The University of New Mexico School of Law has established a scholarship program for Native American students committed to economic development in Native American communities. For more information please click here . The UNM School of Law is widely known for its faculty strength in the areas of natural resources and environmental law. The School offers a number of electives in these subjects. Introductory and advanced courses in water, oil, gas, and environmental law are taught annually.
Special topics lecture and seminar courses are also frequently available.
Recently, for example, there have been courses devoted to the legal history of New Mexico land and water, federal public lands and resources law, environmental protection legislation, land use planning, regulation of natural gas production and transportation, international environmental law, and emerging issues in western states' water law. These course offerings are one way students can pursue interests in the natural resources and environmental law fields. Students who wish to undertake in-depth study of current resource and environmental problems are afforded valuable opportunities through the Natural Resources Journal . Students may visit for one semester and receive up to 12 credits. The law schools of the University of New Mexico, Universidad de Guanajuato, Southwestern University, and Texas Tech, in cooperation with UNM's Latin American and Iberian Institute, offer six weeks of summer law study in Guanajuato, Mexico.