Our Faculty
The UNM law faculty has been educated at the nation's most distinguished law schools and has practiced and taught throughout the country, bringing to UNM a healthy diversity of backgrounds, professional interests and outlooks on legal education.
Full-time Faculty
Maryam Ahranjani
Professor of Law
- Ronald and Susan Friedman Professor
505-277-2113
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Office: 3238
George Bach
Professor of Law
- Lee & Leon Karelitz Professor in Evidence and Procedure
505-277-1094
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Office: 3116
Sonia M. Gipson Rankin
Professor of Law
- Recipient of Professor Pamela Burgy Minzner Award for Faculty Excellence & Professionalism
505-277-1266
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Office: 3213
Vinay Harpalani
Professor of Law
- Don L. & Mabel F. Dickason Endowed Chair in Law
505-277-5653
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Office: 2526
Steven K. Homer
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Law
505-277-1002
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Office: 1115
John Min Kang
Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Professor of Law
505-277-7776
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Office: 1125
Nathalie Martin
Professor of Law
- Frederick M. Hart Chair in Consumer and Clinical Law
505-277-2810
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Office: 3239
Serge Martinez
Associate Dean of Experiential Learning
Professor of Law
505-277-6556
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Office: 3409
Mary Pareja
Professor of Law
- Pamela B. Minzner Chair in Professionalism
505-277-2268
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Office: 3120
Michelle Rigual
Associate Dean for Information Services and Operations
Professor of Law
505-277-0678
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Office: 3329A
Sarah Steadman
Professor of Law
- F. Michael Hart Chair in Children's Law
505-277-5265
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Office: 3415
Sherri Thomas
Associate Dean of Institutional Climate and Equity
Professor of Law
505-277-2228
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Office: 3329B
Emeriti Faculty
Reed Benson
Professor Emeritus
- Don L. & Mabel F. Dickason Endowed Chair in Law
505-277-1119
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Office: 3241
John P. LaVelle
Professor Emeritus
- Don L. and Mabel F. Dickason Endowed Chair in Law
505-277-0951
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Office: 3234
Margaret E. Montoya
Senior Adviser to Executive Vice President for UNM Health Sciences Center
Professor Emerita
- On Leave
Robert Schwartz
Regent and Professor of Law
Professor Emeritus
505-277-3119
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Office: 3215
Inactive Emeriti
- Marsha Baum
- Barbara Bergman
- Charles T. Dumars
- Richard Gonzales
- G. Emlen Hall
- Michelle S.G. Hermann
- Antoinette Sedillo Lopez
- William MacPherson
- Jose Martinez
- Carol Parker
- Sheryl Scheible Wolf