The Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic at the University of Maine School of Law was recently awarded a grant of $105,500 from the John T. Gorman Foundation, a continuation of its support of the Clinic’s juvenile justice reform work. Through the… Read More… about Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic’s juvenile justice reform project receives continued funding from the John T. Gorman Foundation

First Public Forum – June 19, 2020, 12:00 – 1:00 pm View the recording of this event. The University of Maine School of Law will host several virtual public forums designed to examine the racism in our laws and institutions,… Read More… about University of Maine School of Law will host conversations on racial injustice

Cheryl Saniuk-Heinig, a rising 3L at the University of Maine School of Law, placed second in the national writing competition of the American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC). In addition to a cash prize, she has been invited to attend… Read More… about Cheryl Saniuk-Heinig ’21 places second in national writing competition

In this time of pain and anger over the senseless death of George Floyd, the University of Maine School of Law Dean, Leigh Saufley, speaking for all the faculty and staff of the Law School said this: The faculty and staff at… Read More… about Public Statement of the University of Maine School of Law on the Death of George Floyd

On the morning that we awoke to videos of George Floyd’s slow, horrifying death, I had been Dean at the University of Maine School of Law for just 6 weeks, having left the job of Chief Justice for the opportunity… Read More… about Personal Statement from Dean Leigh Saufley on the death of George Floyd