About Us

The Center for Wildlife Law, publisher of the Wildlife Law News Quarterly and Weekly Alerts, is at the Institute of Public Law at the University of New Mexico School of Law. The Center is the only national center devoted to raising the level of knowledge and awareness about wildlife law and policy issues. The Center was founded in 1990 as an educational and research component of the Institute of Public Law, the public service arm of the law school at UNM. We have gained a national reputation for accurate and objective research, analysis, education and training in state, federal and international wildlife law and policy.

See our web page for Center for Wildlife Law projects, publications and funders. Center staff include founder and Director Ruth Musgrave, Senior Attorney Judy Flynn O'Brien, Layout/Design/Production Editor Kathy Grassel, Wild Friends Director Carolyn Byers, Research Professor Dan Macke, and Program Coordinator Cheryl Gage. Institute of Public Law staff who are assisting with online services include David Farris, Pam Castaldi and Carolyn Johnson.