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The Certificate in Public Interest and Social Justice is the newest certificate program available to students at the University of Maine School of Law. Maine Law also offers certificate programs in Environmental and Oceans Law, Information Privacy Law, and Business… Read More… about Maine Law announces new certificate in Public Interest and Social Justice Law
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Abdulkareem Omer and Rachel Bruns, two student attorneys from Maine Law’s Refugee and Human Rights Clinic (RHRC), spoke at a symposium at Maine Medical Center’s Dana Center Auditorium on Tuesday, March 28 about the pressing need for collaboration between medical… Read More… about Maine Law student attorneys speak at Maine Medical Center about the physician’s role in asylum law
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The Maine Association for Public Interest Law (MAPIL) is a student-led organization at the University of Maine School of Law that encourages student engagement in legal volunteer opportunities, public interest careers, and pro bono work. MAPIL hosts relevant events throughout… Read More… about MAPIL hosts 35th annual auction to support public interest law
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PORTLAND, ME — The United States Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) recently announced the expert appointment of Jill Ward as a senior policy advisor in the Office of the Administrator. In this part-time role,… Read More… about Department of Justice appoints Maine Law’s Jill Ward to serve as senior advisor on juvenile justice reform
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PORTLAND, ME — The battlefields of Afghanistan, the 9/11 attacks on New York, Sierra Leone’s 2014 Ebola epidemic, unrest in Syria, Libya, and Turkey – Brazilian journalist Patrícia Campos Mello witnessed and reported through it all. As a journalist for the Brazilian… Read More… about Award-winning Brazilian journalist to present Maine Law’s Justice for Women Lecture on April 26
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Maine Law’s Youth Justice Reform will host a webinar on Policy and Advocating for Change on March 23 at 4:30 pm. The event will showcase student impact through the work of the Youth Justice Clinic and the Center for Youth… Read More… about Student Impact Summit: Maine Law’s Youth Justice Clinic and Center for Youth Policy & Law: Practice, Policy and Advocating for Change
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PORTLAND, ME — Aspiring attorneys began their classes in the new home of the State’s only law school this week, which is co-located with academic and public service programs from the University of Maine System (UMS) and the University of… Read More… about University of Maine School of Law, collaborators celebrate grand opening of new campus in downtown Portland
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Captain Morgan Lisa Taylor, a Maine Law alumna from the class of 2019, passed tragically in an automobile collision on November 12, a few months before her 32nd birthday. Taylor, who served as a Judge Advocate General Officer (JAG) in… Read More… about Scholarship established to honor beloved alumna lost in car collision
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“Flying turns down the volume,” 1L Emily Elmore said. “You’re in this high-stakes, low-fail environment; it’s totally absorbing, and everything else melts away. For me, it’s a space that’s very Zen. I feel free but totally focused.” This is the… Read More… about Retired Air Force pilot finds calling and community at Maine Law
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The second Annual Indian Law & History Lecture will be presented virtually on Friday, November 18 from 12:00 to 1:30 PM. The lecture will explore the Doctrine of Discovery, a millennia-old legal principle, which forms the foundation for Western property… Read More… about Maine Law will co-host second annual Indian Law & History Lecture
