Videos

The 31st annual Judge Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Service was presented by Dennis Parker, Executive Director of National Center for Law and Economic Justice on March 6, 2024. His talk was titled, “Brown vs. Board of Education: How Far...

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This lecture series, hosted by the University of Maine School of Law, provides vital programming for the benefit of the legal community in the State of Maine, the Tribes in Maine, and the public. The purpose of this event is to offer opportunities to...

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The University of Maine School of Law observed Constitution Day with a presentation by Senator Angus King in the Moot Courtroom on Friday, October 20th, 2023. A few weeks earlier, several members of the Maine Law Faculty held a great discussion in th...

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The twelfth annual Justice For Women Lecture was presented on April 26, 2023 at 7:00 pm. This year we welcomed Patrícia Campos Mello, an editor-at-large at Folha de São Paulo newspaper, and an associate research scholar at Columbia University. Ms...

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Established in 2006, the Youth Justice Clinic (formerly the Juvenile Justice Clinic) has been part of significant changes in the way Maine works with, and advocates for, system-involved youth. Understanding the powerful connection between practice an...

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The 30th annual Judge Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Service was presented by Dr. Paul Andrew Mayewski on October 27th, 2022. His talk was titled “Climate Perspective in A Rapidly Changing World.” Dr. Paul Andrew Mayewski is an inte...

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The second Annual Indian Law & History Lecture was presented virtually on Friday, November 18 from 12:00 to 1:30 PM. The lecture explored the Doctrine of Discovery, a millennia-old legal principle, which forms the foundation for Western property law...

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The eleventh annual Justice For Women Lecture was presented virtually on April 25, 2022, at 12:00 pm EDT. Maine Law welcomed Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director, who presented her lecture: The Struggle for a More Equal World – Why It’s Ess...

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For years, asylum seekers represented by Maine attorneys, including student attorneys in Maine Law's Refugee and Human Rights Clinic (RHRC), enjoyed a nearly 100 percent success rate in gaining asylum. However, beginning in 2016 after the opening of ...

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Video-recording of "The Death of George Floyd and Breaking the Cycle of Inaction", presented by Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General, at the University of Maine School of Law on Friday, February 25, 2022 in an online webinar format. Keith Elli...

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The First Annual Indian Law and History Lecture, hosted by Maine Law, features Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Professor of Michigan State School of Law, and Sherri Mitchell, attorney, author, and Executive Director of the Land Peace Foundation. The lecture m...

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The University of Maine School of Law's 29th annual Judge Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Service was delivered virtually on October 21, 2021. Emily Bazelon, a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and the Truman Capote Fellow for Cr...

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Co-sponsored by the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society, the 2021 Constitution Day Lecture featured a debate between Randall L. Kennedy, Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law , and Carrie Campbell Severino, Chief Counsel and ...

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Maine Law Reunion Event

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A video created by Sara Freshley, University of Maine School of Law Class of 2022, for her Arctic Law, Science and Policy Class at the University of Maine School of Law. This video focuses on the critical role indigenous women play in society and spe...

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The 2021 Justice For Women Lecture brought together an amazing lineup of activists from around the world for an engaging discussion on the impact of climate change on indigenous women. The tenth annual event took place virtually on April 15, 2021. T...

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The 28th annual Judge Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Service was presented virtually by Lee Gelernt, Deputy Director, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, on October 29, 2020 at 7:00 pm. He discussed “Challenging Immigration Policies: An I...

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On October 26, 2020, the Energy and Environmental Law Society at the University of Maine School of Law hosted a discussion with leading environmental and climate justice scholars–hailing from Hawaiʻi and New England–working at the intersection o...

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The 2020 Constitution Day Lecture was presented virtually on Thursday, September 17th by Professor Pamela S. Karlan from Stanford Law. The lecture is titled “Restoring Democracy,” Professor Karlan has argued nine cases before the U.S. Supreme C...

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Too often, the youth voice is left out of the critical conversations about how to make change in our society. This forum offers a platform for black and brown youth voices in our community to share their experiences navigating systems of oppression i...

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In the last offering of the Fall 2019 Faculty Speaker Series hosted by the Student Bar Association at the University of Maine School of Law, Professor Deirdre Smith presented "Evidence Law in the Digital Age: New Tech Under Old Rules."

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In this second event in the Student Bar Association Faculty Speaker Series, Professor Jeff Thaler presented a summary of what he learned as a Fulbright Specialist in China in August and September, and since then. He will also discuss how Maine Law a...

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The 2019 Student Bar Association Faculty Speaker Series introduces a presentation by Professor Donald Zillman

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The Judge Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Service honors the late Judge Frank M. Coffin, longtime federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, former member of Congress, renowned leader and mentor in public service, and...

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In recognition of Judge Coffin’s centennial year, this fall’s Judge Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Service – the 27th in our annual series — focused on Judge Coffin’s own life and his substantial contributions to the public good....

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A discussion on the idea of a new Constitutional Amendment with Professor Dmitry Bam and Professor Anthony Moffa. This event was held in the Moot Courtroom of the University of Maine School of Law on September 17, 2019, in observance of Constitution...

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Juvenile Justice advocates are taking a hard look at restitution laws. It is a complicated issue because, though restitution may compensate victims for their losses, it may also sabotage the future of justice involved youth. Even more problematic, o...

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The 2019 Justice For Women Lecture was presented by Maria Luisa Aguilar Rodriguez, International Advocacy Officer at the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center (Centro Prodh), on March 27, 2019. She discussed The Human Rights Crisis in Mexic...

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By making small changes to its inclusionary zoning ordinance, the City of Portland can make progress in addressing its affordable housing crisis and increasing racial and socio-economic integration. The ordinance contains an in-lieu fees option that ...

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