Access to affordable housing has become a pervasive problem in the U.S. over the last several decades, a trend accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nationally, roughly 31% of households are considered cost burdened, meaning more than 30% of income goes … Read More
PORTLAND, Maine — The University of Maine School of Law has been recognized among the nation’s top law schools. In 2025-26 rankings released earlier today by U.S. News & World Report, Maine Law ranked No. 88, up from its No. … Read More
The Maine Association for Public Interest Law (MAPIL) auction is a time honored Maine Law tradition, one that has been going strong for 37 years. Students, alumni, and friends of Maine Law gather, as they did this year in late … Read More
Are websites considered places of public accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act? The question has never been uniformly answered at a federal level, but 2Ls Gus Forseth and Adam Fortier-Brown did their best to sort through this question during … Read More
Access to housing is a multifaceted issue facing communities and states across the country, and Maine is no exception. Since 2013, housing vacancy rates have dipped from 3% to 1.4% in 2023. Both rates are well below the national average. … Read More