On Thursday, April 3, 2008, the Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law held a Maoli Thursday event on the topic of a Consitutional Convention in 2008.

Download Professor VanDyke's ConCon Powerpoint presentation (PPT file)
Pros & Concons: a panel discussion with Respresentatives Hermina Morita and Della Au Belatti on the pluses and minuses of having another Constitutional Convention and potential impacts on Native Hawaiian rights and our environment.

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Noon to 1 pm   BA Conf. Room 906, 1132 Bishop Street

Le'a Kanehe

"Status of Bioprospecting Regulation in Hawai'i:

The International and U.S. National Framework Under the Convention on Biological Diversity"

Co-Sponsored by the Intellectual Property & Technology Law Section of the HSBA and the Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai`i.

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The Center and the `Ahahui O Hawai`i present a Symposium on Indigenous Traditional and Customary Rights in Modern Legal Systems

October 13 - 15, 2005

The Center's inaugural event was held at the William S. Richardson School of Law and featured a wide array of guest speakers experienced in the field of Indigenous Traditional and Customary Rights in Modern Legal Systems.  Guest speakers included:

Māori Land Court Chief Judge Joseph Williams

Retired Hawai`i Supreme Court Justice Robert Klein

Alaska natives' attorney Heather Kendall-Miller

Community activists Bill Aila, Lynette Cruz, and Hannah Springer

Native Hawaiial Legal Corportation lawyers Moses Haia and Alan Murakami

Kaua`i County Attorney Lani Nakazawa

Private attorney Greg Kugle

Earth Justice attorney Kapua Sproat

Kumu Hula Vicky Holt-Takamine

Chief Justice Richardson was also on hand as speakers frequently cited his groundbreaking rulings on issues affecting Native Hawaiians.

Download the Symposium Schedule (DOC file)

Issues in Biocolonialism

November 7, 2005

On November 7, 2005, Debra Harry and WSRSL alumni Le`a Kanehe visited the William S. Richardson School of Law to discuss the many issues regarding Biocolonialism.  Both are from the Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism based in Nevada, where they work to address the impacts of genetic technologies on Indigenous peoples and their territories and natural resources.  The lecture was sponsored by the 'Ahahui O Hawai'i with support from the Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law.