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Maine Law ditches ugly building for a new facility in downtown Portland

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The University of Maine School of Law opened its new campus to students in downtown Portland on Jan. 17, a move that ended its residence in one of what was described as America’s ugliest university buildings.

The new 63,000-square-foot facility features state-of-the-art technology and a full law library. The new location is expected to increase the recruitment and retention of both students and faculty and provide a center for economic, political, and judicial activity.

“Our new home comes with new possibilities to pave paths and deepen relationships,” said Dhiyva Singaram, a second-year law student at the school. “As the first students to study at the new building, we have the opportunity to shape Maine Law’s next chapter.”

Architectural Digest named the old building, located two miles west of the new location, as one of the seven ugliest university buildings in the nation. Business Insider named it the ugliest building in the state of Maine.

Architectural Digest said the old building looks like “a futuristic version of the Roman Colosseum.”

Maine Governor Janet Mills and University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy opened the new campus in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on January 12. The relocation was made possible by capital investment from the Maine Legislature, Governor Mills and gifts from Bobby Monks and Bonnie Porta. The retrofit cost $13.7 million and took 14 months without disrupting students or public services.

Maine Law’s Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic, which provides nearly 14,000 hours of pro bono legal services each year to low-income Mainers, also relocated to the new facility.

“Throughout our state and country, Maine Law alumni are serving the public interest and upholding the rule of law, and current students and faculty are catalyzing change in our state, nation, and world,” Malloy said. “This building represents the importance of legal education and its impact on the state.”

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