Maine Law Review | Vol 62 | No. 2

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Symposium -- Accessing Justice in Hard Times:
Lessons from the Field, Looking to the Future

Editorial Board Vol. 62, No. 2 (2010)
Tina Heather Nadeau Editor-in-Chief

Introduction

Introduction: Accessing Justice-Its Past, Present, and Future
Frank M. Coffin

Foreword

Foreward & Dedication
Tina Heather Nadeau Editor-in-Chief

Articles and Essays

Exploitation and Abuse of the Elderly During the Great Recession: A Maine Practitioner's Perspective
Denis T. Culley and Hannah Sanders University of Maine School of Law

Funding the Judicial Department at a Level the Supreme Judicial Court Deems "Essential to Its Existence and Functioning as a Court" Is Required by Doctrines of Comity and Duties Imposed by Maine's Constitution
Orlando E. Delogu

Access to Justice Starts in the Library: The Importance of Competent Research Skills and Free/Low-Cost Research Resources
Deborah K. Hackerson

Too Low a Price: Waiver and the Right to Counsel
Zachary L. Heiden

A Foundation Upon Which Justice Is Built: The Chicago Bar Foundation's Innovations to Improve Access to Justice During Tough Economic Times
Danielle Elyce Hirsch

Often Wrong, Never in Doubt: How Anti-Arbitration Expectancy Bias May Limit Access to Justice
Becky L. Jacobs

Creating Access to Tax Benefits: How Pro Bono Tax Professionals Can Help Low-Income Taxpayers Claim the Earned Income Tax Credit
Kate Leifeld

The World Is Round: Why We Must Assure Equal Access to Civil Justice
Jon D. Levy

Reflections of an Access to Justice Chair
Kermit V. Lipez

The Impact of the Current Economy on Access to Justice
Kathleen A. McKee

Maine's Overdue Judicial Reforms
Peter L. Murray

An Exposition of the Effectiveness of and the Challenges Plaguing Maine's Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program
Jason E. Rayne

Funding Justice: The Budget of the Maine Judicial Branch-We Did Get There from Here
Leigh I. Saufley

Case Notes

Findings of Fact vs. Conclusions of Law: How the Law Court Complicated the Case of State v. Connor
Christopher S. Boulos

A Strange Distinction: Charitable Immunity and Clergy Sexual Abuse in Picher v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland
Matthew Cobb

State v. Thurston: An Examination of Assualt, Self-Defense, and Trespass in Relation to Domestic Violence
Megan E. Magoon