UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

Our Mission is to prepare and mobilize lawyers, in partnership with other professionals, to pursue justice and equity and achieve health and well-being for New Mexico's most vulnerable children and families... We changed our name in 2016 to better reflect our vision and our work, which has always focused on improving justice and outcomes for children and families. By expanding the name from "children's law" to "child and family justice" we broaden our scope to address lawyering activities in Children's Court and other venues. This expansion will allow us to provide training and education activities on preventative lawyering that addresses health harming legal needs (including policy advocacy and lawyering in related areas of the law, such as housing, income security, health care, domestic violence, and education). We believe that preventative, holistic lawyering will help keep children and families out of costly systems like the child welfare, juvenile justice, and behavioral health..

Also known as: The University of New Mexico

Primary location: Albuquerque United States