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Denise E. Antolini

Associate Professor of Law

Director, Environmental Law Program

AB, magna cum laude, Princeton University, 1982; MPP, University of California, Berkeley, 1985; JD, University of California, Berkeley, 1986.

Teaching Areas: Environmental Law, Legal Research and Writing, Torts




John L. Barkai

Professor of Law

Director, Clinical Law Program

BBA, University of Michigan, 1967; MBA, University of Michigan, 1968; JD, University of Michigan, 1971.

Teaching Areas: Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Evidence, Prosecution Clinic



Hazel Glenn Beh

Professor of Law/Associate Dean for Academics

BA, University of Arizona, 1973; MSW, University of Hawai'i, 1975; PhD, University of Hawai'i, 1986; JD, University of Hawai'i, 1991.

Teaching Areas: Advanced Torts, Contracts, Higher Education Law, Insurance law, Legal Research and Writing



Charles D. Booth

Professor of Law

Director, Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law

BA, summa cum laude, Yale University, 1981; JD, cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1984.

Teaching Areas: Asian Insolvency Law, Corporate Reorganization, Secured Transactions, Second Year Seminar in Asian Commercial Law, Equitable Remedies



Ronald C. Brown

Professor of Law

Past UH Director, Center for Chinese Studies, 2000-2006 

BS, University of Toledo, 1965; JD, University of Toledo, 1968; LLM, University of Michigan, 1970.

Teaching Areas: Labor Law, Employment Law, Employment Discrimination Law, Asia Comparative Labor Law, Chinese Law, U.S.-China Comparative Labor Law



David L. Callies

Benjamin A. Kudo Professor of Law

AB, DePauw University, 1965; JD, University of Michigan, 1968; LLM, Nottingham University (England) 1969.

Teaching Areas: Land Use, Legal Research and Writing, Property Law, State and Local Government Law



Williamson B.C. Chang

Professor of Law

AB, Princeton, 1972; JD, University of California, Berkeley, 1975.

Teaching Areas: Conflicts of Law, Indigenous Peoples Rights, Jurisprudence, Native Hawaiian Rights, Water Resources



Alison W. Conner

Professor of Law

Director, International Programs

BA, high honors, University of Florida, 1967; MA, Cornell University, 1970; PhD, Cornell University, 1979; JD, Harvard Law School, 1973.

Teaching Areas: Law & Society in China, Chinese Business Law, Asian Comparative Law, Business Associations, Introduction to American Law



Danielle Conway-Jones

Professor of Law

Director, Hawai'i Procurement Institute

BS, New York University, 1989; JD, cum laude, Howard University School of Law, 1992; LLM, George Washington University Law School, 1996.

Teaching Areas: Government Contract Law, Intellectual Property, International Intellectual Property, Internet Law & Policy, Legal Research and Writing



Lawrence C. Foster

Professor of Law and Former Dean

Director, Externship Program

BA, University of Washington, 1967; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1974; JD, University of Hawai'i, 1981.

Teaching Areas: Securities Regulation, Readings in Chinese Legal Materials, Legal Research and Writing, International Commercial Dispute Resolution 



Virginia E. Hench

Professor of Law

BA, magna cum laude, American University,1970; MA, University of Iowa, 1974; JD, University of Richmond, 1987; LLM, Temple University, 1993.

Teaching Areas: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Gender and Law, Hawai'i Innocence Project 



M. Casey Jarman

Professor of Law

BA, magna cum laude, Barry University, 1971; MS, Florida International University, 1974; JD, University of Mississippi, 1981; LLM, University of Washington, 1985.

Teaching Areas: Administrative Law, Domestic Ocean Law, Environmental Law, Wildlife and Natural Resources Law, Legal Research and Writing



Linda H. Krieger

Professor of Law

Director, Ulu Lehua Program

AB, Stanford University, 1975; JD, New York University School of Law, 1978.

Teaching Areas: Employment Discrimination Law, Civil Rights, Civil Procedures, Research interests in: Law and Social Cognition, Judgement in Legal Decision Making, Civil Rights Law and Policy



Mark A. Levin

Associate Professor of Law

BBA, high distinction, University of Michigan, 1980; JD, Yale Law School, 1983; LLM, University of Washington, 1990.

Teaching Areas: Law & Society in Japan, Japanese Business Law, International Business Transactions, Legal Research and Writing, Sales



Justin D. Levinson

Assistant Professor of Law

BA, with distinction, University of Michigan; JD, University of California Los Angeles, 1999; LLM, Harvard, 2004

Teaching Areas: Business Associations, Corporate Finance, High Growth Entrepreneurship, Law and Psychology, Legal Research and Writing



Melody K. MacKenzie

Assistant Professor of Law

Director, Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law

BA, cum laude, Beloit College, 1970; JD, University of Hawai'i, 1976.

Teaching Areas: Native Hawaiian Rights, Native Hawaiian Rights Clinic, Advanced Legal Studies in Native Hawaiian Law, Legal Research and Writing



Calvin G.C. Pang

Associate Professor of Law

BS, Case Western Reserve University, 1976; MPH, University of Hawai'i, 1981; JD, University of Hawai'i, 1985.

Teaching Areas: Elder Law Clinic, Family Law, Lawyering Skills, Legal Research and Writing

Carole Petersen

Professor of Law

B.A. in Economics, Univ. of Chicago, 1981; J.D. Harvard Law School, 1984; Postgraduate Diploma in Law of the People's Republic of China, University of Hong Kong, 1994

 

Teaching Areas: Administrative Law



James H. Pietsch

Professor of Law;

Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine

Director, Elder Law and Pro Bono Programs

AB, Georgetown University, 1970; JD, The Catholic University of America, 1974.

Teaching Areas: Elder Law, Health Law, Bioethics, Legal Research and Writing



Jill J. Ramsfield

Professor of Law

Director, Legal Research and Writing Program

BA, Wellesley College; BM, JD, University of Wisconsin

Teaching Areas: Legal Discourse, Composition Theory, Linguistics



Randall W. Roth

Professor of Law

BS, summa cum laude, Regis College, 1970; JD, University of Denver, 1974; LLM, University of Miami, 1975.

Teaching Areas: Professional Responsibility, Trusts & Estates, Federal Income Taxation, Nonprofit Organizations, and Estate Planning Workshop



Leina'ala R. Seeger

Associate Professor of Law

Director, Law Library

BA, University of Washington, 1966; JD, University of Puget Sound, 1977; MLawLibr, with honors, University of Washington, 1979.

Teaching Areas: Legal Research and Writing



Jon M. Van Dyke

Professor of Law

BA, cum laude, Yale University, 1964; JD, cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1967.

Teaching Areas: Constitutional Law, International Law, International Human Rights, International Ocean Law



Eric K. Yamamoto

Professor of Law

BA, University of Hawai'i, 1975; JD, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, 1978.

Teaching Areas: Civil Procedure, Advanced Procedure/Complex Litigation, Public Law Litigation, Race, Culture and Law, Reparations



Addison M. Bowman

Professor of Law, Emeritus

AB, Darmouth College, 1957; LLB, Dickinson School of Law, 1963; LLM, Georgetown University, 1964.



Richard S. Miller

Professor of Law, Emeritus

BS, Boston University, 1951; JD, magna cum laude, Boston University, 1956; LLM, Yale Law School, 1959.

 

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