PRESS RELEASE PORTLAND, ME — Darcie McElwee, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine, has been appointed by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to serve on the twelve-person Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys. The appointment was announced on Wednesday, March … Read More
The practices used by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Boston Asylum Office to review asylum claims violate international and domestic law, according to a new report from the University of Maine School of Law’s Refugee and Human … Read More
Five years ago, Shianne Bowlin, ’21, was homeless. Now, as a mental health attorney for Disability Rights Maine (DRME), Bowlin assists Mainers in similar situations. “When I was homeless and living in my car, I encountered a lot of people … Read More
“What if we could change a system, would you do it? Would you reach for it?” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison asked this of Maine Law students on a snowy Friday in late February. He visited to speak with students, … Read More
Dorothy Roberts’ lecture, “Family Surveillance” co-sponsored by University of Maine School of Law, March 7, 2022. Acclaimed scholar of race, gender, and law Dorothy Roberts, Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Chair in the Carey Law School and founding … Read More