, one of New Mexico's own and one of America’s leading trial lawyers, teaches you her innovative methods through the compelling narrative of one of her most important cases. McGinn’s experience shows you how to prevail against corporations and insurers with seemingly unlimited funds, who are willing to deploy any tactic to win. Her trials have resulted in changes in corporate and police department practices and have resulted in substantial verdicts and settlements for her clients.

2. Yoga for Lawyers: Mind-Body Techniques to Feel Better All the Time, by Prof. Nathalie Martin and Hallie Neuman Love
Written by lawyers, for lawyers, this is a short, user-friendly yoga book focused on effective ways to de-stress every day, throughout the day, in very little time. The featured meditative yoga techniques and safe therapeutic yoga stretches are medically proven to be healthy ways to relieve stress.

3. Stories from Trailblazing Women Lawyers: Lives in the Law, by Jill Norgren
Law school and the legal field transformed in the second half of the 20th century when a diverse group of women entered the legal profession. This inspiring 2018 book draws on interviews to explore the lives of over 100 women who broke the legal glass ceiling.
The stories include Ruth Bader Ginsburg's rise to the Supreme Court and less well-known accounts like the experience of Lila Fenwick, the first Black woman to graduate from Harvard Law.

4. The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, by Jeffrey Toobin
Journalist Jeffrey Toobin promises to take readers inside the secret history of the Supreme Court.
Toobin builds a riveting tale based on exclusive interviews with the justices. "The Nine" (2008) looks at the early years of the Roberts-led court, revealing the dynamic between the justices shaping our legal system.

5. America's Constitution: A Biography
by Akhil Reed Amar
Whatever legal specialty you choose, all law students take constitutional law. Yale law professor Akhil Reed Amar digs into the Constitution to show its lofty aspirations along with its roots in 18th-century politics.
"America's Constitution" (2006) goes beyond the words of the country's framing document to explain why its creators made decisions that would shape the nation.

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