Welcome to our monthly e-newsletter. If you have any faculty, student, alumni, school news or events to update, feel free to send it to us at lawevent@hawaii.edu.
Spring Busy with class and leading our Building Excellence Committee and Council, as well as lobbying the legislature for funding, Denise Antolini's recent publication "Creative Common Law Strategies" got a glowing book review in from "Trial" magazine, attached! This magazine is published by the American Association for Justice. "A fascinating review of the varied ways environmental activists are increasingly turning to the common law to remedy the effects of several decades of federal courts' anti-environmental activist decisions. Creative Common Law Strategies provides environmental practitioners with helpful and potentially adaptable strategies. This book deserves a place in the library of all lawyers committed to environmental and social justice."--Peter Earle, Trial magazine (April 2008).
Fall Denise Antolini co-edited a new book "Creative Common Law Strategies for Protecting the Environment" that was released in December. Visiting Assistant Professor Kapua Sproat contributed a chapter on the public trust law emerging from the Waiahole Ditch case (with co-author Isaac Moriwake '98).
Spring 08 This Spring, Booth was reappointed as a Member, Hong Kong Deposit Protection Appeals Tribunal Panel (Jan. 14, 2008-Jan. 13, 2011).He lectured on “Corporate Rescue in China: Developing Insolvency Infrastructures,” at the Center for Chinese Studies, University of Hawai`i at Manoa, USA, on Mar. 4, 2008 and on “Corporate Rescue in Asia: Developing Insolvency Infrastructures,” at American College of Bankruptcy & NYU Law School, USA, on Apr. 3, 2008. He was also Chair and Speaker, on "An Introduction to the PRC Enterprise Bankruptcy Law Panel & Chair and Commentator, Cross-Border Insolvency Panel, The 2006 PRC Enterprise Bankruptcy Law: A New Beginning?" Symposium, by the IAPBL & AIIFL, at Hong Kong, on Mar. 25, 2008. He is currently engaged in law reform work serving as the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law Expert for the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission as part of a project on Instutional and Legal Reforms being funded by the Asian Development Bank. I am responsible for proposing a new Personal and Corporate Insolvency Law for Vanuatu.
Fall 07 He lectured on "The Development of Insolvency Infrastructures in Asia,” at the Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China on Oct. 24, 2007. He was a speaker on “Bankruptcy and IP Rights: Risks and Opportunities,” at Global Innovation Challenges and Opportunities: Sustainability, Services and Underserved Markets Conference, GATIC-USA 2007 Global Advanced Technology Innovation Consortium, University of Hawai`i at Manoa Shidler College of Business, Honolulu, HI, on Sept. 28, 2007; Chair and Commentator, Insolvency Reform In China Panel, at the International Bar Association (IBA) Singapore 2007 Conference, Singapore, on Oct. 16, 2007; and Chair and Commentator, at the Situational Investing in Undervalued Assets Panel, Entrepreneurialism, Risk Assessment, and Private Investment Symposium, by the IAPBL & Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL), University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, at Hong Kong, on Oct. 18, 2007. He was later a speaker on Restructuring & Investing Conference, Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors (AIRA), at Shanghai, China, on Oct. 22, 2007 and a Participant on the Judicial Panel, and Speaker on a Discussion on the New Bankruptcy Law – Cross-Border Issues Faced by Foreign Investment Enterprises, at The 11th Beijing Economic Cooperation Symposium, Seminar on Beijing- Hong Kong Corporate Restructuring, Merger & Acquisition and Liquidation, at Beijing, China, on Nov. 6, 2007.Charles Booth's publications for 2007 include: Charles D. Booth, Editorial and The Continuing Need for Real Property and Secured Transactions Law Reform in Asia, Highlight Article, INSOL Electronic Newsletter (2007); Douglas W. Arner, Charles D. Booth, Paul Lejot & Berry F. Hsu, Property Rights, Collateral, Creditor Rights and Insolvency in East Asia, 42 Texas International Law Journal 515-60 (2007); Charles D. Booth, Philip Smart & Stephen Briscoe, Chapter 12, Corporate Rescue in Hong Kong, in Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal (ed.), Expedited Debt Restructuring: An International Comparative Analysis, pp 291-315 (Kluwer, 2007); Philip Smart, Stephen Briscoe & Charles D. Booth, Insolvent Liquidation in Hong Kong: A Crisis of Confidence, (2007) 4(5) International Corporate Rescue 263-275 (UK); and Charles D. Booth, Editorial – The New Chinese Bankruptcy Law and Philip Smart & Stephen Briscoe, Insolvent Liquidation: A Corporate Governance Disaster, Highlight Article, INSOL Electronic Newsletter (2007). During this year he was also appointed to the following bodies: Vice Chairman, AIIFL Academic Advisory Board, University of Hong Konng Faculty of Law (Aug. 1, 2007 to present), Member, Advisory Board, UH Shidler College of Business, Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) (Nov. 1, 2007-Oct. 31, 2009) and Member, Executive Committee, University of Hawai`i at Manoa Center of Chinese Studies (Aug. 1, to Present).
Spring 07 He lectured during this year on "Resolving Cross-Border Insolvency Disputes in China," Dispute Resolution in China Course, NYU Law School on March 21, 2007; “Corporate Rescue in Hong Kong, the PRC and the United States: A Comparative Perspective,” Shantou University, Shantou, China on June 6, 2007 .
Spring '08 Ron Brown organized a Symposium on April 3 with EEOC Chair Naomi Earp speaking at the Law School on "Hot Topics in EEO" and on "Globalization of EEO Law: In Hawaii and Overseas". It was co-sponsored with HSBA Sections on Labor Law and on International Law. He contributed a Chapter on Chinese Law in Collective Bargaining: Global Perspective, ed., P.L.Jayanthi Reddy (Amicus Books 2008). Professor Brown's article in 16 Duke J. of Comp. & Int'l L. 35 (2006) on Collective Bargaining in China has been reprinted in part in Estreicher, Global Issues in Labor 188 (Thomson/West 2007). He also published an article 'China Labor Dispute Resolution' in Developments in Dispute Resolution in China. Oxford: Foundation for Law, Justice and Society.
Fall '07 Ron Brown presented a paper on "China Labor Disputes" at Conference on Dispute Resolution in China, Foundation for Law, Justice and Society and UH Law School, on September 18, 2007. He also participated in a legal exchange of U.S.and Chinese prosecutors. The delegation included local participants Peter Carlisle, Honolulu Prosecutor, Mark Bennett, Hawaii Attorney General, and UH Law School Alumni Mang Mang Brown, former prosecutor. The exchange was hosted by China's Supreme People's Procuratorate and the U.S.-ASIA Law Institute and took place in Beijing, China.
Summer '07 Earlier in July 5, 2007 he presented a lecture on "Appearance Discrimination" at a Hawaii State Bar Association Seminar in Honolulu. Professor Brown also recently published an article, "China's New Labor Contract Law", in 3 China Law Reporter 4 (2007).
Spring '08 Two articles coauthored by David Callies and recent graduates of the law school have been independently chosen by annual anthologies as among the best 10 land use articles published in 2007: (with Chris Goodin, class of 2006) "The Status of Nollan and Dolan after Lingle v. Chevron" (originally published in the John Marshall Law Review), in Land Use and Environmental Law Review; and (with Glenn Hiroshi Sonoda, class of 2007) "Providing Infrastructure for Smart Growth" (originally published in the Idaho Law Review) 2008 Zoning and Planning Handbook. Both annual anthologies are published by Thomson/West Publishing Company. His monograph, Current Critical Issues in Real Estate Law: Public Use and Public Purpose After Kelo v. City of New London, will be published this month by LexisNexis. It summarizes the state of the law, analyzes selected post-Kelo decisions, and lists or digests every case and secondary source published since the Kelo decision, through December 2007.The Fifth edition of Cases and Materials on Land Use, coauthored by Callies, has been recently released by Thomson-West in March.
Fall '07 David Callies presented a paper on mandatory land development set-asides for affordable/workforce housing at a Brigham Young University law faculty symposium in Provo, Utah, on September 13th. The third edition of Property and the Public Interest, a casebook coauthored by Professor David Callies, was published in December by LexisNexis.
Spring Professor Conner organized and moderated a panel on "International Cooperation and the Role of American Law Schools" for the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools held in New York in January 2008. She continues to serve on the AALS special Committee on International Cooperation. Fall Professor Conner co-organized (with Randall Peerenboom) the Conference on Dispute Resolution in China held at the Law School in September 2007, and presented a paper on "Movie Justice: Dispute Resolution in Chinese Movies." She gave presentations on the treatment of legal issues in early Chinese movies at the UH Center for Chinese Studies and at the East Asian Program of Cornell University. She also spoke on current legal issues in China to the Hong Kong Journalism Fellows and at the annual meeting of the WestPac AALL. Her article "Chinese Lawyers on the Silver Screen" appeared in Cinema, Law and the State in Asia (Sidel and Creekmur, eds.).
Spring '08Danielle Conway Jones has been selected for a short term scholar in residence (May 4-June 21) at the University of London, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) and will research and deliver a lecture toward the end of that stay. For more information, go to the website for the IALS - http://ials.sas.ac.uk/. Her paper entitled, "Emerging Policy and Practice Issues" was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for Employment, Labor, Compensation & Pension Law Journals. To view the top ten list for the journal click on its name Employment, Labor, Compensation & Pension Law Journals Top Ten and to view all the papers in the journals click on these links link(s) Employment, Labor, Compensation & Pension Law Journals All Papers. As of 04/15/2008 her paper has been downloaded 119 times. The abstract and download statistics may be viewed at the URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=1113350. She will have a book discussion and reception for her two newest publications "Licensing Intellectual Property: Law and Application (2008) and "Intellectual Property, Software and Information Licensing: Law and Practice" (2006) on April 29th, from 530pm to 7pm at the Law School Classroom 2 and courtyard reception. The event is open to the public. Danielle Conway-Jones co-authored a treatise "Licensing Intellectual Property, Law and Application" recently published by Aspen Publishers. Click here for the brochure. She is currently the E.K. Gubin Visiting Professor of Government Contracts Law at George Washington University Law School, Academic Year 2007 -2008.
Fall 07 Larry Foster gave a presentation " An Introduction to American Securities Regulation" at East China University of Politics & Law on November 5. Later in that month he gave a presentation at the Hong Kong University entitled "Corporate Governance in the U.S". His wife Brenda also had a full page spread in the November issue of the Chinese language version of Newsweek about her work at the American Chamber of Commerce and the challenges and opportunities for U.S. businesses doing business in China.
Spring 08 From May 15 through June 30th, Linda Krieger will be a visiting scholar at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, where she will be lecturing on anti-discrimination law and policy in general and on theoretical and practical problems associated with France's "colorblindness" approach to equal opportunity law and policy.
Spring 08 Mark Levin was invited to make a presentation at the annual Shio Sato Conference on Japanese Law in March. This year the conference is on comparative family law. The following week he will attend the SALT conference on Teaching for Social Justice, and present a talk about how social justice issues are one of the central themes of his comparative law teaching.
Fall 07Justin Levinson spoke at a symposium on law and psychology at Nagoya University in Japan in August. His article "Forgotten Racial Equality:Implicit Bias, Decision-Making and Misremembering" has been accepted for publication by Duke Law Journal and appeared in the November issue. In Summer he co-chaired a symposium on "Social Cognition and Law" at the Asian Association of Social Psychology in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia and taught a class on "Advanced Law and Psychology" to law students at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel. There, he also gave a lecture to the faculty of the law school titled: "Reconstructing the Past: Social Cognition, Memory and Biases."
Spring 08 Richard Miller provided a featured commentary on "Tort reform not the answer doctors need" in the Honolulu Advertiser on March 10, 2008. Click here for the article.
Carol PetersenSpring 08 Carole Petersen has recently published "Embracing Universal Standards? The Role of International Human Rights Treaties in Hong Kong's Constitutional Jurisprudence", Chapter 2 in INTERPRETING HONG KONG'S BASIC LAW: THE STRUGGLE FOR COHERENCE (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) (edited by Fu, Harris and Young). On April 15, Carole will present a paper on approaches to disability rights in China and Hong Kong, at the 24th Annual Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities, organized by the University of Hawaii's Center on Disability. Carole will also speak on a panel at the International Forum, a pre-conference focussing on the impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Fall Jim Pietsch hosted a national conference titled “The Role of Law Schools in Fostering Commitment to Pro Bono Publico” from October 5 to 6, 2007, at the Columbus School of Law of The Catholic University of America This two-day conference included a survey of the ways in which law schools currently are meeting their ABA obligation to “provide substantial opportunities” for student participation in pro bono activities. The conference also provided a forum to investigate effective and innovative ways in which law schools can expand pro bono opportunities for students and examine the creation of partnerships with alumni and other legal professionals to make free and low-cost legal services more available to those who cannot afford such services.
Aviam SoiferSpring 08 Dean Avi Soifer moderated a panel on The United Nations Convetion on the Rights of persons with Disabilities at the International Forum Securing the Rights of Persons Pacific Rim Conference at the University of Hawaii - Manoa.
Spring 08 Jon Van Dyke recently published article U.S. Accession to the Law of the Sea Convention is published in Ocean Yearbook (2008) and he continues international reach with lectures at US Pacific Command International Military Operations and Law Conference in Singapore and INHA University in Incheon, Korea in early May. Jon Van Dyke was a featured speaker at the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium in New Delhi in February, presenting "The Law of the Sea Convention--the Need for Change." In March, he will be giving several presentations at Boalt Hall Law School, UC Berkeley on human rights and international ocean issues. Later that month he will be at the counsel table with co-counsel Bob Swift before the U.S. Supreme Court, who will present oral argument on behalf of the 10,000 victims of torture & murder in the Philipinnes during hte martial law regime of Ferdinand Marcos (1972-1986) in the case Republic of Philippines v. Pimental, to collect part of their $2 Billion judgment, which was awarded by a federal court jury here in Honolulu, and later affirmed by the 9th Circuit in 1996.
Fall Jon Van Dyke's new book "Who Owns the Crown Lands" will come out just in time for Holiday gift giving. "In this engrossing work, Jon Van Dyke describes and analyzes in detail the complex cultural and legal history of Hawaii's Crown Lands. Stay tuned for a book reception in the near future. Jon Van Dyke and Melody MacKenzie will participate in the CAIS International Symposium in Hokaido, Japan on "Ainu Culture Promotion Law: Its Past, Present and Future
Spring 08 Professor Eric Yamamoto has received another national award: the inaugural Scholar-Advocacy Award. He was recognized by the Equal Justice Society for creating and implementing (with Susan Serrano) a national pilot project for training law students interested in justice work to do high level innovative scholarship that is usable on the front lines of civil and human rights work. The award ceremony in San Francisco was also attended by Professor Serrano and Scholar-Advocate law students Kee Campbell and Sarah Wong (with Ashley Obrey and Geoff Sogi there in spirit). The first week of April Yamamoto was in Sapporo, Japan as the Distinguished Lecturer at the Hokkaido University Graduate School of Law. He delivered public lectures, and lectures to the law school staff and students, about prospects for reconciliation/reparation between the indigenous Ainu and the Japanese Government and people. He also spoke to the Jurisprudence and Constitutional Law faculty of the law school about the potential and limits of human rights litigation in achieving reparatory justice for historic harms. The month prior, Yamamoto was a featured speaker at the Internment Summit for the "Day of Remembrance" of the WWII Japanese American Internment, sponsored by the Japanese Cultural Center and the Japanese American Citizens League - Honolulu Chapter. His most recent publications include, Yamamoto published the lead article for the 2007-2008 California Western Law Review, "American Reparations Theory and Practice at the Crossroads," along with co-authors Sandra Kim and Abby Holden (WSRSL 2007). This article is a centerpiece of a forthcoming international conference on reconciliation/reparations. With co-author Ashley Obrey (WSRSL 2L) he recently published an article in the UCLA Amerasia Journal, the leading ethnic studies journal, entitled: "From Heart Mountain to Iraq: Lt. Watada and a Long Line of Resistance".
Spring 2008
April - Big Congratulations to our Law School's Student Competition Teams coming up at the Student Competition Recognition Ceremony this month. Click here for the program. New SBA leadership: President: Everett Ohta; Vice President: Harvey Nakamoto; Treasurer: Loren Tilley; Secretary: Jacy Youn; 2L Reps: Dane Anderson, Malia Gibson, Lahela Hite; 3L Reps: Cherise Agua-Andrews, Tracey Kubota, Tessie Vo; Admissions Committee: Vincent Camacho, Tiffany Kaeo Curriculum Committee: Kevin Hallstrom, Jason Say; Space Committee: Rafael Renteria; Academic Standards Committee: Arturo Tafalla; Library Committee: Kalani Sloat; Faculty Hiring Committee: Sam August; ASUH Rep: Chasid Sapolu; ABA Rep: Danielle Seress. Announcing the new Delta Theta Phi Executive Board for the '08-'09 term: Dean Tonee Suetsugu; Vice Dean Kristen Yamamoto; Clerk of the Rolls (Secretary) Melissa Farris; Clerk of the Exchequer (Treasurer) Dawn Egusa; Master of Ritual Nietzsche Tolan; Baliff Greg Shimokawa.
March - Law School's Native American Moot Court Teams brought home four awards; 2nd place overall by Derek Kauanoe 3L and Ed Hu 3L; 3rd place overall by Scott Hovey 3L and Anosh Yaqoob 3L, Best oralist by Anosh Yaqoob and Best Brief by Moani Crowell 3L and Greg Schlais 3L. Advancing to the final sixteen were Richard Wallsgrove 2L and Ann Otterman 2L. The Environmental Law Moot Court Team brought home 3rd place overall by 3Ls Allan Alicuben, Jael Makagon, and Mits Takahashi. The Philip Jessup International Law Moot Court Team made it to the final four at the regional competition with 3Ls Taryn Meeks, Joshua Walsh, David Hu and David Taga and 2Ls Virginia Tice and Ken Miller. The Law School also hosted the regional competition for the ABA Law Student Client Counseling Competition two-day event. The Law School team lead by faculty advisor Calvin Pang ('85) included Donna Davis Hackley 2L and Kevin Hallstrom 2L and 1Ls Christian Chambers, Lance Larsen, Minda Yamaga, and team manager Linda Ichiyama. Hackley and Chambers moved on to the final round. Team mentors were led by alumni Associate Dean Laurie Tochiki ('80), Angela Lovitt ('97), Dave Forman ('93), Denise Havicon ('00), Larry Kawasaki ('92) and Livia Wang ('85). The new Law Review Editorial Board for 2008 - 2009 comprised of all 3Ls has been selected as follows: Editors in Chief: Nick Monolux and Kenneth Miller; Executive Editor for Production Joe Dane; Executive Editor for Research Madeline Reed; Managing Editor Kalani Sloat; Casenotes Editors Sean Smith, Nathaniel Noda, Matthew Kajiura, and Kimberly Plaushines; Comment Editors Amy Trask and Jordan Kimura; Outside Articles Editors Kevin Hallstrom and Adam Robinson; Technical Editors James Blake, Kee Campbell and Asami Miyazawa.
February-Rebecca Anderson's (3L) second year seminar paper on a local government ethics topic ahs been accepted for publication by the Urban Lawyer Quarterly Review. Paddlers Noah Gibson 1L, Malama Min 2L, Morissa Luning 3Land Ka'upena Soong 1L helped launch U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Breyer and his wife Joanna in their first ever law school canoe regatta, led by "coach" Judge Mike Town and his clerk Brad Saito ('07), during the 2008 Jurists in Residence Program. Earlier that week, snorkel buddies Mars Johnson, 3L and Josh Strickler ('07) accompanied the Breyers on a private snorkel tour at Hanauma Bay. The Law Review Symposium, led by Richard Wallsgrove 2L, Aarin Gross 3L and Karen Ikemoto 2L coordinated a fullhouse panel event on the Doe v. Kamehameha case, moderated by faculty advisor Professor Jon Van Dyke and featuring Justice Breyer among an esteemed panel including Kathleen Sullivan, Eric Grant, Federal Judge David Ezra, and alum David Forman ('93).
Fall:- Student Organization Leaders 2007-08: `Ahahui o Hawai`i (Hui) Derek Kauanoe, Sunny Greer, Kalei Rapoza, Mālama Minn; Advocates for Public Interest Law (APIL) Kesha Wing, Sunny Greer, Liula Kotaki, Maddy Reed; American Bar Association - Law Student Division David Hardy, Donna Davis-Hackley; American Constitution Society (ACS) Joshua Walsh; Amnesty International Taryn Meeks; Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal (APLPJ) John Donovan, Rebecca Anderson; BarBri Lance Larson, Victoria Chang; Business Executive Legal Society (BELS) Michael Whang, Donna Davis-Hackley, Catherine Cachero; Delta Theta Phi (DTP) Michael Whang, Everett Ohta, Kim Plaushines, Asami Miyazawa, Addison Bonner, Donna Davis-Hackley; Dive Club Joshua Strickler; Environmental Law Society (ELS) Kate Bryant-Greenwood, Tony Herndon, Ryan Keesey, Malama Minn, Everett Ohta, Evan Silberstein, Sunny Greer; Ete Bowl Rebecca Anderson, Donna Davis-Hackley; Federalist Society Ryan Markham; Film and Entertainment Law Club Anosh Yaqoob; Hawai`i Women Lawyers Michelle Walker; La Alianza Michael Colon, Mark Disher; LAMBDA Law Student Organization Sean Smith; Law Review Kamaile Nichols, Richard Wallsgrove; Lexis-Nexis Representatives Joshua Strickler; Pacific Asian Law Student Organization (PALSO) Doris Tam, Mana Moriarty, Jongchol An, Tracey Kubota; Phi Delta Phi (PDP) Tessie Vo PMBR Reps Kalani Sloat; Public Health Law Organization (PHLO) Craig Shelley, Victoria Chang, Sunny Greer, Cherise Agua-Andrews; Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Michelle Walker; Student Bar Association (SBA) Mars Johnson, Titiimaea Taase, Tessie Vo, Tracey Kubota, Joshua Walsh, Byron Nakamura, Marissa Luning, Cherise Agua-Andrews, Harvey Nakamoto, Michael Whang; Students With Keiki Amy Trask, Marina Berkovich; Nā Loio He‘e Nalu (Surf Club) Sunny Greer, Asami Miyazawa, Zach Kondo; Westlaw Representatives Josh Kent, Tessie Vo, George White.
'Ahahui 'o Hawai'i receives over $49,000 from OHA. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs for a second year is supporting again the efforts of ‘Ahahui o Hawai‘i to conduct Law School Admission Test workshops for native hawaiians in order to increase the number of Native Hawaiians admitted into law school and working in the legal profession. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has awarded ‘Ahahui o Hawai‘i with a grant in the amount of $49,003.00. See press release for more information.
The Environmental Law Moot Court Team 2007-08 is Jael Makagon, Allan Alicuben and Mits Takahashi,all 3Ls. George White 2L is the Team Advisor assisting the team with oral argument in the Spring and supporting them at the national competition at Pace University School of Law in March.
Ka`anoi Walk 3L and wife have a new baby boy, 8 lb 2 oz.
APLPJ- The Winter 2007 issue of the Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal is now available on its website at http://www.hawaii.edu/aplpj.
The Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law
Spring 08 The Center held its once a month lunch forum on Hawaiian issues entitled Maoli Thursday. April's Maoli Thursday featured a discussion on how a Constitutional Convention would affect the Native Hawaiian community. Prof. Jon Van Dyke gave an overview of Hawai`i's constitutional process and moderated the discussion with Representatives Hermina Morita and Della Au Bellati (WSRSL '03) providing differing perspectives. Prof. Kapua Sproat ('98) and 3L student Aarin Gross co-authored a short article on "The NW Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument" that appears in the Spring 2008 issue of Natural Resources & Environment, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources.
Spring 08 Toward the end of the spring semester, law students of the Elder Law (Law, Aging and Medicine) Clinic were busy applying the knowledge they learned in the Elder Law (Law, Aging and Medicine) course as well as the skills they have been developing throughout the semester by providing direct legal services to older clients and families/caregivers in a variety of settings. In April students served clients at the law school, at Leahi Hospital and at a Mililani home. As part of their preventive law and caregiver education focus in April, they also provided educational sessions in Honolulu, Kailua, Kahuku and Waimanalo. The work they started during this semester will be continued throughout Oahu in the summer by the UH Elder Law Program (UHELP) and through pro bono opportunities for students. In the fall, cases and outreach will continue through UHELP and a new advanced Elder Law Clinic opportunity. Students who want to have a chance to gain the knowledge and the skills they need to address the legal needs of this rapidly expanding practice area should consider signing up for the Elder Law (Law Aging and Medicine) course in the fall.
Spring 08 The Environmental Law Program and Careers Services Director Amy Wiecking were proud to welcome three distinguished environmental law practitionaers to share their experiences and advice with interested students. Panelists were (1) Lorraine Akiba, from McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon (2) Marti Townsend, Program Director at KAHEA, and (3) Silas DeRoma, Regional Counsel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). All three panelists discussed the advantages of private practice, NGO's, and government environmental litigation. ELP Colloquia in April included two presentations: "Greening Law Schools: The Common Sense Case for Smarter and Higher Performance Buildings” by Professor George "Rock" Pring, University of Denver Law School on April, 16, 2008; and "Is Litigation an Effective Weapon for Pacific Island Nations in the War Against Climate Change?" by Dr. Laura Horn, University of West Sydney on April, 10, 2008. See more at the ELP website at http://www.hawaii.edu/elp/
The Environmental Law Program led by Professor Denise Antolini held a UH Climate Change Teach In Workshop, that will be broadcast on Olelo.
Fall 07 On Friday, Nov. 19th, Denise Antolini held a mock legislative hearing for the Environmental Law Class hosted by the House Energy and Environmental Protection Committee (Conference Room 325). The Committee held a three-hour "live" legislative briefing session on eight bills developed by the students in the areas of energy conservation, consumer waste reduction, and sustainable agriculture. One of our student proposals -- a ban on plastic bags -- was in the news and part of package of proposals being vetted by two members of the Honolulu City Council - "18 measures target Oahu environment" - Go to http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com
IAPBL, CIBER, Think Tech Hawai‘i, and the Hawai‘i Venture Capital Association jointly co-sponsored a seminar on April 7, 2008 entitled Corruption and Good Corporate Governance: Where’s the Bottom Line? The three presenters were Prof. Shirley J. Daniel from the Shidler College of Business, Barbara Fredericks, the Assistant General Counsel for the US Dept. of Commerce, and David F. Day, an international law practitioner in Honolulu. IAPBL and the Asian Institute of International Financial Law at the University of Hong Kong co-sponsored a symposium in Hong Kong on March 25, 2008, on the new Chinese bankruptcy law. The symposium was entitled The 2006 PRC Enterprise Bankruptcy Law: A New Beginning? and attracted over 60 participants and attendees, including some of the leading experts in the field. Sponsors included: JSM; Borrelli Walsh Ltd; the Corporate Law Studies Interest Group (CoSIG) supported by CLP Group, Ernst & Young, Noble Group Ltd & Tricor Services Ltd; Grant Thornton; Case, Lombardi & Pettit; & Fulbright & Jaworski. Student Sponsorship was provided by the Center of Chinese Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Cooperating Institutions included: the American Bankruptcy Institute; the ABA Section of Business Law Subcommittee on International Bankruptcy, & Section of International Law; Bloomberg; Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants; & the International Insolvency Institute.IAPBL will be serving as one of the Co-Sponsors for the International Colloquium and Roundtable entitled "The Elephant and the Dragon: Lessons and Challenges Respecting the Role of Law in Economic Development in India and China." The event will be held in Bangalore, India, from May 7-10 and will be organized by close to a dozen academic institutions. Further information will follow. Please email me at cbooth@hawaii.edu if you think that you might like to join the IAPBL group attending the event. Click here for more at the IAPBL website.
PALS Director Spencer Kimura ('99) led another successful visit by law students and faculty fromt he University of Ryukyus School of Law in Okinawa. They attended lectures by our faculty, observed classes and met with our judiciary, state legislature and law firm of Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel. The LL.M students also joined them in a Diamond Head hike with Dean Soifer.
Law School Part Time Program received approval from the ABA to begin in Fall 2008. The first class of 24 students will be able to complete the first year curriculum in 2 years and finish in 5 years, though this timing is flexible. Most classes will be tentatively held Tues-Thurs from 530-830pm.
Center of Excellence for Native Hawaiian Law.
Fall The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, in a unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees, has awarded the Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law at the William S. Richardson School of Law a $630,000 grant - $290,000 for the current year, and $340,000 next year - in support of the Na‘au Pono Initiative. Na‘au Pono means a deep sense of justice, and reflects the Center’s mission to promote education, scholarship, community outreach, and collaboration on issues of law, culture, and justice for Native Hawaiians and other Pacific and Indigenous peoples. The two years of funding will support the Center’s classes and programs at the Law School. See Press Release for more information.
PALS program
Spring The PALS program led by Professor Alison Conner led the Spring with three speakers in January: Gordon Walker of La Trobe University who spoke on Comparative Corporate Law, Jerry Cohen who spoke on China's New Lawyers law; and Jae Hyup Lee who spoke on Social Change and Legal Reform in Korea. More Asia Law Talks are scheduled throughout the rest of Spring.
New Publications by Alumni: Spring 08 Recent Alumns Chris Goodin '06 and Glenn Hiroshi Sonoda '07 share in accolades with David Callies for articles independently chosen by annual anthologies as among the best 10 land use articles published in 2007. Christina N. Wakayama '07 co authored article with David Callies "Public Use/Public Purpose after Kelo v. City of New London" translated into Japanese by recent LL.M grad Masaki Igawa.
Alumni sponsors 2008 Graduation Dinner to welcome to the Alumni Association the class of 2008, on April 18, 2008, at the Oahu Country Club from 6pm. The Class of 1983 will celebrate its 25th anniversary. $45 per person; RSVP by April 9th to Development Officer Jenn Hee at 956-5516. Make checks to WSRSL Class of 2008.
Alumni Golf Tournment will tee off on May 20th at the Hawaii Prince Golf Course. Come out and support your law school, all proceeds go to scholarships and the elder law clinic. Click here for more info.
Benjamin Wagner ('04) has been offered a faculty postion at Kyung-hee University, and will teach American Legal Education, Contracts, Contract Drafting and International Law.
A Fond Farewell to Brian Kazuo Nakamura ('81) who passed away on December 27th. He had served as the Chair of the State Labor Relations Appeals Board.
A Heartfelt Aloha to the family and friends of KENGI GARY AOKI (2005), also known as KENJI GARY AOKI, 28, of Honolulu, formerly of Kealakekua, Hawai'i, who died Dec. 2, 2007. Born in Niigata-ken, Japan. Accountant for Herman Tanaka CPA. Survived by mother, Paulette Aoki Hamilton; brother, Naomasa Charles Aoki; stepfather, Paul Hamilton; grandfather, Charles Tanaka. Visitation 5 p.m. Tuesday at Hosoi Garden Mortuary; service 6 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire.
Mikiko Kurokawa (2006) joined the Morrison and Foerster lawfirm in Tokyo, Japan. Miki joins Eric Piesner (1992), who is a partner in the office. She will be followed next summer by John Donovan 3L, who has accepted an offer after spending the past summer there.
Jamie Tanabe Cheng and Norman Cheng (both class of 2002) had a baby girl Mari Cheng, Born July 16, 2007, 6 lbs 8 oz.
Cal Chipchase (2002) recently published his book "The Federal District Court Law Clerk Handbook" about the work that federal district court law clerks do. The Handbook was written to help new district court law clerks understand and excel at the job, improve the odds of getting hired as a law clerk by offering tips on applications and interviews, and assist law students who are trying to decide whether to clerk or whether to clerk at the trial or appellate level by providing a firsthand account of what district court law clerks do.
Shawn Benton ('05) is the newest addition to the Law School Ohana starting March 17th as an assistant faculty specialist. Her duties will cover four main areas: assist with admissions and part time program, alumni liaison, and help in writing and administering grants and coordinating our social justice projects. Since September '05, she was an attorney at the law firm of Leong Kunihiro Leong & Levy. She also is currently recording secretary of the WSRSL Alumni Association and 1st Vice President Elect of the Japanese American Citizens League-Hawai'i Chapter.
Sheela Sharma is the new Student Services Support Specialist taking on projects and tasks in the student services office, She is a graduate of UCLA with a degree in Women’s Studies. She worked most recently at the Office of Student Affairs at UH Manoa.
 |
 |
The 2008 Jurists in Residence Program featured U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and his lovely wife, Joanna, along with our favorite Senior Judge of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Myron H. Bright. Click here to read more on our event. A special mahalo to the law firm of Case Lombardi and Pettit for being a major donor for this program, since 2000.
