Governor Mills Nominates Justice Valerie Stanfill as Chief Justice of Maine Supreme Judicial Court
May 10, 2021
Governor Janet Mills today nominated Superior Justice Valerie Stanfill as Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Justice Stanfill has served on the Maine Superior Court and the Maine District Court for more than a decade. If confirmed, Justice Stanfill will be the second woman to serve as Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in Maine’s history.
Justice Valerie Stanfill
“Justice Stanfill’s sharp intellect, vast legal experience and expertise, and commitment to administering justice fairly and impartially make her an exceptional candidate to serve as Maine’s Chief Justice,”
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Committee recommends moving UMaine law school to temporary location in Old Port
Dean Leigh Saufley says the current law school building is ‘literally falling apart’ and the move is necessary as the university continues planning a new building on the USM campus.
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In 2017, Architectural Digest named the School of Law building at the University of Southern Maine one of eight ugliest buildings on campuses across the country. The law school’s dean says she worked from home Wednesday morning because water pours into her office when it is raining.
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A University of Maine System Board of Trustees committee is recommending a temporary relocation for the University of Maine School of Law to an office building in Portland’s Old Port before construction of a new building on the campus of the University of Southern Maine.
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Architectural Digest has named the University of Maine School of Law building in Portland one of the eight ugliest university buildings in the United States. Staff photo by Gregory Rec
The University of Maine School of Law has three former governors and four Maine Supreme Court justices among its alumni, but its dingy, off-white round, blocky home off Brighton Avenue in Portland is a real stinker, according to Architectural Digest.
“This university building may look like a futuristic version of the Roman Colosseum, but the only battles happening within these walls are with the bar exam,” the magazine wrote in a recent article declaring the building one of the eight ugliest university buildings in America.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The University of Maine School of Law may leave its famously ugly building for a temporary space in downtown Portland.
A committee of the University of Maine System Board of Trustees recommended on Wednesday that the board approve the move and enter into a new lease, the Portland Press Herald reported.
The University of Maine School of Law’s building is located on the University of Southern Maine’s campus, and has been named among the ugliest buildings in the country. Dean Leigh Saufley told the newspaper the building is in such disrepair that needed technology upgrades are not possible, and the law school cannot increase its student enrollment because the building won’t accommodate it.