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

KE KULA KANAWAI
"The Law School"

Still catching up from some news items over winter break. Our law school, was featured in a two-hour television program about legal reform in Japan. The show was broadcast on Dec. 12, 2001 in Japan.

HAZEL BEH has been named Chair-Elect of the AALS Contracts Section and was also elected an officer and Executive Committee member of the AALS Insurance Section. She sends greetings from Hastings Law School in San Francisco.

DAVID CALLIES has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners, upon the nomination of the local chapter of the American Planning Association, for his "lasting contribution to the practice and profession of planning." He will be honored at a formal dinner and reception at the APA annual meeting in Chicago in April.

DANIELLE CONWAY-JONES received an offer from Santa Clara Law Review to publish her piece tentatively entitled "Remedying the Infringed: The Role of Bad Faith in Awarding an Accounting of Defendant's Profits." Santa Clara is in the heart of the Silicon Valley, and its law review is noted for its contributions to the field of intellectual property.

LARRY FOSTER and CARLA CARATTO were seen digging ditches at UH Manoa Campus Clean-up Day on Sat. Jan 19.

MARK LEVIN spoke to an assembly of student leaders at Kalani High School in December on tobacco related law and policy. His invitation from the students sought answers to three simple questions: "How did this happen? Who is responsible? And what can be done about it?"

ERIC YAMAMOTO's most recent book "Race, Rights, and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment," co-authored with 4 other professors, was celebrated in Washington D.C. in November. So many people came out to celebrate the book, they ran out of books. Among the stellar reviews was this comment: "'Race, Rights, and Reparation' is a monumental book for five reasons: the collective way it was written, the audience it reaches, the themes it addresses, the pedagogy it employs, and the structure it follows….(the book) represents the collective efforts of five of the brightest legal minds in the Asian Pacific American community."

In case you missed the front page photo of the December 7 issue of KU LAMA, the UH System Newsletter, KIM MOFFIE 3L, LEILANI TAN 3L and KANOELANI KANE 2L were pictured holding their "globe" award for advancing to the semi-final round of the International Environmental Law Competition held at Stetson University in November. LEILANI also earned the award of Best Oralist, Runner-up.

Welcome to new transfer and visiting students:

ANDREW COHEN joins us from Roger Williams University. Andrew is interested in Japan and holds a BA in American Studies from Brandeis.

JOANNA FONG is visiting from the University of Maryland. She is a graduated from Aiea High School and the UH Manoa with a degree in History.

JOHN MANION is a visiting student from Widener School of Law, Delaware. John was called to active duty and is stationed in Hawaii for the year. John is a CPA, a resident of Pennsylvania and has a degree in Political Science from Temple University.

TAYLOR NORTON transfers from Quinnipiac School of Law, Connecticut. She has a bachelors degree in Political Science from the University of Connecticut.

JENNIFER PHILLIPS is visiting from Golden Gate School of Law, San Francisco. She is a graduate of San Francisco State University.

JESSE SCHIEL is a transfer student from Northwestern School of Law, Lewis and Clark College in Oregon. Jesse has a bachelors degree in communication from Lewis and Clark College.

LARRY TAM is visiting from Golden Gate University School of Law. Larry has a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from San Francisco State University and a Pharm. D. from USC.

MICHELLE BUGADO is transferring this semester from Golden Gate. Michelle was a visitor here in the fall.

JOHANNA AFSHANI will be finishing her law school career as a visitor this semester. She was also a visitor in the fall.

Our ALUMNS are well represented at LEGAL AID SOCIETY of HAWAII. MAILE SHIMABUKURO '00 was quoted extensively in a November story published in the Star Bulletin. LASH's recent newsletter features articles by Maile, MELISSA PAVLICEK '96, STACIA SILVA '96 and a note that ALBERT TIBERI '98 has joined LASH's Molokai office.

RICHARD BISSEN '86 was selected Attorney of the Year by the Maui County Bar Association.

KAIULANI "LANI" KIDANI '99 won the adult short-story division of the Honolulu Advertiser's annual Holiday Fiction Contest. Her story "A View of the Moon" was published on Christmas Day.

KIERA WONG '00 was recently married and her full name is now Kiera Wong Vae`ena. Kiera is working at the O`ahu Church of Christ.

Hawaii Women Lawyers Annual Awards held on January 25 honored several outstanding women in our community including members of our law school family. Outstanding Woman Lawyer of the Year is Brigadier General CORAL WONG PIETSCH, wife of Prof. JIM PIETSCH. BEADIE KANAHELE DAWSON '81 received the Lifetime Achievement Award and Adjunct Professor PATRICIA McMANAMAN was given the President's Award. Keynote speaker was MARILYN MONIZ KAHO'OHANAHANO '79, Associate Athletic Director at the University of Hawai`i. Congratulations!