William S. Richardson School of Law
University of Hawai'i at Manoa

KE KULA KANAWAI
"The Law School"

AMERICAN RED CROSS donations totaled over $4,300.00 as of September 28, 2001. The BLOOD BANK collected 56 pints of blood with 25 potential donors deferred from the blood drive here on campus. Our thanks to TRISHA WATSON 2L and other students who lead in this community effort.

ALOHA UNITED WAY status report. The AUW campaign has been extended to November 30. So far, the law school has collected contributions totaling $2,000.

"CIVIL LIBERTIES UNDER ATTACK: The War on Drugs as Prelude to the Coming War on Terrorism" featuring Graham Boyd, Director of the ACLU Drug Policy Litigation Project, is the topic of a special community forum co-sponsored by the law school, the ACLU and the Drug Policy Forum of Hawai'i on Monday, Oct. 29 between 5:30 and 7:00 in CR 3. It is free and open to the public.

A COLLEGE BOWL TOURNAMENT sponsored by UH Manoa's Activity Council will be held on Nov. 28. Teams of 4 will answer academic questions on history, science, trivia and more, an exciting event of wits, minds and knowledge. No fees and no limit on number of teams. However, only one graduate student (law student) per team of 4 players is permitted. Winners will go on to the College Bowl Tournament at BYU Hawaii. For more info, contact Janel Cohen, jcohen@hawaii.edu or see practice questions on internet at www.collegebowl.com

HAZEL BEH was asked to return to conduct a second writing seminar for the attorneys in the Department of the Attorney General held on Friday, Oct. 26, 2001.

DAVID CALLIES has been invited to discuss recent U.S. Supreme Court cases dealing with regulatory takings at the annual Litigation Update Seminar presented by the HSBA's Section on Real Property and Financial Services, on November 20th, HEI auditorium.

DANIELLE CONWAY-JONES is scheduled to teach at the Judge Advocate General's School Fiscal Law Update at Fort Shafter Flats from December 10 - 14, 2001.

PROF. CONWAY-JONES will also be a panelist at the AALS Annual Meeting Workshop entitled, "Do You Know Where Your Students Are? Langdell Logs on to the 21st Century. The panel topic is "Teaching Across Campuses: Cooperative Efforts and Distance Learning" to be held on January 3, 2002 in New Orleans.

MARK LEVIN testified before the Honolulu City Council on Oct. 17 in support of a bill to make Honolulu restaurants 100% smoke-free environments. PROF. LEVIN reminded the City Council that since only 27% of Japanese people smoke, "targeting 27 percent of the Japanese public and leaving 73 percent neglected and dissatisfied . . . just doesn't make sense. If Bill 78 is not enacted, we'll miss a vital chance to strengthen our tourism base, just when we need it the most." According to Professor Levin, studies from California and New York show restaurant smoking bans are most often associated with improvements in hotel and restaurant spending, even as to Japanese visitors.

JON VAN DYKE will speak on "Indigenous People's Ocean Rights, Claims and Experiences" at the Globalization Research Center's third presentation in its series of presentations by UH faculty who were awarded Summer 2000 Faculty Research support. Some native peoples have been highly successful in recovering their ocean resources while others are just beginning this process. This project is designed to learn the lessons from those groups furthest along this quest. It will be held on Thursday, November 1, 12 - 1:00 pm Burns Hall 3012.

JAMIE TANABE 3L has accepted an offer by the Environmental Law law review at Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Oregon) to publish her paper on "The Commerce Clause Pendulum: Will Federal Environmental Law Survive the Post-SWANCC Epoch of 'New Federalism'?"

SCOTT NISHIMOTO 3L has also accepted an offer from The Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation at the University of Oregon School of Law (Eugene, Oregon) to publish his paper on "President Clinton's Designation of the Grand-Parashant National Monument: Using Statutory Interpretation Models To Determine Proper Application of the Antiquities Act." Both Jamie and Scott wrote their papers for PROF. DENISE ANTOLINI's Spring 2001 Second-Year Seminar Section.

Adjunct TRACEY WILTGEN '89, CHUCK CRUMPTON '78, BRUCE BARNES '77 participated in the ADR demonstration for Legal Method Seminar students on Fri. Oct. 26.