A plan to move the University of Maine School of Law to temporary digs in downtown Portland got a green light Wednesday from a key committee before moving to a full vote by the UMaine System Board of Trustees on May 24. Under a plan endorsed by members of the finance, facilities and technology committee, Maine Law would move to a leased space at 300 Fore St. until a new home goes up at the University of Southern Maine campus in Portland. The same committee also approved the second reading of the University of Maine System's $572 million operating budget for the 2022 fiscal year, advancing the plan to the Board for final approval on May 24. The budget was balanced without a pandemic-related increase in student tuition or fees but includes an inflation-based adjustment across the System's universities. (Tuition at MaineLaw will be unchanged in the upcoming academic year for both in-state and out-of-state students.)