About the Library
Law Library Mission
The Law Library serves and supports the Law School in its mission of educating and training students to become excellent lawyers who will enrich the local community after graduation, and in focusing resources through education, research, and service on some of New Mexico’s most pressing legal needs. In its role as the only large academic law library in the State of New Mexico, in addition to providing library services and information resources to Law School faculty, staff, students, and alumni, the Law Library also strives to provide services and resources to other New Mexico legal practitioners; UNM faculty and students; faculty and students from other educational institutions, including paralegal programs; state government and court system employees; public libraries; and members of the general public. The Law Library also strives to collect and preserve a print legacy collection of the primary legal materials from the New Mexico territorial and statehood eras.
