Our twenty-four member faculty is committed to training the next generation of leaders of the bar and bench. Recognized nationally and internationally for their scholarship, the faculty is distinguished by their accessibility, their dedication to teaching, and their service and experience in the legal world.

Professor Eric Yamamoto, for example, is renowned for his scholarly work on race and the law, is admired by his first year students for making Civil Procedure come to life, and is an inspiration to all for his commitment to social justice. He is recognized regularly for outstanding teaching including receiving the prestiguous Society of American Law Teachers Anuual Teaching Award for 2005. Professor M. Casey Jarman is the founder of the school's nationally acclaimed Environmental Law Program. In addition to her recognized scholarship, Professor Jarman is an active participant in local Hawaiian affairs and is a pro bono consultant to the Native Hawaiian Advisory Council and other community groups. As Benjamin A. Kudo Professor of Law, David Callies is the distinguished recipient of many awards recognizing his teaching, research and work, and he also wrote the casebook he uses for his Real Property I class.

This is just a glance at a few of the faculty who make the Law School a special and inspirational place to learn the law.