Colloquium Schedule
2008-09
Wednesdays from September 3, to November 5, Talks begin at 12:25 PM (unless otherwise noted)
- September 3 - Laura E. Gomez,
“What's Race Got To Do With It?: Latinos and Media Coverage of the 2008 Democratic Primary” - September 10 - John LaVelle
“The Roberts Court's First Indian Law Decision in Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Company: A Narrow Defeat for Indian Nations or an Ominous Piecemeal Stripping of Tribal Jurisdiction?” - September 17 - Gloria Valencia-Weber,
“Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez: a Story about the Decision” - September 24 - Erik Gerding
“Larry Lessig and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Code, Crash, & Open Source” - October 1 - “First Wednesday”
Panel Discussion of the Supreme Court:
the Past Term, the Coming Term and a Preliminary Assessment of the Roberts Court
Moderator: Ruth Kovnat; Panelists: Margaret Montoya, Michael Browde, & Jim Ellis
open to the entire Law School, begins at noon - October 8 - Christine Zuni Cruz
The Pueblo Lands Act Amendment - October 15
Marjorie Florestal,
McGeorge School of Law,
John F. Kennedy's International Economic Policy - October 22 - Sergio Pareja,
“Taxation without Liquidation: Rethinking ‘Ability to Pay’” - October 29 - Barbara Creel
Title to be announced - November 5 – “Half-baked Ideas”
Carol Suzuki, Ernesto Longa & colleague to be announced 
2009-10
Spring, 2010
University of New Mexico School of Law Spring 2010 Faculty Colloquium
 Wednesdays at 11:30 am in the New Faculty Lounge, UNMSOL
- January 27 - Professor Laura Gomez
“What Historical Case Studies Tell Us about How Law and Race
Constitute Each Other”
* Law Library Conference Rm, 3rd Floor, Minzner COA* - February 3 - Professor Denise Fort
“Is There Hope after Copenhagen? The Global Warming and Carbon Control Story Continued." - February 10 - Professor Marsha Baum
“Animal Anti-Cruelty Exceptions: How Judicial and Legislative Responses Affect Animals - February 17 - Professor Nancy Lopez,  Sociology, UNM
"Working the Paradox: ‘Reconceptualizing Race as "Social Race’ From the Supreme Court to High School Classrooms” - February 24 - Professor Elizabeth Rapaport
“Old Age on Death Row: Whither the Eighth Amendment?” - March 3 - Dr David McArdle, Senior Lecturer, University of Stirling Law School, Scotland
“Disability Discrimination in the USA and the UK” - March 10 - Professor Barbara Creel
“The Right to and Role of Defense Counsel in Tribal Criminal Court Proceedings” - March 17 - SPRING BREAK
 - March 24 - Professor Matthew Paul Schaefer, University of Nebraska College of Law
“Constraining State-Level Foreign Relations: Rejustifying, Refining and Distinguishing the Dormant Foreign Affairs Doctrine." - March 31- Professor Theresa Maynard
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
“Educating Transactional Lawyers” - April 7 - Professor Eric Gerding
"How Do We Make Sure Financial Regulators Do Their Job?: Legal Devices to Counter Political Cycles." 
Fall, 2009
Wednesdays, 11:45 am, New Faculty Lounge
- September 9 - Professor Angela J. Davis
American University Washington College of Law
“Prosecutorial Misconduct: The Mike Nifong Exception” - September 16 - Professor Leo Romero
“Criminal Sanctions v. Punitive Damages for Ecological Disasters Like the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill” - September 23 - Professor Jurgen Brohmer
University of New England, School of Law, NSW, Australia
“Federalism in Germany and Australia—Money Talks” - September 30 - Professor Nathalie Martin
“Payday Lending Laws from the Ground Up: A Customer’s View” - October 7th Professor Stephen H. Legomsky
Washington University School of Law
“Portraits of the Undocumented Immigrant: Epiphany through Dialectic” - October 14 - No Meeting, Fall Break Week
 - October 21 - Professor Christian G. Fritz
“American Constitutionalism: Out from Under the Shadow Of the Federal Constitution” - October 28 - Professor Brent T. White
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
“Under Water and Not Walking Away: Shame, Fear and the Social Management of the Housing Crisis” - November 4 - Professor Denise Fort
“Maintaining Ecosystems Services in a Changed Climate: Bold Ideas” - November 11 - David Myers, UNM Law Library Archivist
“New Mexico Becomes Modern: State Political Changes in the 1950’s and 1960’s” - November 18 - Professor Kent A. Kiehl
Mind Research Network & UNM Department of Psychology
“Psychopathy in Prison Populations” 
2010-11
Spring, 2011
University of New Mexico School of Law Spring 2011 Faculty Colloquium
 Wednesdays at 11:45 a.m. in the New Faculty Lounge, UNMSOL
Spring 2011 Faculty Colloquium Series Flyer
Wednesday, February 16
 John Copeland Nagle
 John N. Matthews Professor
 Notre Dame Law School
TBA
Friday, February 18
 Lawrence M. Friedman
 Marion Rice Kirkwood Professor
 Stanford Law School
Front Page: On American Criminal Trials
Wednesday, February 23
 John LaVelle
 UNM School of Law
Beating a Path of Retreat from Treaty Rights and Tribal Sovereignty: The Story of Montana v. United States
Friday, March 11
 Frank Valdes
 Professor of Law
 University of Miami
TBA
(Presentation to students and faculty)
Wednesday, March 23
 Sherri Burr, Alfred Mathewson, and Rob Schwartz
 UNM School of Law
 Panel Discussion: 
Joint Authorship: Benefits and Burdens of Pairing with Other Law Professors?
Wednesday, March 30
 David Marcus
 Associate Professor of Law
 University of Arizona
TBA
Wednesday, April 6
 Gloria Valencia-Weber
 UNM School of Law
Security at the U.S. Borders: Sovereignty Negotiations with Transnational Tribes
Wednesday, April 13
 Reed Benson
 UNM School of Law
Does the Public Trust Doctrine Apply to Water in the Western States?
Wednesday, April 20
 Camille Carey
 UNM School of Law
Domestic Violence as Tort
Wednesday, April 27
 Vickie Sutton
 Paul Whitfield Horn Professor
 Texas Tech School of Law
TBA
2011-12
University of New Mexico School of Law Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 Faculty Colloquium
 Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m. in the New Faculty Lounge, Court of Appeals Library, and Room 2405, UNMSOL
Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 Faculty Colloquium Series Flyer
Fall, 2011
September 7, 2011
 Eileen Gauna
 Professor of Law
 UNM School of Law
New Mexico's Carbon Reduction Rules
September 14, 2011
 Tim Canova
 Betty Hutton Williams Professor of Int'l Economic Law
 Chapman University School of Law
Debt Crisis in the US and Europe
 With Commentary by Emeritus Professor Ted Parnall
September 21, 2011
 Max Minzner
 Associate Professor of Law
 UNM School of Law
The Criminal Rules Enabling Act
September 28, 2011
 Scott Hughes 
 Professor of Law 
 UNM School of Law
Expressions, Empathy, & Mediation
October 5, 2011
andré douglas pond cummings
 Professor of Law
 West Virginia University College of Law
 Racial Coding and Financial Crises
October 12, 2011
 Roberta Cooper Ramo
 President
 American Law Institute
 The Work of the ALI
Spring, 2012
February 1, 2012
 Rob Schwartz
 Professor of Law
 UNM School of Law
New Developments in End of Life Decision-making
February 8, 2012
 Kathy Powers
 Assistant Professor of Political Science
 UNM Political Science Department & Affiliated Law Faculty
International Legal Personality and Autonomy in Trade and Human Rights
February 13, 2012 (Monday)
 Robert Solomon
 Professor
 University of California, Irvine School of Law
Clients at Risk: What is a Lawyer to Do?
February 22, 2012
 Richard J. Berry 
 Mayor of Albuquerque
Albuquerque: The Plan
February 29, 2012 (Court of Appeals Library)
 Anita Bernstein
 Professor of Law
 Brooklyn Law School
Diversity May Be Justified
March 7, 2012
 Julie Greenberg
 Professor of Law
 Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Intersexuality and the Law
March 21, 2012
 Cheryl Wade
 Harold F. McNiece Professor
 St. John's University School of Law
Corporate Governance & Race
March 28, 2012
 Leo Romero
 Emeritus Professor of Law
 UNM School of Law
Judicial Selection in New Mexico
April 4, 2012
 Andrew Sandoval-Strausz
 Associate Professor of History
 UNM History Dept. & Affiliated Law Faculty
The Freedom to Travel
April 11, 2012 (Court of Appeals Library)
 Roy Brooks
 Warren Distinguished Professor of Law
 University of San Diego
Racial Justice in the Age of Obama
April 18, 2012
 Tim Goldsmith
 Associate Professor of Psychology
 UNM Psychology Dept. & Affiliated Law Faculty
Knowledge Networks and the Law
 With Commentary by Professor Nathalie Martin
