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Resolve, to Establish the Criminal Justice Legal Aid Clinic Pilot Project at the University of Maine School of Law

Resolve, to Establish the Criminal Justice Legal Aid Clinic Pilot Project at the University of Maine School of Law

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Sponsor
Representative Daniel Ankeles
Last action
2026-04-29
Official status
Died in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES . (DEAD)
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Resolve, to Establish the Criminal Justice Legal Aid Clinic Pilot Project at the University of Maine School of Law

Resolve, to Establish the Criminal Justice Legal Aid Clinic Pilot Project at the University of Maine School of Law Sponsor: Representative Daniel Ankeles Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, to Establish the Criminal Justice Legal Aid Clinic Pilot Project at the University of Maine School of Law Sponsor: Representative Daniel Ankeles Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0098(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0098(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 884 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-29 Senate

    Died in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES . (DEAD)

  2. 2025-04-29 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-04-16 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  4. 2025-03-17 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-03-17 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  6. 2025-03-04 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, to Establish the Criminal Justice Legal Aid Clinic Pilot Project at the University of Maine School of Law
Sponsor:
Representative Daniel Ankeles
Reference committee:
Education and Cultural Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 884
H.P. 570 House of Representatives, March 4, 2025
Resolve, to Establish the Criminal Justice Legal Aid Clinic Pilot
Project at the University of Maine School of Law
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative ANKELES of Brunswick.
Cosponsored by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland and
Representatives: HENDERSON of Rumford, KUHN of Falmouth, LEE of Auburn, MOONEN
of Portland, SATO of Gorham, SINCLAIR of Bath, ZAGER of Portland, Senator: BENNETT
of Oxford.

Page 1 - 132LR0098(01)
1Sec. 1. Criminal justice legal aid clinic pilot project established. Resolved:
2 That the University of Maine System shall establish within the University of Maine School
3 of Law a criminal justice legal aid clinic 3-year pilot project.
4Sec. 2. Reports. Resolved: That the University of Maine System shall submit an
5 interim report no later than January 15, 2027 and a final report no later than November 6,
6 2028 to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education
7 matters, judiciary matters and appropriations and financial affairs on the criminal justice
8 legal aid clinic pilot project established pursuant to section 1. The reports must include, but
9 are not limited to, the number of clients served by the clinics at the University of Maine
10 School of Law, including through the criminal justice legal aid clinic pilot project; the
11 number of student attorneys who participated in the pilot project; any barriers to the success
12 of the pilot project; and recommendations, including any suggested legislation, for the
13 future of the criminal justice legal aid clinic to be housed within the existing clinics at the
14 University of Maine School of Law.
15Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: That the following
16 appropriations and allocations are made.
17UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
18Educational and General Activities - UMS 0031
19 Initiative: Provides one-time funding to establish a criminal justice legal aid clinic as a 3-
20 year pilot project of the Clinics at Maine Law.
GENERAL FUND 2025-26 2026-27
All Other $1,000,000 $0
__________ __________
GENERAL FUND TOTAL $1,000,000 $0
21SUMMARY
22 This resolve requires the University of Maine System to establish within the University
23 of Maine School of Law a criminal justice legal aid clinic 3-year pilot project and provides
24 one-time funding for that purpose. The resolve also requires the University of Maine
25 System to submit interim and final reports to the joint standing committees of the
26 Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters, judiciary maters and appropriations
27 and financial affairs on the criminal justice legal aid clinic pilot project.
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