Legal Community

Defenders in Recovery!

NEW MEETING!  Defenders in Recovery meets every Wednesday night at 5:30 PM.  Our meeting schedule is as follows:

• Ist Wednesday of the month: AA meeting—discussion
• 2^nd Wednesday of the month: NA Meeting—discussion
• 3^rd Wednesday of the month—Book study.  We will start on the AA Big Book and work our way through different AA and NA literature, including the Big Book, the Blue Book, Living Clean, 12x12, etc.
• 4^th Wednesday of the month—Recovery Speaker and Monthly Birthday Celebration

These meetings are open to all who seek recovery.  We are a group of defenders supporting each other, sharing in each other’s recovery.  We are an anonymous group and not affiliated with any agency or business.

Anonymity is the foundation of all of our traditions. Who we see in this meeting, what we say in this meeting, stays in this meeting. For the meeting link, we can be reached at defendersinrecovey@gmail.com or Jen at 575-288-7958, Jaime at 505-225-9330, JJ at 307-321-4752.

Tenth Circut Court of Appeals Library Albuquerque Branch Now Open

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Library, Albuquerque Branch is now open to members of both the District of New Mexico Federal Bar and State Bar of New Mexico. The Library is located on the 2d floor of the Pete V. Domenici United States Courthouse and hours are 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m (MT)., Monday through Friday when staff is present. We are also able to provide in-person, limited assistance to members of the general public at this time. For more information please call (505) 348-2135.

Seeking Sponsors for Breaking Good High School Video Contest

The Legal Services and Programs Committee will host the sixth annual Breaking Good Video Contest for 2021. The Video Contest aims to provide an opportunity for New Mexico high school students to show their creative and artistic talents while learning about civil legal services available to their communities. The LSAP Committee would like to invite members or firms of the legal community to sponsor monetary prizes awarded to first, second, and third place student teams and the first place teacher sponsor. The Video Contest sponsors will be recognized during the presentation of the awards, to take place on 2022 Law Day, and on all promotional material for the Video Contest. For more information regarding details about the prize and scale and the Video Contest in general, or additional sponsorship information, visit sbnm.org/breakinggood.