Pam Lambert has been named director of the Judicial Education Center, a component of the Institute of Public Law in the University of New Mexico School of Law.
She replaces Paul Biderman who was named IPL director in December. Lambert was selected based on the recommendation of the Judicial Education and Training Advisory Committee, appointed by the New Mexico Supreme Court. The committee is made up of representatives of the various state courts the JEC serves.
Lambert, who has worked with the center for eight of the 18 years she has been with the Institute of Public Law, will manage staff, project development and funding for the JEC. Her responsibilities also include fund raising, financial and conference planning, publication and web development, and coordination of the center’s efforts with the judiciary and other agencies, local to international.
Lambert previously provided legal and policy analysis for New Mexico’s Department of Health and the Health Policy Commission, and supplemental legal services for the University Counsel’s Office at UNM.
She has been a long-standing member of the University Hospital Biomedical Ethics Committee, which provides on-call ethics consultations; the Albuquerque Regional Hospital/Ardent Central Institutional Review Board, which reviews experimental research protocols for Ardent-owned hospitals nationwide; and the Adelante Human Rights and Behavioral Support Committee, which reviews the use of psychoactive medications and behavioral support programs and policies.
She has served as chair of the Health Law Section of the State Bar; as adjunct faculty for the UNM School of Law National Health Law Moot Court competition; and as a guest lecturer on health law, medical ethics and the American legal system for the UNM Health Sciences Center, TVI Community College and other organizations.
Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915; e-mail: lmellas@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at February 16, 2006 04:34 PM