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

KE KULA KANAWAI
"The Law School"

Our JESSUP INTERNATIONAL MOOT COURT TEAM, winner of the Pacific Regional title earlier this semester, has returned with a trophy from the National/International Competition in Washington D.C.! LEILANI TAN 3L, team captain, CHASTITY IMAMURA 3L, VANESSA JANN-JORDAN 3L, WIL YAMAMOTO 3L and KANOELANI KANE 2L received THIRD PLACE BEST MEMORIAL IN THE WORLD - out of 70+ teams from 65 countries, the biggest ever in the competition's 43-year history. In the preliminary rounds of oral arguments, our team was matched up against the University of Michigan, the University of Hong Kong, New York University, and the University of Lithuania. The top 16 teams advanced to the quarterfinal rounds. Although our team tied for 16th place, only a maximum of 4 U.S. teams were allowed to advance past the preliminaries. Because Harvard University, Georgetown University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Georgia scored higher, our team was prevented from advancing. CONGRATULATIONS to the team and coach PROF. JON VAN DYKE!

The INTERNATIONAL ADR CONFERENCE co-sponsored by ASIAN-PACIFIC LAW & POLICY JOURNAL, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association and the East-West Center, is scheduled for April 10-12 at the East-West Center. Participants from all over the world are expected to attend. PROF. JOHN BARKAI and visiting scholar PROF. MARK WOJCIK are scheduled speakers. For more information, contact APLPJ at 956-5647 or www. hawaii.edu/aplpj

NEW WRITING AWARD. The Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing Environmental Writing Award for the best second year seminar paper on an environmental topic has just been announced. PROF. DENISE ANTOLINI spearheaded the $250.00 annual award with the support of our law graduates working at the firm: LEA HONG 91, PETER KNAPMAN ’97, ISAAC MORIWAKI ’98, David Forman '93 and Visiting Assistant Prof. DOUG CODIGA’94.

The ENVIRONMENTAL MOOT COURT TEAM has received several recognitions: Sen. Sam Slom R, sponsored a Certificate and signed by members of the Senate honoring Chris Kempner 3L, Della Au Belatti 2L and Cal Chipchase 3L. Lt. Gov. Mazie Hirono also presented 3 personal certificates of recognition to the team.

SPRING 2002 ABA STUDENT SELF-ACCREDITATION SURVEY. All law students will soon be asked to fill this out survey prepared by the law school’s 2003 Accreditation Student Committee.

DEAN LARRY FOSTER has an article in the March issue of the Hawaii Bar Journal entitled “We Need More Lawyers!?” The data shows that the number of new lawyers admitted in Hawai’i in 2002 is the lowest number since 1971.

DAVID CALLIES gave a paper on land development agreements and participated on a panel reviewing the law of regulatory takings after the

USSCT case of Palazzolo v. Rhode Island, at the annual conference of the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute at the University of Denver College of Law, attended by over 700 land use professionals. Professor VED NANDA, who often teaches here during the summer, sends regards to all.

DAVID CALLIES also recently authored “Property Rights After Palazzolo: When What You Know Can Hurt You,” published in the March/April edition of Probate & Property, the magazine of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association.

JOHN POTTOW, fall’01 LMS instructor, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Michigan to teach bankruptcy and commercial law, procedure, and contracts. He will be focusing his scholarship on transnational issues and empirical research t o start in fall 2003. PROF. POTTOW will speak on “Reform of Transnational Insolvency Law?” at a faculty colloquium in May.

ADJUNCT STEVE YIM and his wife became the proud parents of twins recently. Congratulations!

The Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal (APLPJ), our web-based journal, announced the publication of Volume III, Issue 1 with articles on international human rights, indigenous peoples struggles for self-government, and translations of Japan's administrative procedures, information disclosure, and conflicts of law statutes.

In the issue, SHELLIE PARK 3L comments on the "comfort women" forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese government during World War II and their efforts to obtain an official apology. ANTHONY T.J. QUAN 3L provides insights on the political status of the Chamorros, the indigenous people of Guam, and their rights to self-determination. MATTHEW MONEYHON 2L writes about the recent efforts of the Uighurs of Xinjiang, China, to achieve greater political autonomy. MARK HAMILTON 3L discusses an opportunity for the United States and China to assume leadership roles in negotiating an international agreement governing port access and maritime transport services. The issue also includes a translation of Japan's Administrative Procedure Law by PROF. MARK LEVIN.

MATTHEW MONEYHON 2L and TRISHA WATSON 2L are speakers at the SHAPS GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE this week at the Korean Studies Auditorium. On Wednesday, MATT, an M.A. candidate as well as law student, is speaking on “Controlling Xinjiang: Autonomy on China’s New Frontier.” On Thursday, TRISHA will speak on "Preservation of the Land, Preservation of the People: Broadening the Environmental Justice Model to Protect Multicultural Societies."