Leigh saufley biography of william hill

On April 15, 2020, Leigh I. Saufley became Dean of the University of Maine School of Law after an extensive national search. She is the eighth dean of Maine Law since its founding in 1962. She is the first Dean to report directly to the Chancellor as part of the transition of the Law School to a stand-alone institution within the University of Maine System, and she was recently appointed President and Dean, in recognition of her multiple responsibilities in leading Maine Law.

Saufley has had a distinguished career of public service.

After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Maine in 1976, and from the University of Maine School of Law in 1980, she practiced in a small law firm in Ellsworth, Maine, worked briefly in the U.S. Veterans Administration Counsel’s Office, and later held leadership positions in the Office of the Attorney General of Maine.

Dean Saufley was appointed to the Maine District Court in 1990, to the Maine Superior Court in