HONOLULU - The William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa proudly recognizes the recent publications by Professor Danielle Conway-Jones by sponsoring a panel discussion on recent developments in Intellectual Property Law featuring Professor Conway-Jones and a book signing and reception to follow.  The discussion will take place on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at the Law School Classroom 2 and courtyard from 5:30pm - 630pm, with the courtyard book signing and reception to follow until 7pm.  RSVP by April 22, 2008 at 956-6857 or lawevent@hawaii.edu.

Joining the panel with Conway-Jones are Jay Fidell, Esq., Hawaii attorney and talk show host for the public radio show Think Tech Hawaii; Richard Cox, Executive Director of the University's Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development; and Beadie Dawson, Hawaii attorney.

Conway Jones' two publications are practical oriented for both the student and practitioner.  The 2006 publication, with 2007 supplement, Intellectual Property, Software and Information Licensing: Law and Practice provides the information and tools to help practitioners strategize comprehensive licensing arrangements, rectify existing problems, maximize returns within the legal boundaries, anticipate new concerns and avoid potential pitfalls.  The most recent publication, Licensing Intellectual Property: Law and Application is a streamlined and highly accessible casebook on the law of licensing and application of licensing in practice - from the global to the particular.

Conway Jones is a professor of law at the William S. Richardson School of Law & director of the UH Procurement Institute at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.  She was recently the 2008 Godfrey Visiting Scholar at the University of Maine School of Law; 2007 - 2008 Visiting E.K. Gubin Professor of Government Contracts Law at the George Washington University law School, and the 2006 -2007 Fulbright Senior Scholar at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. 

The Law School will honor the late Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink by holding a "Patsy Mink Tribute Event" on Thursday, April 17, 2008, at 6:30pm

with Special Guest speaker Constance Lau, President & CEO, Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc., Chairman & CEO, American Savings Bank, F.S. B.  The winner of the 2008 Fellowship will be awarded at this event.  A reception will immediately follow. The Patsy Takemoto Mink Legislative Fellowship was created by law students from the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law in 2003 to honor the legacy of Congresswoman Mink.  Each year, the Fellowship enables a Richardson law student interested in public policy and social justice the unique opportunity to intern at a congressional or senate office of a Hawaii delegate in Washington D.C. during the summer. The Fellowship is funded by donors committed to continuing Congresswoman Mink's extraordinary leadership.  RSVP by Monday, April 14, 2008 to lawevent@hawaii.edu or call 808.956.8478. This event is open to the public.