The Maine Law Review is published twice annually by second and third year students at the University of Maine School of Law. The Law Review contains case notes and comments written by our students on current legal problems, as well as articles by judges, professors, and practitioners on a variety of legal issues.
The Law Review provides students with a valuable two-year research, editing, and writing experience that allows each to explore in-depth a legal issue of particular interest. Recent editions have contained student notes examining diverse issues of Maine law, such as the enforceability of local food ordinances, gestational surrogacy contracts, and the extent to which Miranda applies to matter-of-fact-communications with arrestees.
Current Issue: Volume 78, Number 2 (2026)
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Editorial Board Vol. 78 No. 2 (2026)
Adam Fortier-Brown Editor-in-Chief
Foreword
Essay
Rurality and Redistricting: California's Proposition 50, Rural Identity, and Democratic Legitimacy
Lisa R. Pruitt
Articles
Legal Deserts Over Time
Cory L. Dodds
One Year's Seeding: Looking Back on the Last Seven Years of Maine's Progress Toward Rural Justice
Christopher Northrop and Seth Main
Resiliency Planning and the Reorganization of Legal Authority in Rural Maine
Nicholas F. Jacobs and Skylar Thielbar