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Over 50 Bar Organizations Stand Up For The Rule Of Law

Above The Law

government can punish lawyers and law firms who represent certain clients or punish judges who rule certain ways. From American Bar Association : We support the right of people to advance their interests in courts of law when they have been wronged. We reject the notion that the U.S. Why the hell not?

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Opinion analysis: Court sides with New Mexico over Texas in interstate water dispute

SCOTUSBlog

New Mexico on Monday, ruling in New Mexico’s favor in an interstate water dispute over the Pecos River. In upholding the river master’s decision as “legally accurate and entirely fair,” the majority relied largely on an email exchange between Texas and New Mexico officials that began in November 2014.

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NM Lawyer Succession Plan: Deadline 10/1/2022

L4SB

If you’re a practicing attorney in the State of New Mexico, you must have a NM Lawyer Succession Plan. The compliance deadline is October 1st, 2022. What is a NM.

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Lawyer censured after calling governor ‘tyrant’ and lawmakers ‘spineless tools’ in COVID-19 litigation

ABA Journal

A New Mexico lawyer has received a public censure partly for “inflammatory and misleading statements” in litigation opposing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, including a claimed right…

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Are Holographic Wills Legal in New Mexico?

LegalReader

In New Mexico if a person writes up a will and signs it themselves, it will not be considered valid.

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Why New Mexico is a Good Place to be a Criminal Defense Attorney

LegalReader

Becoming a criminal defense attorney can be very rewarding in every state, but in New Mexico, you are given more opportunities.

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US Interior Secretary announces Indian boarding school investigative initiative

JURIST

” Since the discovery, a group of Canadian lawyers has formally requested the International Criminal Court to investigate. In 2008 former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally apologized for the country’s former Indian residential schools policy, which was designed to “aggressively assimilate aboriginal children.”

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