Albuquerque, New Mexico
University of New Mexico School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1948
- Institution type
- Public
- J.D. formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 157
- Median GPA
- 3.56
- Resident tuition
- $19,474
- First-year class
- 108
- Bar-required jobs
- 74%
- First-time bar passage
- 77%
J.D. program formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
- Part-time J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s part-time list.
- Distance-education J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s distance-education J.D. list.
Formats come from the ABA Council’s published lists, not from the school’s marketing. What each format means
Programs published by the school
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
- Child and Family Justice ClinicSchool page for Child and Family Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Community Lawyering ClinicSchool page for Community Lawyering Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Economic Justice ClinicSchool page for Economic Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Southwest Indian Law ClinicSchool page for Southwest Indian Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Journals and advocacy programs
Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.
- Tribal Law JournalSchool page for Tribal Law Journal (opens in a new tab)
Master's degrees for non-lawyers
Graduate degrees in legal studies for professionals who work with the law but do not intend to practise. They do not qualify graduates to sit for the bar.
Curriculum & faculty (2025 ABA report)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Curricular Offerings (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
Course titles beyond 1L
107
Clinic positions available
120
117 filled
Field placements filled
51
Simulation course seats
89
Co-curricular offerings
19
Full-time faculty
41
102 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
