At the Center for Civic Values, we encourage public engagement with the law by providing accessible education and services, ensuring support for all students regardless of income, sexual orientation, background, location, or any other individual circumstances.

Since 1978, CCV has been the administrator and host of the Gene Franchini High School Mock Trial program. In 2022 CCV added a Middle School Mock Trial program. CCV was founded originally in 1962 as the New Mexico Bar Foundation and is organized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable and educational corporation. Our offices are in Albuquerque, New Mexico; we have program activities throughout the state; and, our educational materials are used in classrooms and mock trial programs across the country.

100% of CCV’s board members have donated money to the organization.

CCV participates in GuideStar©, the online standard for nonprofit accountability; you may review CCV’s GuideStar(c) listing here.

Board of Directors and Staff

Jack
Sullivan, Esq.

Chair
New Mexico State Land Office

Heather
Jaramillo

Immediate Past Chair
University of New Mexico

jessie
lundschen

Paralegal


Raquel
Medina

Albuquerque Public Schools

Shaharazad
Booth, ESQ.

Vice Chair
Attorney At Law

Lynda
Latta, esq.

Attorney At Law

David
Overstreet, ESQ.

Attorney At Law

Kristen
Leeds

Executive Director

M. Karen
Kilgore, ESQ.

Finance Chair
Attorney At Law

Mark
Standridge, ESQ.

Attorney At Law

Center for Civic Values

Albuquerque, New Mexico