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LD1833 • 2025

An Act to Expand Law Education and Training by Creating a Night Law School Program

An Act to Expand Law Education and Training by Creating a Night Law School Program

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Sponsor
Senator Joseph Baldacci
Last action
2025-05-20
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Expand Law Education and Training by Creating a Night Law School Program

An Act to Expand Law Education and Training by Creating a Night Law School Program Sponsor: Senator Joseph Baldacci Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Expand Law Education and Training by Creating a Night Law School Program Sponsor: Senator Joseph Baldacci Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-20 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-05-16 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-05-15 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2025-05-15 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-04-30 House

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS . In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. 2025-04-30 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Expand Law Education and Training by Creating a Night Law School Program
Sponsor:
Senator Joseph Baldacci
Reference committee:
Education and Cultural Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1833
S.P. 715 In Senate, April 30, 2025
An Act to Expand Law Education and Training by Creating a Night
Law School Program
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered
printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot.
Cosponsored by Senators: BAILEY of York, RAFFERTY of York.

Page 1 - 132LR2266(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. University of Maine System and University of Maine School of Law
3to establish night school law program in Orono. By the beginning of the 2028-2029
4 academic year, the University of Maine System in collaboration with the University of
5 Maine School of Law shall establish at the University of Maine at Orono a juris doctor
6 program that allows a student enrolled in the program to fulfill the degree requirements for
7 a juris doctor primarily by attending classes at night through online course work with
8 periodic in-person instruction. By November 4, 2026, the University of Maine System
9 shall submit a report related to the establishment of the night school law program to the
10 Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.
11SUMMARY
12 This bill requires the University of Maine System in collaboration with the University
13 of Maine School of Law to establish at the University of Maine at Orono a juris doctor
14 program that allows a student enrolled in the program to fulfill the degree requirements for
15 a juris doctor primarily by attending classes at night through online course work with
16 periodic in-person instruction. By November 4, 2026, the University of Maine System
17 must submit a report related to the establishment of the program to the Joint Standing
18 Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.
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