By Associate Dean Deirdre Smith, Director of the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic
Every year thousands of Mainers face major legal problems on their own, without the help of a lawyer. While our indigent defense system for serious criminal matters has received recent attention, we should not overlook the other part of the legal system where Mainers do not always receive the help they need — our civil justice system. Read More.
By Peter Guffin, Professor of Practice
Co-authored by Christopher J. Bender, Northcross Group
COVID-19 measures have driven workplace operations beyond what most businesses ever planned. Read More.
By Professor Jeff Thaler
When it rains in Maine, it pours: and that is especially true for me this fall. On top of the normal fall busyness of teaching courses in Administrative Law and Energy Law, and continuing my legal representation of the floating offshore wind program at the University of Maine, I also have participated in a number of virtual presentations and projects. Read More.
By Professor Peter Pitegoff
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, I feel fortunate. Screen-weary, yes, but healthy and employed and securely housed. Sadly – tragically – this is just not the reality for so many people in Maine and beyond. Read More.
By Professor of Practice Jeff Thaler
On September 23, I kicked off the 2020-2021 Maine Law Faculty Lunch Talk Series with a presentation entitled “When the Next Surge Comes: What Can Governors Do to Prevent More COVID-19 Deaths and Cases This Fall and Winter?.” Read More.
By Peter Guffin, Visiting Professor of Practice
This post is part four in a series examining privacy and transparency issues in the context of public access to digital court records, building on my essay “Digital Court Records Access, Social Justice and Judicial Balancing: What Judge Coffin Can Teach Us.” Read More.