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By Deirdre Smith For nearly two decades, I’ve supervised student attorneys at the University of Maine School of Law who assist low-income Maine residents with legal matters in courts throughout the state. Most of the courts we work in are part of… Read More… about Mainers voted more than 50 years ago to update Maine’s probate court system. It still isn’t done.
By Associate Dean Deirdre Smith, Director of the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic Every year thousands of Mainers face major legal problems on their own, without the help of a lawyer. While our indigent defense system for serious criminal matters has… Read More… about Justice for all means having access to a lawyer
By Professor Deirdre Smith, Director of the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic The Main Streets in many Maine towns look nearly deserted at times as businesses of all kinds close down. With fewer stores and services, residents of small towns in… Read More… about Don’t let rural Maine become a ‘legal desert’
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… Read More… about Maine has more work to do to help families in crisis