Aliza Organick
Associate Professor of Law
"I believe that the clinic experience can be one of the most rewarding aspects of a student's legal education. It can also be one of the most challenging. Making the transition from law student to lawyer is not an easy one and having an opportunity take part in this very critical transition is really an honor for me. By the time a student has enrolled in clinic there is very little time left to work on those critical practical skills required to become a good lawyer and the students are always enthusiastic, thoughtful, and engaged in this process. It is really wonderful to see them take on the challenges required of them and to reach out into communities and vigorously represent people who might otherwise have no legal counsel."
B.U.S., University of New Mexico, 1992
J.D., University of New Mexico, 1996
Kerri Pelton
(785) 670-1693
Clinic
Washburn Law Clinic
Law of Indigenous People
Tribal Court Practice Seminar
Aliza Organick received her B.S. at the University of New Mexico in 1992 and a J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1996. Organick recently was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico teaching in the Indian Law Clinic serving Native American clients. She also was an Adjunct Clinical Instructor at New Mexico School of Law. Prior to that, Organick was Assistant Public Defender for the state of New Mexico in both the mental health and metropolitan divisions. She was Founder, Attorney and Co-Director of Miner's Legal Resource Center, which was a grant funded public interest law initiative providing basic access to legal advocacy and diagnostic health care services for coal and uranium miners. Organick is admitted to the New Mexico Bar. She is a member of the New Mexico Bar Association and the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
