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The Craig Othmer Scholarship was established in 2008 jointly by the Public Law Section and Craig's family to honor him. It is intended to provide summer funding for a UNM law student to pursue a project in public interest law. Craig was a proud 1974 graduate of UNM law and was very active in the Public Law Section and community service throughout his career. While on the Section Board, he was instrumental in establishing the Public Lawyer of the year award because he believed public lawyers deserve more recognition.
Matthew Mallary is a rising 3L at UNM School of Law. He moved to New Mexico after graduating summa cum laude from MSU Denver to attend law school. Matthew chose UNM for the diversity, excellent ratings in Indian law, and excellent ratings in clinical law. Matthew has always enjoyed the outdoors, growing up rafting, hiking, and mountain biking. The amazing culture and outdoor activities of New Mexico made the decision to move even easier for him. In law school Matthew was on the dean’s list, became a Marshall Brenan fellow, participated in the Clinical Law in Practice program, and been a member of the mock trial team. Matthew worked with the United States Attorney’s Office over the summer in their externship program, which was supported by the Othmer Award. After graduating Matthew plans to remain in New Mexico working in public law. Matthew hopes his interest in public law will allow him to help the drug courts in New Mexico grow and continue to combat the epidemic that has affected the community, a cause near and dear to his heart. Matthew plans to give back to the people and community of New Mexico, who have given him so much in such a small amount of time
Thank you to everyone who attended!
2023 - Camilla Allison 2022 - Brittany Dutton-Leyda- With the support of the Othmer Fellowship, She will be worked at the Office of the Federal Defender, and as a law clerk for the Honorable Chief Judge Eichwald of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court in Sandoval county as part of the State Bar Diversity Judicial Clerkship Program. 2021- Carson Thornton González- With the support of the Othmer Fellowship, she worked as a legal intern with the New Mexico Prison & Jail Project (NMPJP) where she worked as a legal intern, writing, researching and communicating with clients around the state in various facilities. 2020- Anna Trillo- With the support of the Othmer Fellowship, she worked in a Human Trafficking summer internship at the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center (“NMILC”) where she was responsible for conducting outreach and training partners on how to screen and refer potential human-trafficking survivors to NMILC. 2019 - Denali Wilson - With the support of the Othmer Fellowship, she spent her summer working in Washington, D.C. with the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth engaging in policy advocacy and litigation to challenge the use of excessive and extreme youth sentencing. 2018 - Verenice Peregrino Pompa - With the support of the Othmer Fellowship, she worked on obtaining equal access to education for all New Mexico children at the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty 2017 - Janine Caller 2016 - Laura Johnson