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The life of a former UNM law professor will be celebrated by the UNM School of Law.
Ann Scales, 60, was a professor at UNM until 1998, when she left to join the law department at the University of Denver. She died on June 24 at a hospice in Denver, a week after she suffered injuries to her brain from a fall in her home.
Scales was a founder of feminist legal theory and a local leader in the community. She founded the Harvard Women’s Law Journal at Harvard Law School. Scales came to UNM after working at an all-female law firm in Los Angeles that paid for race and sex discrimination cases by offering services to Hollywood stars getting divorces.
While at UNM, Scales worked on a case that led the New Mexico Supreme Court to decide that women’s interest in equality requires abortion funding.
The UNM School of Law will host a memorial at the law school for Scales on Wednesday at 4 p.m. A reception will follow.
