Faculty

Patricia Begné

Prof. U. de Gto. School of Law, Licenciatura en Derecho, U. de Gto., Graduate Program Law School Public Notary U. de Gto.; Fulbright scholar. Teaches civil law, international law and gender and the law; writes on women’s issues, conducts research on women’s rights and gives presentations on her research at national and international conferences. Coordinator of International Relations at the U. de Gto. School of Law.

Warren Grimes - Profile

Prof., Southwestern Law School; B.A., Stanford University; J.D., University of Michigan Law School; Member of Advisory Board, American Antitrust Institute; Member of Advisory Board, Academic Society for Competition Law; lectured in Germany, Japan, and Korea on international competition law issues; teaches Antitrust Law, Unfair Competition Law, Business Associations, Legislation.

William MacPherson - Profile

Prof., U. of New Mexico; B.A., J.D., U. of New Mexico; Former Director of Clinical Programs, Regent Scholar, clerk for N.M. Supreme Court Chief Justice and Deputy General Counsel for the Navajo Tribe. Taught in Guatemala, Mexico and Southeast Asia, founding Director of Summer Law Institute.

Nathalie D. Martin - Profile

Professor of Law, University of New Mexico; J.D., Syracuse University; LL.M., Temple University. Professor Martin is an experienced business lawyer with a background in commercial transactions, bankruptcy law and litigation. Prior to becoming a full-time law professor, she practiced commercial law in a number of law firms, including Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhodes, LLP. Professor Martin was an Honorable Abraham L. Freedman Teaching Fellow at Temple Law School. She has taught a variety of commercial law courses, including contracts, corporations, secured transactions, bankruptcy and payment systems. Professor Martin also has served as a resident scholar for the American Bankruptcy Institute, the largest nonprofit organization in the world dedicated to education on insolvency issues.

Juan Manuel Olvera Mendez

Prof., U de Guanajuato School of law; Licenciatura en Derecho, U de Guanajuato, LL.M. in Trial Advocacy, Southwestern Law School. Teaches Trial Advocacy, Alternative Dispute Resolution as well as academic adviser of the Moot Court team of U of Guanajuato Law School. Currently involved in researching, lecturing and instructing trial techniques nationwide regarding the implementation of the accusatorial system in Mexico.

Stewart Paley

Adjunct Professor of Law, University of New Mexico; J.D., Syracuse University. Professor Paley is an accomplished business and commercial law attorney, with more than 10 years of experience in private practice. He formerly was a partner in the firm of Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg and Ellers, where he specialized in commercial lending and debtor-creditor law. He is a member of the New Mexico, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania bars. He has taught many law classes at Temple University School of Law’s programs in Rome and Athens, the University of New Mexico School of Law and the Pre-law Summer Institute for Native American Law Students, including contracts, business associations, secured transactions, international business transactions and legal research and writing. In his classroom, Professor Paley combines traditional law-school learning methods with role plays, negotiations, contract drafting and other real-world experiences to help students learn both the theory and the nuts and bolts needed to become a skilled business attorney.

Sergio Pareja - Profile

Director of Guanajuato Summer Law Institute; Assoc. Prof., U. of New Mexico; B.A, U.C. Berkeley; J.D., Georgetown. Partner at a large international law firm; lived for extended periods in Valencia, Venezuela; teaches international business transactions, contracts, federal income tax, estate and gift tax, and taxation of business enterprises.

Fernando Patrón

Prof. at U. de Gto. School of Law and Public Administration Department. Bachelors’ Degree in Sociology, UAM, Masters Degree in Public Administration, CIDE, PhD in Government, University of Essex, U.K Research topics include: executive-legislative relations, divided governments in Latin America, public policy and political institutions.

Jorge A. Ramírez - Profile

Prof., Director of International Programs, Texas Tech U. School of Law; J.D., Harvard U.; B.A., Economics, Harvard U.; lectured in Mexico and Paraguay on NAFTA, international environmental issues and farm worker law.

Pedro Vásquez Nieto

Prof., U. of Gto. and Notario specializing in Mexican Business Law. Former Director of the U. of Gto. Law School. President of the College of Notarios. Co-Director of Summer Law Institute, 1989 to present.