New Mexico Statutes Chapter 31. Criminal Procedure § 31-15-2.4. Public defender commission; powers and duties; restriction on individual member

(1) the minimum experience, training and qualifications for appointed, contract and staff attorneys in both adult and juvenile cases in coordination with the state personnel office;

(2) monitoring and evaluating appointed, contract and staff attorneys;

(3) ethically responsible caseload and workload levels and workload monitoring protocols for staff attorneys, contract attorneys and district defender offices;

(4) the competent and efficient representation of clients whose cases present conflicts of interest;

(5) qualifications and performance of appointed, contract and staff attorneys in capital cases at the trial, appellate and post-conviction levels; and

(6) personnel policies and procedures, including the development of public defender personnel rules, to establish an independent system of personnel administration for the department; provided that no employee of the department, except the chief, assistant chief public defenders, appellate defender and district public defenders, shall have fewer rights than under the Personnel Act  1 and under administrative rules applicable to state employees on the effective date of this 2014 act.