George Bach

George Bach is a Professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law, teaching Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Evidence. Before becoming a full-time faculty member, Bach practiced in civil rights, union-side labor law, and employment law. In 2005, he became the first staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, where he litigated a wide variety of civil rights cases in state and federal courts. In 2009, he and attorney Matthew L. Garcia formed the firm of Bach & Garcia. 

A former president of the New Mexico Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association, Bach was honored with a Santa Fe Human Rights Alliance "Treasure" Award for his work in the LGBT community. Bach also serves on community panels for the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico.

• Civil rights
• Federalism limits on enforcement of immigration laws
• Evidence

• University of New Mexico School of Law, JD, 2002
• Centre College of Kentucky, BA in Government and Dramatic Arts, 1992

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• Professor of Law, University of New Mexico School of Law
• Partner, Bach & Garcia
• Managing Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico
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• University of New Mexico Alumni Association Faculty Teaching Award, 2020
• University of New Mexico School of Law Most Inspiring Professor, 2018
• University of New Mexico School of Law Best Overall Professor, 2017 
• University of New Mexico School of Law Professor of the Year, 2014
• University of New Mexico School of Law “Dopest” Professor Award, 2012

• The Federal Government Cannot Prohibit the Exercise of a Core State Sovereign Function: Haaland v. Brackeen and Expanding the Anticommandeering Doctrine, 52 UC LAW CONSTITUTIONAL QUARTERLY 89 (2025)
• DON’T BE AFRAID OF TRIAL: Making the Teaching of Trial Practice Accessible and, Yes, Less Aspirational, 22.1 Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal 29 (2022).
• Moderating the Use of Lay Opinion Identification Testimony related to Surveillance Video, 47 Florida State University Law Review 445 (2020).
• Federalism and the State Police Power – Why Immigration and Customs Enforcement Must Stay Away from State Courthouses, 54 Willamette Law Review 323 (Spring 2018).
• Answering the “Serious Constitutional Question”: Ensuring Meaningful Review of All Constitutional Claims, 117 West Virginia L. Rev. 177 (2014).
• State Law to the Contrary? Examining Potential Limits on the Authority of State and Local Law Enforcement to Enforce Federal Immigration Law, 22 Temp. Pol. & Civ. Rts. L. Rev. 67 (Fall 2012).