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Princeton Review Names Maine Law as #1
on List of Schools ‘Most Welcoming of
Older Students’
THE PRINCETON REVIEW named the University of Maine
School of Law first in the country on the “Most Welcoming of Older
Students” list in the just released “2007 Best 170 Law Schools”
annual survey of students.
“Our #1 ranking in welcoming older students reflects a signature
strength of the University of Maine School of Law. We are especially
pleased that this conclusion comes from extensive student
surveys. The diverse range of prior career and life experiences that
our students bring to the Law School enriches the classroom
experience and our educational community,” said Law School Dean
Peter Pitegoff.
The average age of the current University of Maine School of Law
student is 30. Out of the 262 students currently enrolled at Maine
Law, ninety-one students are more than 30 years of age.
The Princeton Review compiled the ranking lists based on its
surveys of 17,000 students attending 170 law schools during the
2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 academic years. Princeton Review
based its list on such data as the average student age at entry and
years spent out of college before enrolling in law school. Previously,
students ranked the University of Maine School of Law 3rd on
Princeton Review’s “Most Welcoming of Older Students” list.
The University of Maine School of Law’s ranking on the list of “Most
Welcoming of Older Students” was mentioned in an article
published in the Oct. 3, 2006 issue of the Boston Globe.
Duke Professor Teaches Property Course
This Fall
LAURA UNDERKUFFLER, the Arthur Larson Distinguished
Professor at Duke Law School, serves as a University of Maine School
of Law Foundation Visiting Professor in the fall of 2006.
Underkuffler has taught at Harvard Law School, the University of
Pennsylvania Law School and Georgetown Law School. She also
served as the Godfrey Visiting Professor at the University of Maine
School of Law in 1999. An internationally-recognized scholar in
property theory, constitutional law, and the role of moral decisionmaking
in the law, she is the author of The Idea of Property: Its
Meaning and Power (Oxford University Press, 2003) and the recipient
of Duke Bar Association’s Distinguished Teacher Award as well as
the Distinguished Faculty Scholarship Award.
Underkuffler received her S.J.D. and LL.M degrees at Yale Law School,
her J.D. degree at William Mitchell College of Law, and her B.A. from
Carleton College.
NEWS BRIEFS
Dignitaries from France and New England
Visit the University of Maine School of
Law for Celebration of Franco-American
Relations
THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW hosted a special
celebration in September to recognize the publication of a symposium
issue of the Maine Law Review titled “French and American Perspectives
on International Law and International Institutions.” Several
dignitaries were in attendance.
Speakers included the following: University of Maine School of Law
Dean Peter Pitegoff; Maine’s Honorary Consul for France Severin
Beliveau; Boston’s General Consul for France Francois Gauthier; and
University of Maine School of Law Professor Martin Rogoff.
The symposium issue includes articles from established and junior
scholars in France and the U.S. that address a number of controversial
contemporary issues, while at the same time providing broader
perspectives on divergences in French and American thinking. The
aim of the symposium issue is to stimulate constructive dialogue
between French and American legal communities concerning issues
that are particularly contentious today and to contribute to a deeper
understanding between the two countries.
To subscribe or for more information on the symposium issue of Maine
Law Review, go to http://mainelaw.maine.edu/mlrsubscribe.aspx.
Maine Law Professor Appointed President
of the University of Maine at Presque Isle
MAINE LAW PROFESSOR DON ZILLMAN was named as
president of University of Maine at Presque Isle for a two-year
appointment. Zillman is the Edward S. Godfrey Professor of Law at
the Maine School of Law in Portland. He served as dean of the Law
School from 1991-2000 and as Interim President of the University of
Maine at Fort Kent in 2001-2002.
“This is an exciting and challenging time for public higher
education in Maine,” Zillman said. “It demands the strongest of
relationships between campus and community. It demands
excellence in all of the activities of the UMPI campus. I look forward
to leading this splendid campus in the years ahead.”
Professor Zillman also served on the law faculty at Arizona State
University, and the University of Utah and has served as visiting
professor of law at the United States Military Academy and the
University of New Mexico Law School. He has written more than 50
law review articles and served as the author-editor of 10 books. His
areas of expertise include energy and natural resources law.
In addition to his academic year, Zillman has served as special assistant
attorney general in Arizona, independent counsel to the Maine House
of Representatives to resolve election contests in 2000, 2002 and 2004,
and he chaired the Maine Legislative Reappointment Commission in
2003. He received his B.S. and J.D. degrees from the University of
Wisconsin and his LL.M. degree from the University of Virginia.
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