The letters to the editor are designed to encourage constructive dialogue among members of the legal community in New Mexico. It is a mechanism for conducting reasonable discourse based on fact or informed opinion. It is not to be a forum for blatant or veiled personal attacks or a venue for venting ones hostility or anger about a person, policy or issue. Letters to the editor must address State Bar policies and practices or issues directly affecting the practice of law in the state. Letters also must be relevant to a broad segment of the legal community. The State Bar of New Mexico editor will determine the relevancy of submissions, and all letters will be edited for appropriateness, tone, clarity, timeliness and length. Letters deemed to be mean-spirited, libelous, inappropriate or contrary to stated policy will not be accepted. Authors will be notified via electronic mail when a letter has been rejected. Rejected submissions meeting subject-matter criteria may be reworked and resubmitted; however, the State Bar of New Mexico reserves the right not to publish a submission.