French Program Newsletter #2

The French Law Program newsletter, edited by Maine Law Foundation Professor Martin Rogoff, has just been published. Read about this program and the newsletter.

Professor Charles Norchi gives endowed lecture at Sarah Lawrence College on ‘Understanding Afghanistan.’

Associate Professor and Director of the Marine Law Institute Charles H. Norchi on October 12 gave the endowed Annual Adda B. Bozeman lecture in International Affairs at Sarah Lawrence College in New York on the topic of “Understanding Afghanistan.”

Professor Thomas M. Ward publishes new edition of his Intellectual Property Treatise

Professor Thomas M. Ward recently published the 2009 revised edition of his treatise, Intellectual Property in Commerce (Thomson West 2009). The treatise is now a database on Westlaw [IPCOMM].

Professor Lois Lupica gives presentations on mortgages to ‘Maine Attorneys Savings Homes.’

Maine Law Foundation Professor Lois R. Lupica gave presentations on three different topics related to mortgages and securitization at a program entitled Defending Homes Threatened by Foreclosure which was held on September 22, 2009 in Hallowell, Maine. The program was sponsored by ‘Maine Attorneys Savings Homes’ (MASH), which is a joint project of Pine Tree Legal Assistance and the Volunteer Lawyers Project. The group ‘MASH’ is organized to help homeowners who are at risk of losing their homes due to the foreclosure crisis. Prof. Lupica gave an "Overview of Mortgage Securitization and the Secondary Market,” a presentation on "Mortgages, Notes, and UCC Concepts” and co-presented with Attorney Chet Randall on the topic of "Introduction to Key Mortgage Documents and Hypothetical Materials."

Law School Co-Sponsors Successful Conference on ‘Expanding Justice in Maine’:

The Law School (in particular Dean Peter Pitegoff, Professor David Cluchey, and Associate Professor and Director of the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic Deirdre Smith (Chair, Conference Committee)) and with the help of many staff, on October 2 co-sponsored a very successful conference entitled “Expanding Justice in Maine: Upstream Solutions to Downstream Problems,” in Portland Maine at the Abromson Center. Here are links to several articles about the conference. October 2 Bangor Daily News and the October 3 Portland Press Herald.

Professor Nancy Wanderer gives presentation to Probate Judges

Director of the Legal Research and Writing Program Nancy Wanderer gave a presentation on October 2 on “Ethical Issues and Probate Opinion Writing" at the Fall Conference of the National College of Probate Judges on October 2 in Rockport, Maine.