Month: August 2022

This course provides students with a direct experience of working on cases in the context of Native Hawaiian rights and issues. Each semester, the clinic focuses on one or two major cases involving issues such as traditional and customary rights, the public lands trust, the Hawaiian Home Lands trust, and water rights. Students will aid… Continue reading Native Hawaiian Rights Clinic

In this workshop students will devise estate plans for hypothetical clients involving wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, insurance, class gifts, charitable transfers, and powers of appointment. Pre: Trusts and Estates (LAW 552), Fed. Income Tax (LAW 567).

Through this clinic, students will have the opportunity to hone their legal skills, including analyzing legal issues, developing and implementing case strategy, collaborating with clients, refining factual and legal research, and writing persuasively. Initial classes will be spent reviewing relevant state and/or federal laws relating to natural and cultural resource management. Students will then work… Continue reading Environmental Clinic

Students in this clinic work under the direction of an elder law specialist in assisting Hawaii’s senior citizens in a variety of legal areas including public entitlements, estate planning, living wills, elder abuse, etc. The course typically does not involve litigation, but rather the delivery of other kinds of legal services and education to the… Continue reading Elder Law Clinic

This class teaches litigation skills through the representation of indigent criminal defendants. Students appear in court and try real cases. After classroom lectures, discussions and simulations, students defend people charged with misdemeanor cases. Deputy Public Defenders teach this course and provide the in-court supervision on the cases. The classroom component meets throughout the semester. Pre:… Continue reading Defense Clinic

This class teaches litigation skills through the prosecution of real, minor criminal cases and the simulation of a major civil trial. After about three weeks of classroom discussions and simulations, students prosecute real traffic and misdemeanor cases for the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. The classroom component meets throughout the semester and is designed to meet the needs of students interested… Continue reading Prosecution Clinic