The Board of the Maine Justice Foundation invites all Bar Fellows to a special reception at the Summer Conference of the Maine State Bar Association.
Drinks and hors d’oeuvres 5:00PM – 6:00PM, Thursday, June 22, at Sugarloaf Mountain, Carrabassett Valley; Narrow Gauge room on the 2nd level of the main lodge.
Welcoming remarks by …
The Coffin Family Law Fellowship provides legal representation in family law matters to clients who have qualified for pro bono assistance through the Volunteer Lawyers Project. Named after Frank M. Coffin, Senior Judge on the First Circuit Court of Appeals, the Project supports attorneys based in the Portland, Maine offices of Pine Tree Legal Assistance. …
The Trump Administration proposed to eliminate the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) and zero out federal funding for civil legal aid.
Click here to read an editorial that ran recently in the Portland Press Herald and Kennebec Journal, reiterating the huge economic impact of legal aid in Maine.
If this draconian cut is implemented, Pine Tree …
Maine Justice Foundation Board President William Robitzek wrote the following Op Ed piece in the 3/29/17 issue of the Portland Press Herald.
Former Maine Justice Foundation Board President, Arnold Macdonald, Esq., also wrote an article that ran in the April 2017 Maine Lawyers Review, on the impact of civil legal aid in Maine. Click the …
A new study shows services provided by six core legal aid providers to low-income individuals and households in Maine have a positive economic impact on the State.
The providers include the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic of the University of Maine School of Law, Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, Legal Services for the Elderly, Maine Equal Justice …
The Maine Justice Foundation has learned from the National Legal Aid and Defender Association and the American Bar Association that there is a hit list of programs that President Trump might eliminate to trim domestic spending, including the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). Maine’s recipient of LSC funds is Pine Tree Legal Assistance.
In 2016, 24% …
The Maine Justice Foundation is very pleased to announce that Mathew (Matt) Scease of Hallowell, Maine is our new Development Director.
A 1993 magna cum laude graduate of Bowdoin College, Matt has more than 15 years of development experience. For the past 10 years, he served as Associate Director of Philanthropy (formerly Major Gifts Director) …
Portland, ME. December 7, 2016 — The Maine Justice Foundation (MJF) launched its new LGBT Justice Fund at an event held at Holiday Inn by the Bay, and nearly 100 supporters and advocates attended. The fund is designated solely to ensure that vulnerable members of the LGBT community in Maine have access to civil legal …
But with your help, we can make it happen for LGBT people.
Imagine having your house, your health benefits or even your children taken away. You feel helpless. You don’t know what to do or where to turn for help.
Now imagine you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. Your situation just became more difficult …
Diana Scully, executive director of the Maine Justice Foundation, announced that the Foundation has received $1,500,410 from the Bank of America mortgage settlement. The Foundation is one of 56 state-based organizations receiving funds under the settlement.
The settlement addresses legal claims arising from mortgage-related activities by Bank of America and its subsidiaries. As mandated, the …