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

KE KULA KANAWAI
"The Law School"

This is the last issue of Ke Kula Kanawai for the fall semester but do keep sending in your news items. Good luck on finals and best wishes for a safe and happy holiday season!

EILEEN BROMS’ aloha party will be held on Friday, December 13 at 2:30 pm in the faculty lounge. Join us.

A law school alumni reception will be held on Jan. 2 for those in the Washington D.C. area. Several faculty will be there for the AALS annual meeting. Contact ASSOC. DEAN CAROL MON LEE caroll@hawaii.edu.

DEAN LARRY FOSTER will lead the Law School Clean Up on Sunday, January 12, 2003, 8-12 pm to power wash the exterior of our buildings. All welcome.

Mahalo to the 62 people who participated in the blood drive last week. 49 pints of blood were collected.

Na Leo Makamaka (a UH interactive newsletter) includes a story on the law school in its current December issue.

DAVID CALLIES will chair a panel on land development agreements and annexation agreements for the American Planning Association annual national conference in Denver in April, 2002. JULIE TAPPENDORF ’97,practicing in Chicago with Holland & Knight, is part of the panel. PROF. CALLIES and Ms. Tappendorf are writing a book on the subject for the Environmental Law Institute, to be published in mid-2003.

CHRIS IIJIMA has just been elected to the National Board of Governors of the Society of American Law Teachers.

RANDY ROTH is a speaker at the 17th Annual ALI—ABA Advanced Estate Planning Techniques program to be held Feb. 20-22, 2003 at the Fairmond Kea Lani Hotel in Maui.

JON VAN DYKE’s article "North-East Asian Seas -- Conflicts, Accomplishments and the Role of the United States" has been published in the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, Vol. 17, No.3, p. 397 (2002). PROF. VAN DYKE has prevailed before the Ninth Circuit in two recent cases. In a case decided last week, the appellate court agreed that two Kauai County officials had qualified immunity against a damage suit brought by a citizen whose gun license was revoked, and in the case of Honolulu Weekly v. Harris, the Ninth Circuit denied the petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc, thus confirming the decision upholding the City's Waikiki newsrack ordinance.

On December 9, PROF. VAN DYKE will be presenting an oral argument before the Appellate Division of the Palau Supreme Court in a separation-of-powers case.

The judges (24 attorneys) complimented each of the participants: MALCOLM BARCARSE 2L, KANANI BUGADO 3L, GRACE CHANG 2L, KIRSHA DURANTE 2L, KIM IOPA 3L, MATT KELLEY 2L, ERIN LUM 3L, DUKE OISHI 3L, and TANIA SIMYAR 2L.

Mahalo to the 1Ls volunteers: TRISHA BARBOSA, JESSICA CHOI, BRIAN GONSALVES, JINHEE KIM, DORIS LUM, BRIANNE ORNELLAS, LARS PETERSON, KELSI SANEHISA, ADRIENNE SUAREZ, MARTHA TOWNSEND, LAUREN UYETAKE and KARA YOUNG.

This year’s Hispanic Moot Court Team members are returning member LINDA ARAGON 3L and new members KIRSHA DURANTE 2L and KATHY SMITH 2L. Alternate is SIMEONA AHUNA 3L.

Newly elected SBA Board Members are SEAN McGERALD 2L (Faculty Committee Representative) and CHENISE KANEMOTO 2L (Treasurer).

DUKE OISHI 3L has accepted a position as law clerk to our newest 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judge (and former adjunct professor) Richard Clifton.

CHRISTIAN ADAMS 2L and wife Rachel are the parents of a new son.

Our condolences to the family of KIRK CASHMERE ’85 who recently passed away.

Joining LT. GOV. DUKE AIONA '81 on his staff are GEORGE LINDSEY ’79, ROBERT PIPER ’96, and STEVE TEVES ’90.

DONNA RICHARDS ‘01 held a grand opening for her new store "Bead A Licious" on 11/22/02. The store is located at Ward Warehouse.