Emeritus Professor Orlando Delogu Moderator and Speaker

Emeritus Professor Orlando Delogu will be a moderator and speaker this March at the 18th Annual Rocky Mountain Land Use Conference, a program sponsored by the University of Denver School of Law.

Maine Law Faculty Update

Dear Students, Staff, and Faculty --

As you may have heard, Maine Law Professor Deborah Tuerkheimer has been appointed Professor of Law beginning next academic year at the DePaul University College of Law in Chicago. It is with mixed feelings that I share this news with you. This move presents an exciting opportunity for Professor Tuerkheimer and her family, while we sincerely will miss her vibrant presence here at Maine Law in the coming years. We wish the best for Professor Tuerkheimer, who certainly will remain an active and valued member of the extended Maine Law School community.

Joining Maine Law next fall as a new full-time faculty member is Sarah Schindler. Currently a visiting professor at the University of Georgia School of Law, Professor Schindler previously practiced land use and environmental law at the San Francisco firm of Morrison and Foerster, clerked for U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Will Garwood in Austin, Texas, and worked as a television actor in Los Angeles. We look forward to welcoming Professor Schindler to Maine Law, where her research and teaching will include property law, land use regulation, administrative law, and environmental and marine law.

Additionally, Professor Lateef Mtima will join Maine Law next summer and fall as a distinguished Libra Visiting Professor. A faculty member at the Howard University School of Law for over a decade, Professor Mtima is Founder and Director of the Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice in Washington, D.C. After graduating in 1985 from Harvard Law School, he was in private law practice with Coudert Brothers in New York and San Francisco and with Klehr Harrison in Philadelphia. In addition to intellectual property, he teaches and writes in the areas of bankruptcy, debtors and creditors' rights, commercial law, contracts, torts, and social justice. Professor Mtima's visit helps launch Maine Law's anticipated faculty and student exchange program with Howard Law School.

-- Peter Pitegoff, Dean

Per Capita Productivity of Articles in Top Journals, 1993-2008 New England law Schools

Maine Law's faculty did quite well in a recent per capita productivity study of articles published in top-50 journals.

Here are the results for all New England law schools:
Per Capita Productivity of Articles in Top Journals, 1993-2008 New England Law Schools
1. Yale University (18.46)
2. Harvard University (14.32)
3. Boston University (8.77)
4. Roger Williams University (6.27)
5. Boston College (5.65)
6. University of Connecticut (4.21)
7. University of Maine (3.21)
8. Quinnipiac University (3.08)
9. Northeastern University (2.76)
10. New England School of Law (2.00)
11. Western New England College (1.73)
12. Suffolk University (1.38)
13. Vermont Law School (1.28)

Professor Rogoff Lectures at the University of Turin

Professor Martin Rogoff delivered lectures at the Faculty of Law at the University of Turin on November 10 and 11, entitled "The Approach of U.S. courts to Choice of Law" and "The U.S. Presidential Election System and the Presidential Election of November 4, 2008." While in Turin Professor Rogoff also finalized arrangements for a doctoral candidate from Turin to spend a semester as Visiting Scholar at the Law School and talked with Italian colleagues about joint research and other cooperative activities between our professors and students.

Third Edition of Professor Knott's Book Published

The third edition of Professor Chris Knott's book, Where the Law Is: An Introduction to Advanced Legal Research, was published earlier this month. The book has been adopted in use in over 50 law schools thus far.

Book Review by Christine Hepler Published

Christine Hepler just published a book review of Sonya Hamlin's book, Now What Makes Juries Listen, for the AALL Spectrum (http://aallspectrum.wordpress.com/).

Professor Delogu Publishes Article

Emeritus Professor Orlando Delogu published, "The Judicial Branch: Not Just Another Agency, But a Constitutionally Authorized Department of Government," in the October 23, 2008 issue of Maine Lawyers Review.