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Fifty-eight percent of all new infections of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa are among women and girls. In adolescents, six out of seven new infections occur in girls. Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations shared… Read More… about Justice for Women Lecturer invites attendees to continue unraveling systems of inequality
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The University of Maine School of Law will host its annual Summer Institute in Privacy and Information Security Law from May 23 – June 10, 2022. The courses are tailored for existing attorneys who can leverage the session to earn… Read More… about Privacy Summer Institute to be held May 23 – June 10
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Applications open: May 1, 2022- May 30, 2022 The University of Maine School of Law Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) supports recent University of Maine School of Law graduates in law-related public interest careers by assisting them in the repayment… Read More… about Applications for Maine Law’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program open May 1
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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… about This recent report from the Maine Law Refugee and Human Rights Clinic is impacting the nation’s immigration law practices
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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… about Darcie McElwee, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine and Maine Law alumna appointed by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to the Advisory Committee of U.S Attorneys
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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… about Report: Boston Asylum Office violates rights of asylum seekers
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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… about Maine Law alumna draws on personal experience to advocate for housing security
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“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… about Attorney General Ellison’s visit to Maine Law
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Dorothy Roberts’ lecture, “Family Surveillance” co-sponsored by University of Maine School of Law, March 7, 2022. Acclaimed scholar of race, gender, and law Dorothy Roberts, Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Chair in the Carey Law School and founding… Read More… about Dorothy Roberts’ lecture, “Family Surveillance”
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In celebration of Black History Month, we look back on our own history at the University of Maine School of Law, where the first leader of color did not arrive until 53 years after the Law School’s establishment in 1962.… Read More… about Former Maine Law Dean Danielle Conway reflects on the joys and challenges of being “first”
