![]() He's not the kind of guy who will shy away from what expectations are about at UCLA. In addition, the state of New Mexico and University of New Mexico takes their basketball seriously. Anything about Indiana basketball is pressure. "Anyone suited for a pressure job like this it's Steve,'' Guerrero said. New Mexico AD Paul Krebs said the buyout is still being worked out.Īlford will be introduced by the Bruins at a news conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Guerrero said Alford will be paid $2.6 million a year plus a $200,000 signing bonus and that Alford would have to pay a buyout to New Mexico but that UCLA would work with him. UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero said in a conference call that Alford will receive a seven-year, $18.2 million contract. I very much look forward to taking the helm at UCLA." "I'm proud of my time and the opportunity given at New Mexico. "It's been a difficult morning to tell a team that I dearly love and a team and built last six years," Alford said in a Saturday afternoon news conference in Albuquerque. How have you stayed involved with NCYL? Michael is a dear friend and mentor and whenever I need some guidance, I know I can always count on his sage advice.Hired New Mexico coach Steve Alford on Saturday to replace Ben Howland, ending a process that had rapidly changed direction several times over the past few days. ![]() ![]() I'm deeply grateful for lessons like these. This influences how I mentor my students where I try to convey through my words and my actions that the point isn't to always have the right answer, but to cultivate a relationship to how you do the work that you do. Additionally, I've learned from Michael that it is important to always understand myself as someone who is continually learning. Working with Michael and Hannah taught me a lot about living with these contradictions without reaching for incomplete, simple solutions that replicate many of the same problems we are trying to fix. Both can do good things, but both have also sustained racial and economic inequality for centuries. Schools, like our laws, are full of contradictions. Specifically, I think about how when you do work around race, law, and public education, there are never any easy answers. In my current role as a teaching fellow at UCLA School of Law where I write and teach a Community Lawyering in Education Clinic, I think often about my time at NCYL. How did your time at NCYL influence your path? My time at NCYL changed my perception of how I can use my law degree and is still influencing my personal and professional journey. ![]() This approach to lawyering is so critical to not only shaping people's lives but also shaping what we come to expect from the law, where we come to learn that it can enter our lives to do something good. I watched them use their many skills in whatever way they could to address injustices. What struck me most was just how Michael and Hannah did their work – thoughtfully, diligently, with a real sense of purpose and conviction. They were also working on a case against the egregious racist and ableist practices of the Antioch Unified School District. Why is NCYL's work important today? At the time I interned, Michael and Hannah were working on a case against several Texas school districts on behalf of students with disabilities. I knew then that was the feeling I wanted from my career in the legal profession. In my conversations with him, I learned that Michael was very much fulfilled by the work he did and did it so well. When you entered his office the first thing you would see was a large portrait of Malcolm X starring straight back at you – I loved that, both the photo and the placement. He would often play jazz music while he worked, and I could hear the nice sounds down the hall. What is your favorite memory from your time at NCYL? I remember vividly coming into the office early in the morning and Michael would almost always already have arrived. It was only ten weeks but the work, the relationships I built at NCYL and the mentorship I received have been so foundational to my thinking that it's almost impossible to overstate. What did you do at NCYL? In 2015, I spent my 2L summer at NCYL as a law clerk working with Michael Harris and Hannah Benton in the juvenile justice and education unit.
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