-
The Maine Center Awards, presented by the Maine Center for Graduate and Professional Studies, celebrated excellence, leadership, and innovation across three key academic programs: the MaineMBA, Maine Law, and the Muskie School of Public Service. This year marked the award’s… Read More… about Inaugural Maine Center Awards include two Maine Law trailblazers
-
Jill Ward, Director of the Center for Youth Policy and Law and Adjunct Professor, was recently elected to serve as the Northeast Regional Representative for the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) Executive Board. Ward was elected to this position by… Read More… about Center for Youth Policy and Law director elected to executive board of national juvenile justice coalition
-
Clinic Fellowships: Charles A. Harvey, Jr. Trial Practice Immersion Fellowship: Bernstein District Court Fellowship: Hirshon Fellowship at Pine Tree Legal Assistance: Linda Smith Dyer Fellowship at Maine Women’s Lobby: Horace Libby Fellowship at the Maine Public Utilities Commission: Marine Law… Read More… about 2025 Summer Fellowships
-
Graduate 3L Son Nguyen is the 2025 recipient of the Morgan Taylor Spirit of Service Award, presented to a graduating student who contributes time and energy to making the Maine Law community a better place through involvement in student organizations,… Read More… about Marine Veteran turned law student wins Morgan Taylor Spirit of Service Award
-
PORTLAND, Maine – The University of Maine School of Law will graduate its largest class in more than a decade this Saturday, helping the state expand access to justice amid an attorney workforce shortage. Maine Law will confer 88 J.D.… Read More… about Maine Law will graduate largest law class since 2014 this Saturday
-
Intentional burns have a long history among Native communities. Also known as prescribed burns, setting controlled fires to certain forested, prairie, or agriculture landscapes is a way to regenerate environments, re-shaping and preserving them for decades and generations to come. … Read More… about Rooted in heritage, driven by justice: Meet Graduation speaker Holly Fain
-
“As a first generation college student, one of the biggest things that helped me was something others find stressful,” graduating 3L Andy Almonte said. As part of Maine Law’s 3+3 Program, he was on an accelerated B.A. and J.D. trajectory,… Read More… about Accelerated success: 3+3 Program helps first-gen student launch legal career
-
Access to affordable housing has become a pervasive problem in the U.S. over the last several decades, a trend accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nationally, roughly 31% of households are considered cost burdened, meaning more than 30% of income goes… Read More… about A Place to Call Home: Three journal symposium addresses housing crisis in Maine and beyond
-
PORTLAND, Maine — The University of Maine School of Law has been recognized among the nation’s top law schools. In 2025-26 rankings released earlier today by U.S. News & World Report, Maine Law ranked No. 88, up from its No.… Read More… about Maine Law ranked among nation’s top law schools
-
The Maine Association for Public Interest Law (MAPIL) auction is a time honored Maine Law tradition, one that has been going strong for 37 years. Students, alumni, and friends of Maine Law gather, as they did this year in late… Read More… about Victoria Morales receives MAPIL’s Excellence in Public Service Award
