The University of Maine School of Law Refugee and Human Rights Clinic (RHRC) recently received the 2022 Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Award for Excellence in a Public Interest Case or Project. This honor was conferred in recognition of the … Read More
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