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 …
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.
The Foundation, formerly the Maine Bar Foundation, is the state’s leading funder of civil legal aid for poor and vulnerable Mainers.
Bill Harwood …
The following letter was sent to Maine’s legal organizations for the creation of the Efforts and Initiatives database to address unprofessional conduct within the legal profession. Please read for more information and learn how to help: JAG database query letter …
October 2018
The Maine civil legal services providers, staff and attorneys, acting in cooperation and collaboration with each other (as they consistently do), will be attending an educational program on implicit bias in October. The training will enhance the quality and efficiency of their work with Maine’s neediest populations.…
July 20 and August 8, 2018
In the Maine Lawyers Review November 24, 2017 edition, Nan Heald the executive Director of Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc., published an article describing unprofessional conduct by Maine attorneys directed, for the most part, toward PTLA attorneys. The article prompted frank discussions and a realization of the need for …
The James M. Roux Fellow for 2018 has been awarded to Scott Dolan of South Portland. Dedicated funding from the Maine Justice Foundation will provide support for Dolan, a student at the University of Maine School of Law, while he works as a legal intern at the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic for the summer.
Dolan …
May 12, 2018
Justice Mead attended the ABA National Meeting of State Access to Justice Commission Chairs on May 12, 2018. This meeting is the preeminent gathering of the access to justice community in the United States. It provides an extraordinary opportunity for the exchange of ideas and sharing of resources. Justice Mead served on …
FROM THE KENNEBEC JOURNAL/MORNING SENTINEL BY BETTY ADAMS. View original story here.
AUGUSTA — For the third year running, attorney James A. McKenna III received a special award for volunteering five mornings a week with Pine Tree …
May 3 and 4, 2018
Belated Katahdin Counsel recognition ceremonies were held in various locations in Maine on May 3 and 4, 2018 for pro bono legal services rendered through December 30, 2017. The ceremonies, which are usually held in October, were delayed due to an extension of time for service to allow Maine lawyers …