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The ACLU of Maine, Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP), and the Refugee and Human Rights Clinic (RHRC) at the University of Maine School of Law are suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for information about its detention activities in Maine.… Read More… about Immigrant rights groups sue ICE for information about detention activities in Maine
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Justice For Women Lecture Series The JFW Lecture Series, presented by the University of Maine School of Law, brings speakers to Maine each year to discuss their work and strategies to promote justice for women and girls. Maine Law established… Read More… about Maine Law’s 2021 Justice For Women Lecture: The Impact of Climate Change on Indigenous Women Around the World
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The University of Maine School of Law, in the coastal city of Portland, Maine, invites applications for two full-time visiting professor of law positions to teach Criminal Law or Property Law for the 2021-2022 academic year. The visiting appointments may… Read More… about The University of Maine School of Law invites applications for two visiting professors of law
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Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows recently announced the hiring of Joann Bautista, a 2018 graduate of the University of Maine School of Law, as deputy secretary of state. The daughter of Mexican immigrants, Bautista will be Maine’s first Latina… Read More… about Joann Bautista ’18 hired as deputy secretary of state for Maine
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Congressman Jared Golden, and Senator Angus King recently announced they will convene an eleven-member advisory committee to review and provide recommendations to President Biden on candidates to serve as U.S. Attorney for Maine. Deirdre Smith, associate dean… Read More… about Associate Dean Deirdre Smith selected for advisory committee to review and provide recommendations on candidates to serve as U.S. Attorney for Maine
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University of Maine System celebrates two women of significant state impact Leigh Saufley, dean of the University of Maine School of Law and former Maine Chief Justice, and Joyce Gibson, associate professor of leadership studies at the University of Southern… Read More… about Leigh Saufley, Joyce Gibson to be inducted to Maine Women’s Hall of Fame
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Since Maine Law launched the Rural Lawyer Project in 2017, the program has provided 2L and 3L students hands-on experience in rural legal practice by pairing them with lawyers who serve as mentors. The initial pilot funding for these fellowships… Read More… about The Rural Lawyer Project: Summer 2020
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The latest issue of the annual Maine Law Magazine has been mailed to alumni and friends, and the issue is also available online. The Magazine highlights the exceptional work of our current students, alumni, staff, and faculty in the following… Read More… about Maine Law Magazine features the 50th Anniversary of the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic
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Professor Jeff Thaler’s latest article, “The Next Surges Are Here: What Can American Governments Lawfully Do in Response to the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic?,” has been published in the Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice. Professor Thaler began… Read More… about Professor Jeff Thaler publishes article on the American government’s legal reach when responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
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The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) recently announced the launch of the annual Westin Scholar Awards program. With the growing need for well-qualified privacy and data protection professionals, the annual Westin Scholar Awards program will support students who consider… Read More… about Maine Law selected to participate in IAPP’s Westin Scholar Awards Program
