University of New Mexico School of Law Library

07/05/2025

Have a safe and happy Independence day, everyone.
Screenshot: Library of Congress page on Independence day. https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/july-04/

06/30/2025

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law on July 26, 1990. Every July we celebrate Disability Pride Month to commemorate the passage of this landmark civil rights law.

Come check out our books on disability rights, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other related topics near the entrance of the Law Library.

06/19/2025

Honoring and celebrating at the .

05/30/2025

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

05/12/2025

Dear Graduates,

Congratulations on finishing law school!

As your thoughts turn toward the bar, remember that we've got your back.

At the Law Library, you continue to have after-hours access to the comfy Library spaces and wifi, bar prep materials you can borrow, access to Lexis and Westlaw as well as study aids, and legal research assistance.

For more information, please stop by the Library front desk, call us at 277-6236, or visit our website, here: https://lawlibrary.unm.edu/contact/index.html

We're here for you now, and throughout your legal career.

Go, fight, study!

The UNM Law Library

04/07/2025

National Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. April 6-12, 2025.

https://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/natlibraryweek

03/31/2025

Celebrating National Fair Housing Month this April!

This year marks the 57th anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act, the landmark civil rights law signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1968, that made discrimination in housing transactions unlawful. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing because of race, color national origin, religion, s*x (including gender identity and s*xual orientation), disability, and familial status. For more information about your fair housing rights, visit FHEO's website.

For more information on researching housing law in New Mexico and at the federal level, have a look at our Housing law Research guide here: URL: https://libguides.law.unm.edu/housing_law

03/29/2025

....Happy weekend!

03/17/2025

Sunshine Week is a nonpartisan collaboration among groups in the journalism, civic, education, government and private sectors that shines a light on the importance of public records and open government. Learn more information here:

Our right to know.

03/17/2025

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.

03/08/2025

Happy International Women's Day! This year’s theme is Accelerate Action for Equality. Learn more here: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/2025theme

Photo credit: Wendy Hempen Photography

Mural credit: Gamma Gallery

03/03/2025

March is National Women’s history month! Learn more about the 2025 Women's History theme "Moving Forward Together! Women Educating and Inspiring Generations" here.https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/NWHA-2025-Theme.pdf