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Abdulkareem Omer and Rachel Bruns, two student attorneys from Maine Law’s Refugee and Human Rights Clinic (RHRC), spoke at a symposium at Maine Medical Center’s Dana Center Auditorium on Tuesday, March 28 about the pressing need for collaboration between medical… Read More… about Maine Law student attorneys speak at Maine Medical Center about the physician’s role in asylum law
The Maine Association for Public Interest Law (MAPIL) is a student-led organization at the University of Maine School of Law that encourages student engagement in legal volunteer opportunities, public interest careers, and pro bono work. MAPIL hosts relevant events throughout… Read More… about MAPIL hosts 35th annual auction to support public interest law
PORTLAND, ME — The United States Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) recently announced the expert appointment of Jill Ward as a senior policy advisor in the Office of the Administrator. In this part-time role,… Read More… about Department of Justice appoints Maine Law’s Jill Ward to serve as senior advisor on juvenile justice reform
PORTLAND, ME — The battlefields of Afghanistan, the 9/11 attacks on New York, Sierra Leone’s 2014 Ebola epidemic, unrest in Syria, Libya, and Turkey – Brazilian journalist Patrícia Campos Mello witnessed and reported through it all. As a journalist for the Brazilian… Read More… about Award-winning Brazilian journalist to present Maine Law’s Justice for Women Lecture on April 26
Maine Law’s Youth Justice Reform will host a webinar on Policy and Advocating for Change on March 23 at 4:30 pm. The event will showcase student impact through the work of the Youth Justice Clinic and the Center for Youth… Read More… about Student Impact Summit: Maine Law’s Youth Justice Clinic and Center for Youth Policy & Law: Practice, Policy and Advocating for Change