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Administrative Law: Dave Owen
Professor of Law; Jeff Thaler
Visiting Professor, University of Maine
Animal Law: Sarah Schindler
Associate Professor of Law
Antitrust: David Cluchey
Professor of Law
Bankruptcy/Debtor-Creditor: Lois Lupica
Maine Law Foundation Professor of Law; Thomas Ward
Professor of Law
Business Law: Peter Pitegoff
Dean and Professor of Law; David Cluchey
Professor of Law
Civil Procedure: Melvyn Zarr
Professor of Law; Gerald Petruccelli
Adjunct Professor
Civil Rights: Dmitry Bam
Associate Professor of Law; James Friedman
Professor of Law; Malick Ghachem
Associate Professor of Law; Deirdre Smith
Professor of Law and Director, Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic; Jennifer Wriggins
Associate Dean for Research and Sumner T. Bernstein Professor of Law
Clinical Practice: E. James Burke
Clinical Professor of Law; Rita Heimes
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Director, Center for Law and Innovation; Christopher Northrop
Clinical Professor; Peter Pitegoff
Dean & Professor; Deirdre Smith
Professor of Law and Director, Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic; Anna Welch
Libra Visiting Professor
Refugee and Human Rights Clinic
Commercial Law: Christine Davik
Professor of Law; Lois Lupica
Maine Law Foundation Professor of Law; Thomas Ward
Professor of Law
Community Development: Peter Pitegoff
Dean and Professor of Law
Comparative Law: David Cluchey
Professor of Law; Charles Norchi
Professor Law
Director, LL.M. Program
Director, Center for Oceans & Coastal Law; Martin Rogoff
Maine Law Foundation Professor of Law
Conflict of Laws: Martin Rogoff
Maine Law Foundation Professor of Law
Constitutional Law: Dmitry Bam
Associate Professor of Law; James Friedman
Professor of Law; Malick Ghachem
Associate Professor of Law; Laura Underkuffler
Adjunct Professor; Jennifer Wriggins
Associate Dean for Research
Sumner T. Bernstein Professor of Law; Melvyn Zarr
Professor of Law; Donald Zillman
Edward S. Godfrey Professor of Law
Contracts: Christine Davik
Professor of Law; Thomas Ward
Professor of Law
Corporations: Peter Pitegoff
Dean and Professor of Law; David Cluchey
Professor of Law
Criminal Law & Procedure: Malick Ghachem
Associate Professor of Law; Deirdre Smith
Professor of Law and Director, Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic; Melvyn Zarr
Professor of Law
Domestic Violence: Deirdre Smith
Professor of Law
Director, Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic
Economic Regulation: David Cluchey
Professor of Law
Election Law: Dmitry Bam
Associate Professor of Law
Energy Law: Jeffrey Thaler
Visiting Professor, University of Maine; Donald Zillman
Edward S. Godfrey Professor of Law
Environmental Law: Dave Owen
Professor of Law
European Community Law: Martin Rogoff
Maine Law Foundation Professor of Law
Evidence: Deirdre Smith
Professor of Law
Director, Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic
Family Law: Deirdre Smith
Professor of Law
Director, Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic; Jennifer Wriggins
Associate Dean for Research
Sumner T. Bernstein Professor of Law
Federal Courts: Melvyn Zarr
Professor of Law
Food Law: Sarah Schindler
Associate Professor of Law
Insurance: Jennifer Wriggins
Associate Dean for Research and Sumner T. Bernstein Professor of Law
Intellectual Property: Christine Davik
Professor of Law; Rita Heimes
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Director, Center for Law and Innovation; Thomas Ward
Professor of Law
International Law: Charles Norchi
Professor of Law
Director, LL.M. Program
Director, Center for Oceans & Coastal Law; Martin Rogoff
Maine Law Foundation Professor of Law
Immigration: Anna R. Welch
Libra Visiting Professor
Refugee and Human Rights Clinic
International Trade Law: David P. Cluchey
Professor of Law
Jurisprudence: James Friedman
Professor of Law; Jennifer B. Wriggins
Associate Dean for Research and Sumner T. Bernstein Professor of Law
Juvenile Law: Christopher Northrop
Clinical Professor; Alison Beyea
Director of Admissions
Labor Law: James Friedman
Professor of Law; Peter Pitegoff
Dean and Professor of Law
Land Transactions (Real Estate Law): Sarah Schindler
Associate Professor of Law
Land Use: Sarah Schindler
Associate Professor of Law
Legal History: Martin A. Rogoff
Maine Law Foundation Professor of Law; Malick Ghachem
Associate Professor of Law
Legal Research & Writing: Angela Arey
Legal Writing Professor; Nancy Wanderer
Legal Writing Professor; Donald Zillman
Edward S. Godfrey Professor of Law
Literature & The Law: Martin Rogoff
Maine Law Foundation Professor of Law; Thomas Ward
Professor of Law
Military Law: James Friedman
Professor of Law; Donald Zillman
Edward S. Godfrey Professor of Law
Natural Resources Law: Dave Owen
Associate Professor of Law; Jeffrey Thaler
Visiting Professor, University of Maine; Donald Zillman
Edward S. Godfrey Professor of Law
Negotiation: Lois Lupica
Maine Law Foundation Professor of Law
Ocean & Coastal Law: Charles Norchi
Professor of Law
Director, LL.M. Program
Director, Center for Oceans & Coastal Law
Patent Law: Leonard Agneta
Director, Maine Patent Program
Philosophy & Law: James Friedman
Professor of Law
Professional Responsibility/Legal Ethics: Peter Pitegoff
Dean and Professor of Law; Dmitry Bam
Associate Professor of Law; David Cluchey
Professor of Law; Lois Lupica
Maine Law Foundation Professor of Law
Property: Sarah Schindler
Associate Professor of Law; Laura S. Underkuffler
Adjunct Professor
Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation and the Law: Jennifer Wriggins
Associate Dean for Research
Sumner T. Bernstein Professor of Law
Secured Transactions: Lois Lupica
Maine Law Foundation Professor of Law
Taxation: Jeffrey Maine
Professor of Law
Torts: Jennifer Wriggins
Associate Dean for Research
Sumner T. Bernstein Professor of Law
Trial Practice: E. James Burke
Clinical Professor of Law; Deirdre M. Smith
Professor of Law
Director, Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic; Anna R. Welch
Libra Visiting Professor
Refugee and Human Rights Clinic