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Big Trouble In Little Texas The Chicano Movement In Southern New Mexico, 1968–1977, Jamie Bronstein

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Join With Me, Won't You? Civic Engagement, Covid-19, And The Millennial Generation Of Law Professors, Joseph A. Schremmer

Faculty Scholarship

My goals in this essay are to place legal education’s COVID-19 crisis into this broader context and illuminate the unique opportunity that millennial law professors have to create the conditions for more robust community participation within and outside of our law schools. Part I summarizes the decline of civic engagement and social capital in preceding decades and its consequences for law, public discourse, and quality of life. Part II outlines how this deficit of social capital exacerbates the challenges facing law schools and professors in delivering legal education and constructing community during the coronavirus pandemic. Part III explores the unique …

Latinx/@ Immigrant Inclusion Trajectories: Individual Agency, Structural Constraints, And The Role Of Community-Based Organizations In Immigrant Mobilities., Cirila Estela Vasquez Guzman, Julia Meredith Hess, Norma Casas, Dulce Medina, Margarita Galvis, Diana Anahi Torres, Alexis J. Handal, Annette Carreon-Fuentes, Alexandra Hernandez-Vallant, Mario J. Chavez, Felipe Rodriguez, Jessica R. Goodkind

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

Immigration is at the forefront of national, state, and local policy struggles in the United States, and Latinx/@ immigrants have experienced increased deportations, detention, and individual threats. A mobilities perspective allows analysis to extend our view of migration beyond frameworks confined to pre- and postmigration, examining trajectories of social inclusion and exclusion that are influenced by multiple factors in the receiving country. The Immigrant Well-being Project, a community-based participatory research project involving university faculty, students, staff, and representatives from 4 community-based organizations (CBOs), was initiated in New Mexico in 2017 to better understand and promote Latinx/@ immigrant mental health and …

Hierarchies Of Elitism And Gender: The Bluebook And The Alwd Guide, Steven K. Homer

Faculty Scholarship

Hierarchies persist in legal academia. Some of these, while in plain view, are not so obvious because they manifest in seemingly small, mundane choices. Synecdoche is a rhetorical device used to show how one detail in a story tells the story of the whole. This Article examines hierarchies of elitism and gender through a lens of synecdoche. The focus is on the choice of citation guide. Even something as seemingly benign and neutral as choosing a citation guide can reveal hierarchies of elitism and gender bias in legal education and the legal profession. Put another way, the choice of citation …

The Virtue Of Vulnerability: Mindfulness And Well-Being In Law Schools And The Legal Profession, Nathalie Martin

Faculty Scholarship

This article examines the role of vulnerability in transforming individual relationships, particularly the attorney-client relationship. In this essay, Martin argues that broadening our expressions can improve our client relations and decrease the likelihood that when that inevitable mistake occurs, we will be sued for it. Also, based upon virtue ethics, that practicing vulnerability is also virtuous and thus worthwhile in and of itself.

This essay starts by describing the traits people look for in lawyers as well as evidence that clients often feel that their lawyers are less than human. Then examines how legal education contributes to this problem by …

Sexual Violence Among New Mexicans Living With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, Theresa Cruz, D E. Ross-Reed

Reports & Documents

Sexual violence among people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) is highly prevalent in New Mexico and in the United States. More than one in four New Mexican adults with I/DD report a history of forced sex or attempted forced sex, compared to fewer than 1 in 10 among people without I/DD. Power imbalances between caregivers and clients, lack of sexuality education for people with I/DD, isolation, gaps in caregiver training, frequent staff turnover, a culture of ableism and compliance, and underreporting of sexual violence all contribute to disparities in sexual violence victimization.

Laguna Pueblo Tribal Court Handbook (2019), Tribal Law Journal Staff

Tribal Law Journal

This handbook helps take some of the mystery out of practicing in tribal courts. Without the necessary information to learn new rules and protocols many attorneys are understandably reluctant to practice in a new jurisdiction. As a result, tribal courts are underused or misused. This handbook is intended to help attorneys and advocates become more aware of the various individual tribal court systems and to learn their rules and protocol.

Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 43-Yy, No. 11, Coalition For Prisoners' Rights

Coalition for Prisoners' Rights Newsletters

¡¡Commute All 5,000!: Drop LWOP!!

Actual Good News!

2nd Call: Soliciting Card Design

¡Conmuten Todos los 5000!: ¡Eliminen LWOP!

Who is the Richest of Them All?

Computer Technology Materials Banned

In Contrast, Some Execution Sentences

The Strange Career Of The Equal Rights Amendment In New Mexico, Jamie Bronstein

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Bringing Counsel In From The Cold: Reconciling Ethical Rules With The Quagmire Of Insurance Defense Practice, Joseph Regalia, V. Andrew Cass

New Mexico Law Review

Litigators have a tough job: demanding clients, relentless deadlines, and constant pressure to get everything just right. But insurance defense attorneys deal with this and more. Being an insurance-defense attorney means serving two masters: the insurance company that pays the bills, and the insured who stands to lose if the case turns out badly. Not to mention that the sorts of complicated liability cases for which insurers provide coverage often spawn twisted webs of attorney expectations and obligations--particularly ethical ones. And this ethical morass comes with costs: Costs for parties, costs for attorneys, and costs for the public. Much of …

Es Fema El Problema? Hurricane Maria And The Slow Road To Recovery In Puerto Rico, Clifford J. Villa

Faculty Scholarship

A critical and sympathetic look at FEMA's work in post-Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico.

Hls 200: A Latina's Story About The Bicentennial, Margaret E. Montoya

Faculty Scholarship

This essay sketches an arc from my childhood to being an Harvard Law School student to my academic work and professional commitments as a law professor and an alumna of Harvard Law School, working to increase access and success in the legal and medical professions for students and faculty of color. I compare aspects of legal and medical education using demographic data as well as some observations about how diverse faculty have transformed the two professions in their respective approaches to and rationales for diversifying the professions and examine the work being done by diverse faculty in law and health. …

Manual On Pro Bono Appeals Programs For State Court Appeals, Verónica C. Gonzales

Faculty Scholarship

Throughout the country, appellate bench, bar, and court staff have designed pro bono programs for state court appeals to help litigants of modest means who cannot afford quality appellate representation. The aim of this manual is to serve as a practical tool for appellate pro bono programs and for the expansion of and cross-pollination between existing programs. The manual provides a basic framework and then provides specific information on programs in 24 states.

Veronica Gonzales-Zamora worked on the sections covering Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, Virginia, and Washington D.C.

Minor Protections: Best Practices For Representing Child Migrants, Laila L. Hlass

New Mexico Law Review

In recent years, the number of Central American children fleeing violence and seeking protection in the United States has surged, and these children’s cases have flooded the immigration courts. Children are treated virtually the same as adults in immigration court, and, because they are not provided government-appointed counsel, many must defend themselves from deportation pro se. In 2014, 80% of children—roughly 34,130—were unrepresented, and this lack of representation often has profound consequences: many of these children are eligible for protection from deportation, but, without access to attorneys, most will be deported anyway. Governments, nonprofits, and child advocates have taken action …

Between A Rock And An Ethical Duty: Attorney Obligations Under The Reporting Requirement Of New Mexico’S Abuse And Neglect Act, Kirsten Dick

New Mexico Law Review

Every person in New Mexico has a statutory duty to report known or suspected child abuse or neglect to the proper authorities. Does this duty extend to attorneys who have their own set of ethical rules prohibiting disclosure of confidential client information? In State v. Strauch, the New Mexico Supreme Court held that the “every person” language of the Abuse and Neglect Act extends the mandatory duty to report to all persons, not just those professionals who work most frequently with children and are enumerated in the statute. This interpretation spurs an analysis of the interplay among the attorney-client privilege, …

To Discipline Or Not To Discipline: A Framework For New Mexico To Analyze The Ethics Of Medical Marijuana Representation, Jesse Montoya

New Mexico Law Review

What are lawyers to do when their obligations to clients conflict with their obligations to the law? How are state ethics systems expected to manage conflicting obligations to state and federal law? This article explores the ethical conundrum of medical marijuana representation in New Mexico. The New Mexico advisory ethics opinion counseled lawyers to avoid “assisting” medical marijuana businesses, but did not clarify what type of conduct qualified as “assistance.” In addition, the New Mexico Supreme Court refused to adopt Rule 16-102(E), which would have carved an exception in the New Mexico Rules of Professional Conduct for assistance of medical …

Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 42-Yy, No. 7, Coalition For Prisoners' Rights

Coalition for Prisoners' Rights Newsletters

Positive Change is Possible

Conozca Sus Derechos/ Know Your Rights

To-Do List: The Numbers Tell Us

Alternatives For Recovery Of Attorney's Fees In Environmental Litigation, Fritz Ledbetter

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Online Students' Use Of Services And Their Feelings Of Mattering, Tracy L. Hart

Organization, Information and Learning Sciences ETDs

The purpose of this single case study was to examine the relationship between online students’ use of support services and their feelings of mattering using a convergent parallel research design to collect quantitative and qualitative data. Students enrolled exclusively in online classes during the academic year 2015-2016 at the University of New Mexico (UNM) were invited to participate. The survey was based on the theoretical and conceptual frameworks for comprehensive services and mattering theory. Responses provided descriptive statistics and correlation analysis with stories that added to the description of students’ service experiences.

Service-to-service correlations showed correlation strength of moderate, strong, …

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

Faculty Scholarship

Local ordinances that restrict payday lending constitute an important strategy in the overall attack on this problematic form of lending. In this report, made possible by the generous support of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, we describe and analyze campaigns in three locales that differ markedly in the opportunities and challenges faced by ordinance advocates. The locales are Santa Clara and San Mateo counties in California (“Silicon Valley”); Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant counties in Texas; and Salt Lake County in Utah. This report finds both commonalities and important variations among these campaigns. While there is no single recipe for a successful …

Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 41-Xx, No. 9, Coalition For Prisoners' Rights

Coalition for Prisoners' Rights Newsletters

A Long Term Strategy

Soliciting Holiday/Calendar Card Designs

Una Huelga Por Las Condiciones de Vida

Cost of Incarceration: $1 Trillion

New Prison Book Project

Abq Free Press, June 29, 2016, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

No abstract provided.

Framework For Assessing Integrated Water Resources Management In Latin America: Case Studies Of Buenos Aires And São Paulo, Christina Kathryn Faris

Geography ETDs

This thesis examines the World Banks Latin America and the Caribbean Blue Water Green Cities (BWGC) urban water development initiative that began in 2009. This program attempts to create a comprehensive Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approach for policymakers at both local and national levels, improving water management approaches and disseminating data on lessons learned. This thesis evaluates the success of the BWGC initiative by analyzing Buenos Aires and S\xe3o Paulo as case studies. Each city is analyzed through examination of the specific World Bank program and through application of a general assessment tool, the City Blueprint Framework (CBF), which …

Rpm 2.16: University Counsel, Regents Of The University Of New Mexico

Section 2: Policies of General Applicability

No abstract provided.

Brief For Barbara L. Creel And The Tribal Defender Network, Us V. Bryant, Barbara L. Creel, John Lavelle

Faculty Scholarship

Although Congress intended to protect women in Indian Country from domestic abuse, they condoned the use of prior “uncounseled” tribal court convictions to charge and convict an Indian as a federal habitual domestic violence offender.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who wrote Bryant, denigrates Indian people’s civil rights, citing the need to protect Native women from domestic violence. But Department of Justice statistics show most domestic violence perpetrators in Indian country are non-Indians, and the Bryant decision leaves intact their constitutional rights, including the right to appointed counsel.

Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 41-Xx, No. 2, Coalition For Prisoners' Rights

Coalition for Prisoners' Rights Newsletters

What is the Meaning of This?

Estados Unidos Deporta a Angel Rosa, el Guatemalteco Indocumentado que Desarrollo Gangrena Mientras Estaba Detenido

Pen Friends and Services, Inc.

Roadmap to Reentry

KPFT 90.1 FM The Prison Show

Federal Needle Exchange Ban Lifted

High Cost of Prisoner Cells Cut

FYI: CCA Offer to States

Complicating Transgender: White Privilege And The Politics Of Rurality, Jordon Johnson

American Studies ETDs

This dissertation argues a dominant transgender narrative manifested through a focus on transgender bodies and prioritizing access to medical procedures when personal stories began to be publicly shared. With limited public conversations about the influence of a dominant transgender narrative, public understandings about the community have become isolated to one facet of some peoples lived experiences. Focusing on the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico, I examine the ways in which white privilege and presumptions about rural life as in certain respects antithetical to a transgender community have shaped the predominant representation of transgender in ways that often obscure the …

Nccs 2016 Spring Data Collection, Main Report, Miscellaneous Source

UNM HLC 2018-19 Assurance Argument Evidence

A report prepared for UNM by the National Campus Climate Survey (NCCS) in 2016. Page 2: “The NCCS assists initiatives that support an inclusive living, learning, and working environment by collecting data that inform university administration and staff about student experiences with sexual misconduct, as well as their knowledge of campus resources and support services and their views on general campus climate.”

From Out To In: The Opportunity And Need For Clinical Law Programs To Effectively Serve Low-Income Lgbt Individuals, Sarah Steadman

Faculty Scholarship

Although the recent legalization of same-sex marriage in the U.S. is heartening for lesbians and gays, the resulting discriminatory legislative backlash against the LGBT population shows that this community continues to be marginalized and at risk. Over two hundred anti-LGBT bills have been introduced in state legislatures since January 2016. North Carolina recently passed anti-LGBT legislation that eliminated and prohibits LGBT anti-discrimination protections, and bars transgender individuals from using gender congruent public bathrooms. One result of recent and historical discrimination is LGBT individual's newfound and pre-existing fears of encountering anti-LGBT bias when seeking legal services, even as recent developments have …

Abq Free Press, December 2, 2015, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

No abstract provided.