University of Maine School of Law
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1962 |
| Dean | Danielle Conway |
| Students | 254 |
| Location | Portland, Maine, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.mainelaw.maine.edu |
The University of Maine School of Law is located in Portland, Maine and is Maine's only law school. It is a part of the University of Maine System. The law school's current Dean is Danielle Conway, who assumed the post in 2015.
Many of Maine's judges, legal scholars, politicians and community leaders graduated from the law school, including the Chief Justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Leigh Saufley and Daniel Wathen, state Attorney General Janet Mills, former State Senate President Libby Mitchell, U.S. District Court Judge John A. Woodcock, former Governor John McKernan and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine, Thomas E. Delahanty II. According to Maine's official 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 38.5% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.
University of Maine School of Law was established in 1962 and is a public institution. The campus is in an urban area in Portland. The primary mission of the law school is to educate students to serve the public and private sectors with distinction; to contribute to the advancement of the law through scholarly and professional research and writing; and to engage in public services aimed at improving the legal system. Students have access to federal, state, county, city, and local agencies, courts, correctional facilities, law firms, and legal aid organizations in the Portland area. Portland is the major urban and legal center in the state. Facilities of special interest to law students are the Cumberland County Superior Court, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, and the Federal District Court. Housing for students is available in university dorms, but most students prefer to find housing in and around Portland. All law school facilities are accessible to the physically disabled.
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