DeLara Supik Odegard P.C.

02/03/2026

01/20/2026

Protecting harmed patients’ access to justice must remain part of any meaningful solution.

New Mexico’s medical provider shortage deserves real reform — reform that addresses the harm causing lawsuits, not the right of patients to seek accountability.

There are viable solutions that can work for patients and providers.

01/18/2026

The health care debate in New Mexico has become downright sinister. Our neighbors, family and friends are being pitted against one another in a harmful trap of publicly deciphering which

01/16/2026

Medical errors are a serious threat to health systems worldwide. One recent study estimated that 400,000 hospitalized patients experience some sort of preventable harm in the United States each year, with the total costs of medical errors judged to be tens of billions of dollars. According to offici...

01/16/2026

Not long ago, I rewatched the film “Erin Brockovich” with my partner. We had been talking about powerful women—particularly those who are often dismissed because of who they are or where they come from. They had never seen the film, so we watched...

01/16/2026

This analysis first published in our Midweek newsletter, which runs each Wednesday. Heading into the 30-day legislative session in January where state lawmakers will likely take up how medical malpractice laws contribute to New Mexico’s thinning ranks of medical professionals, it’s helpful to re...

01/16/2026

05/30/2025

The School of Law is thrilled to announce that the 2025 Law Scholarship Golf Classic is just around the corner. Funds raised directly support the UNM School of Law Alumni/ae Association student scholarships. A big thank you to the generous sponsors and the School of Law Alumni Board for making this event possible.

Learn more about the event sponsors here: https://lawschool.unm.edu/alumni/events/golf.html

07/20/2022

https://www.propublica.org/article/two-cities-took-different-approaches-to-pandemic-court-closures-they-got-different-results?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Did closing courts contribute to the resurgence in violent crime that began in 2020? What happened in Albuquerque and Wichita may provide clues.

03/15/2022

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