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Federal Grant Provides Boost to Innocence and Justice Project
Ever since the UNM School of Law established the Innocence and Justice Project (IJP) in 2001, the requests have far overwhelmed the ability of law students and volunteer lawyers to keep up. A recent grant from the U.S. Department of Justice will provide new momentum to the program. The grant will inject $780,000 into the law school's efforts to revisit questionable convictions during the next year. "We have been operating on $2,000 since the project began," says Professor April Land. "Now we can review seven years' of questionnaires with fresh eyes to determine where there are valid claims."
Professor Denise Fort Delivers Keynote at Ecological Meeting
Professor Denise Fort delivered a keynote address at the Ecological Society of America's Millennium Conference on Nov. 10 in Athens, GA. Her speech was titled, "Maintaining Freshwater Aquatic Ecosystems in a Changed Climate: The Fundamental Changes We Must Make."
The three-day conference, titled, "Water-Ecosystem Services, Drought, and Environmental Justice", is co-chaired by Ted Gragson of the University of Georgia and Steward Pickett of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
Study Abroad Expands Horizons, Enhances Credentials
Daniel Ortega has vivid memories of studying abroad and how it opened his eyes to the wider world. The influence of study abroad was so great that he opted to leave his federal Indian law practice in Albuquerque to work as special assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid from 1998 to 2001. These days, as director of the UNM School of Law's International Law Programs, he shares his enthusiasm for study abroad with UNM law students and with international law students applying to spend a semester at UNM.
