At the peak of her professional success, Meris Bickford left a lucrative career as a lawyer, trust administrator, and President of the Maine State Bar Association, to rescue a rescue.
Frank Bishop, president of the MSBA, said it started with a survey of all of the members of the association to look into any racial and ethnic discrimination
The past three years have seen a lot of change in Maine, and it’s not all pandemic related. Law firms have had to adjust along the way as well. Recreational cannabis sales, an effort to improve diversity in the legal community, responding to the growing need for volunteer lawyers these are just a few of the issues that have taken the spotlight recently.
Court clerks across the state are increasingly reporting that they cannot find available attorneys to represent criminal defendants who cannot afford to hire their own.