Law School Accounts

Law School accounts are the mechanism that allows users on the system. The key elements of an account are the username and password.

Authorized Account Holders

  • You must be faculty, staff or a student to have an account at the law school.
  • An account is created automatically for every law student upon entry into law school.
  • New staff and faculty accounts are created upon receipt of a completed Account Request Form.
  • It is a violation of the law school computer use policies for anyone except the authorized account holder to use a law school account.

STAFF Account Request Form

Requests must be submitted at least ONE business day before the arrival of the new staff

Complete and mail the Account Request Form to StaffHR@law.unm.edu.

STUDENT Employee Account Request Form

Requests must be submitted at least ONE business day before the arrival of the new student employee

Complete and mail the Student Account Request Form to the helpdesk@law.unm.edu.

Account Termination

Accounts are deleted upon termination of employment, graduation, or students leaving the law school for other reasons. Graduates are given a grace period to study for the bar. December and May graduate accounts are deleted on or around August 1. Summer graduate accounts are deleted on or around November 1. Dual degree students do not retain their law school accounts past these dates.

Account Deletion Request

For separations, please contact School of Law Human Resources at StaffHR@law.unm.edu.

Users must be notified prior to account deletion.

Username Syntax

Student usernames are composed of the first six characters of the last name and the first two characters of the first name.

Faculty and staff usernames are the last name.

Due to duplicate names there are a few users whose usernames do not conform to the username syntax convention. Outlook's Global Address List displays email addresses.

Name Change

Name change requests for students must be authorized by the Registrar.

Change in Class Status

The Registrar will notify the IT Department of a change in class status.