Digital Collections
Institutional Repository (DSpace)
The amount of digital scholarly output grows daily, yet only a small fraction of legal scholarly communication is published in traditional venues such as law reviews and journals. Some of this digital scholarly communication makes it to the Web and becomes a resource often referred to as "gray literature," but this can be a haphazard process at best. The UNM School of Law Library employs DSpace, a digital institutional repository, to enable the Law faculty to collect, preserve, index, and distribute their digital work, as well as to provide communities for peer review of works in progress. DSpace places digital objects on a server, generating a permanent URL for that item in the process. Google Scholar indexes documents in DSpace. Email alerts announcing new postings are also available. DSpace is a growing, global phenomenon with more than 140 DSpace servers currently in existence. UNM Law faculty work may be found at Law Faculty Articles, Law Faculty Book Chapters, Law Faculty Conference Proceedings & Presentations, and Law Faculty Service. UNM Law student work may be found at Student Papers.
UNM Law School Exams
The Law Library collects released Law School examinations. We have scanned and made available to Law students on the Law School Intranet, released examinations from 1999 to present. In addition, our print collection includes examinations from 1982 to present.
New Mexico Bar Exams
The Law Library collects released New Mexico Bar Examinations and model answers. We have scanned and made available to the public, released examinations from February 2001 to present. In addition, our print collection includes examinations from 1994 to present.
Water Policy Collection
The Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission was charged with reviewing federal activities in the Western states that affect the use and allocation of water, as well as reviewing numerous aspects of water resources, management, institutional and legal matters, and the performance of federal agencies. Commission members were appointed by President William J. Clinton, and the Commission was chaired by University of New Mexico School of Law Professor Denise D. Fort. A list of Commission members is included in the Final Report. The Commission's work was done through public meetings, research, and symposia, with the assistance of experts. The Commission's Final Report, reports submitted to the Commission by experts, and transcripts of meetings and symposia are included in this collection. The Final Report of the Commission provides an overview of the status of water in the Western United States as of 1998.
