TO: All Maine attorneys FROM: The Maine Supreme Judicial Court DATE: August 7, 2019 Maine attorneys are reminded that the closing date for the 2019 Katahdin Counsel recognition program is fast approaching (Aug. 31st).Read More
Maine Civil Legal Services Fund Commission Announcement of Applications for 2020 and 2021 and Notice of Public Meeting – UPDATED 7/26/2019
Application Packet The Maine Civil Legal Services Fund Commission will make funding determinations for eligible civil legal service providers for 2020 and 2021 on the basis of written applications. The Application Packet is available here.Read More
Applications for Coffin Fellowships Open: Apply by October 11, 2019
Applications for the Coffin Family Law Fellowship are open for 2019. The Coffin Family Law Fellowship provides legal representation in family law matters to clients who have qualified for pro bono assistance through the Volunteer Lawyers Project.Read More
Maine Justice Foundation Seeking ESO Endowment Fund Applications
The ESO Endowment Fund was established by a generous anonymous gift to the Maine Justice Foundation in 2011. Its purpose is to further the Foundation’s mission in Downeast Maine.Read More
Maine Justice Foundation welcomes growing bank support for legal aid
From Mainebiz, 4/18/19, by Renee Cordes: The Maine Justice Foundation said Sanford-based SIS Bank has signed on as a prime partner in a program to fund six providers of legal aid in the state. Since Maine’s Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts program was set up in the mid-1980s, it has generated more than $27 million.Read More
Report shows how to fix the broken defense system for Maine’s poor
From the Portland Press Herald Editorial Board, 4/10/19: Low-income Mainers are not being treated equally before the law. The U.Read More
SIS invests in Maine Justice Foundation
FROM SEACOASTONLINE.COM, 4/6/19 SANFORD — SIS Bank has become a Prime Partner in Maine’s “Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts” Program, an initiative that generates an ongoing source of funds to provide civil legal services for individuals and families who cannot afford it.Read More
Maine Law symposium will look at Maine rural lawyer shortage
From March 25, 2019, Mainebiz: The shortage of lawyers in rural Maine will be tackled next month at a symposium hosted by the University of Maine Law School, part of the school’s ongoing effort to address the issue. The “Ensuring Equal Access to Justice in Maine’s Rural Communities Symposium” will include attorneys, judges, doctors and legal scholars.Read More
MJF selects Student Board Member
Justice Foundation selects student membeRead More
Maine Justice Foundation Welcomes Four New Board Members; Announces 2019 president and officers
The Board of the Maine Justice Foundation has elected Bill Harwood of Verrill Dana as President and elected four new Directors: Grady Burns, Jerroll Crouter, Thaddeus Day and Gerald F. Petruccelli.Read More