2024-25 ATJ Fund Grant Cycle Now Accepting Applications

The State Bar of New Mexico ATJ Fund Grant Commission solicits grant applications from qualified civil legal service providers for the provision of civil legal services to low-income New Mexicans.  

The deadline for proposals is April 1, 2024. The Request for Proposals can be found at https://www.sbnm.org/Leadership/Commissions/Access-to-Justice-Fund-Grant-Commission.

Professional Development Program

Most lawyers are constantly striving to find ways to improve and reach their highest potential, whether that means improving practice skills, profitability, the integration of work and personal life pursuits, seeking a higher level of confidence and overall well-being, improving professional or personal relationships, or some other way. A certified professional coach is someone trained to partner with a person to maximize full personal and professional potential and reach that person’s desired results. To learn more about how a certified professional coach might be of value to you please visit the State Bar website at CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL COACHING.

Equity in Justice Program

Get your Equity in Justice CLE Credit!

The new requirement for one hour of Equity in Justice CLE credit is effective Jan. 1, 2024. Throughout the year, we will be offering monthly one-hour virtual CLEs that meet this requirement for $49 a session.

Upcoming CLEs

"Would You Mind Making Some Copies?": Recent Research in Gender Bias presented by Torri Jacobus, Director of Equity, Inclusion and Justice for the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts, Sarita Nair, Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, and Chamiza Pacheco de Alas, who currently leads the programming for Latin America and the Caribbean on an interim basis and is Director of New Mexico Programs for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation on March 27 from noon to 1 p.m. (MT). The panel will discuss and unpack recent research in gender bias. Topics will include tightrope and “prove it again” bias, attitudes affecting parents and tools for interrupting bias in the workplace. Earn 1.0 EIJ (New Equity in Justice Credit) by attending. 

The New Mexico Lawyer Assistance Program

Changed Lives... Changing Lives.

The New Mexico Lawyer Assistance Program focuses on confidential, professional and peer assistance to help legal professionals identify and address struggles with alcohol and other drugs, depression, burnout and other mental

health/emotional issues. NM LAP endeavors to improve the well-being of lawyers, law students, paralegals, law clerks and all other legal staff through support, education and early intervention with the goal of ensuring every legal professional is healthy and fit to practice. www.sbnm.org/NMLAP Legal Professionals Helpline: 505-420-8179 or 505-228-1948 (Statewide) Call or text available, email us at

nmlap@sbnm.org.

Judicial Wellness Program (NMJWP)

Did you know …. JWELL offers professional developments tools for Judges including Judicial Roundtables. The roundtables are a coach facilitated meeting with Judges statewide that gives the judges an ability to discuss what is going on in their jurisdiction and the various stressors they experience in their job. We have found that isolation is one of the top stressors for judicial officers since the pandemic and this platform has been successful in building relationships and providing support.

Stay tuned to see what other services and resources JWELL is providing to all NM Judges.

Together we are stronger in the N.M. judiciary!