Annual Meeting Agenda & Program

Bonus CLE – In-Person Only – Basics of Trust Accounting: How to Comply with Disciplinary Board Rule 17-204

Speaker: Anne L. Taylor, Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Disciplinary Board of the New Mexico Supreme Court

Date: Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026

Time: 4 p.m.

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Meeting Uncertainty with Constancy: How Our First Principles Can Help the Legal Profession Meet the Challenges of the Moment and Uphold the Rule of Law

Speaker: John Mudd, Executive Director & General Counsel, State Bar of Montana

Date: Friday, Aug. 14, 2026

Time: 9 a.m.

Modernizing New Mexico's Legal Profession

Speakers: Chief Justice Julie J. Vargas, New Mexico Supreme Court, and Aja N. Brooks, Statewide Rural Justice Program Coordinator, New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts

Date: Friday, Aug. 14, 2026

Time: 10:15 a.m.

State Constitutional Authority in the Present Times

Speaker: Prof. Joshua “Josh” Kastenberg, University of New Mexico School of Law

Date: Friday, Aug. 14, 2026

Time: 11:30 a.m.

Geographic Justice: Confronting Rural Legal Deserts in New Mexico

Speaker: Aja N. Brooks, Statewide Rural Justice Program Coordinator, New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts

Date: Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026

Time: 8:45 a.m.

Right to Belong and Right to Appeal

Speakers: Professor Verónica C. Gonzales, University of New Mexico School of Law

Assistant Professor Jazmine Ruiz Johnston, University of New Mexico School of Law

Date: Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026

Time: 10 a.m.

Rise Leadership: Unleashing Clarity Through High-Stakes Moments

Speaker: Rashmi Airan, Transformation Expert

Date: Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026

Time: 11:15 a.m.