Rare Panel of Judges

Last night Richardson law students had an opportunity to argue in front of a rare panel of judges: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Clifton, Federal District Court Judge David Ezra, and Hawaii Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald. Before oral arguments began Judge Ezra announced to the moot court team and the audience that "This is the first time in the history of Hawaii that you have three of the highest ranking judges on the same panel: the Ninth Circuit, the federal district court, and the Hawaii Supreme Court Chief Justice."

Climate Change Panel

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Law Students Argue in Front of Justice Alito & Judge Clifton

On January 27th, 2011, law students from the William S. Richardson School of Law's Native American Moot Court team made oral arguments before U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Clifton.

In this photo, third year law student Maxwell Kaanohi Kopper represented Judge Chippewa and the Rabbit River Tribe with his co-counsel Keani Alapa. Maxwell described arguing in front of Justice Alito as an event he'll "never forget."


Pictured above from left to right are Maxwell Kopper, Keani Alapa, Justice Samuel Alito, Judge Richard Clifton, Jeannin Russo, and Mark Jensen.

Justice Alito and Judge Clifton also took a photo with the Hawaii Native American Law Students Association chapter.

Summer Job Opportunities in Native Hawaiian Law

Watch our panel discussion below.

LSAT Prep Program Update

Aloha mai kakou,

Ka Huli Ao is expanding our Law School Admission Test (LSAT) Preparation program to UH-Hilo this upcoming spring. We're very excited about increasing access to a legal education to our Hawai'i Island neighbors.
Feel free to help us spread the word by forwarding this e-mail to your family and friends? Below are dates for different parts of our program: application due date, diagnostic test date, and class dates.

To learn more about Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law, please visit us at http://law.hawaii.edu/kahuliao

APPLICATION DEADLINE
JANUARY 14, 2011 The application can be downloaded by going to
http://bit.ly/LSATinfo January 14, 2011 is the postmarked date.

DIAGNOSTIC TEST
February 5, 2011 The diagnostic test is a mandatory component of the
application process.

CLASS DATES
Saturday, March 5, 2011 – 9am – 1pm
Saturday, March 12, 2011 – 9am – 1pm
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 (evening)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 (evening)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 (evening)
Saturday, April 9, 2011 (practice test/discussion)
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 (evening)
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 (evening)
Saturday, April 23, 2011 (practice test/discussion)
Saturday, April 30, 2011 – 9am – 1pm
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 (evening)
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 (evening)
Saturday, May 21, 2011 (practice test/discussion)
Saturday, May 28, 2011 – 9am – 1pm
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 (evening)

We're still confirming the weekday evening classes but they're likely to begin around 5:30pm (at the earliest) or 6pm (at the latest)
Subscribe to our e-mail list and you’ll receive all program updates. Go to http://bit.ly/LSATinfo (This shortened URL is case-sensitive).
Questions can be e-mailed to nhlawctr@hawaii.edu. Our phone number is (808) 956-8411.

National Native American Law Students Association Moot Court Competition

Every year, the William S. Richardson School of Law participates in the annual moot court competition sponsored by the National Native American Law Students Association (National NALSA).

This year the competition will be hosted in New York by the Columbia Law School National NALSA chapter. You can CLICK HERE to read the competition problem written by Indian law scholar Matthew Fletcher.

After two long days of tryouts in September 2010, the 2010-11 team was chosen.

In the photo above back row left to right: Sarah Kaopuiki, Sherilyn Tavares, Jeannin-Melissa Russo, Maria Carmichael, Elika Stimpson, Ana Won Pat-Borja. Front Row, left to right: Adam Roversi, Keani Alapa, Max Kaanohi Kopper, Tyler Gomes and Mark Jensen.

Interested in Native Hawaiian Law and going to law school?

Derek Kauanoe and Liam Skilling , with the support of Kīpuka at UH-Hilo, are providing an information session on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) preparation program provided by Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law.

The information session is on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 and begins at 4pm (ending at 5:15pm) and will be held in Portable 14, in room 11 at Kīpuka.

Derek and Liam have provided this LSAT preparation program since 2006. It has helped Native Hawaiians and people interested in Native Hawaiian legal issues develop themselves into more competitive law school applicants. You can read a few testimonials by CLICKING HERE.

We encourage everyone interested in our program to subscribe to our google e-mail group. You can visit our google group by CLICKING HERE.

The Disparate Treatment of Native Hawaiians in the Criminal Justice System

CLICK HERE to read the report for which the November 4, 2010, Maoli Thursday event was based on. Click on the viewer below to watch the discussion.



Ka Huli Ao's next Maoli Thursday is scheduled for November 4, 2010, and focuses on Native Hawaiians and the criminal justice system. Please click on image below to enlarge.