A Community Development Law Moment
By Professor Peter Pitegoff
At Maine Law, the summer of 2019 marks a high point for the study of Community Economic Development Law. Three developments converged to advance this ongoing project. Read More.
Give away Greenland? It’s been done before
By Professor Charles Norchi
To President Trump’s offer to buy Greenland, the Danish prime minister responded “absurd.” After all, Greenland is under the sovereignty of Denmark. But how did Denmark acquire dominion over all of Greenland? Europeans first encountered Greenland in the year 900 when Eric the Red, an Icelander of Norwegian origin, arrived on the southwest coast. Read More.
Maine has more work to do to help families in crisis
By Professor Deirdre Smith
The Maine Legislature has increasingly recognized the important role that extended family members can play in the lives of kids whose parents are unable to take care of them. But these relative caregivers are still not receiving all of the help they need. Read More.
Maritime Maine and our Law School
By Charles H. Norchi, Benjamin Thompson Professor of Law and Chair, AALS Section on Admiralty and Maritime Law
It is summer in Maine and thoughts turn to the sea. The sea sets our law school apart. Maine Law strides two international borders – Canada and the Atlantic Ocean. Only one other law school can make that claim – Dalhousie in Halifax, Canada. Read More.
Economic Justice Fellowship Program
By Professor Peter Pitegoff
With grant support from the Maine Justice Foundation, Maine Law has launched a new Economic Justice Fellowship Program to support legal training in community economic development law and to continue building capacity for clinical practice and advocacy in affordable housing and community revitalization. Read More.
Counting Words, Benefits, and Results
By Visiting Associate Professor Anthony Moffa
Lost in the noise of the Twitter-fueled, scandal-crazed, impeachment-curious media coverage lives the deregulatory agenda of the Trump Presidency. President Trump, like scores of politicians, pundits, policymakers, and even scholars before him, asserts that there are simply too many regulations and that some should be taken off the books. Read More.