Faculty by Expertise

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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
Legal Research & Writing
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