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This course surveys the entire federal income tax system, with emphasis on those areas of greatest importance to lawyers who do not specialize in tax law. Students learn to spot problems and opportunities, and to develop proficiency in the use of the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Regulations.

This course offers a study of the Uniform Commercial Code provisions that deal with commercial paper (Article 3), bank collections and deposits (Article 4), funds transfers (Article 4A) and letters of credit (Article 5), as well as material on alternative payment systems, including credit cards, electronic fund transfers and related federal law. Topics include negotiability,… Continue reading Negotiable Instruments, Payment Systems and Credit Instruments

This course examines the American system of collective bargaining, its value, its process, and the substantive law which regulates it and the parties. Examination will include how and why unions are selected and the methods of employer resistance, the negotiation process, and the administration of the resulting collective bargaining contracts, including arbitration. The use of… Continue reading Labor Law

With the assistance of members of the Hawai‘i trial bar, students examine sequential stages of pre-trial and trial practice in a problem setting. Topics include investigation, pleadings, motions, discovery, voir dire examination, opening statements, direct and cross examination, closing argument, selected evidentiary problems, post-trial motions, and appellate practice. Students engage in simulated exercises and their… Continue reading Trial Practice

This course is designed to teach the theory and practice of civil pretrial litigation skills and focuses on pleadings, discovery, pretrial motions, case evaluation and resolution strategies, including alternative dispute resolution. The course is graded on a credit/no credit basis.

J-Term Spring 2014: This course is designed to teach students the fundamental doctrines of refugee and asylum law—i.e. the way nation-states receive and care for innocent victims of larger man-made or natural disasters that cause millions of people to seek refuge in other states.  The course will introduce students to basic concepts in Humanitarian law,… Continue reading J-Term

This course examines the ways in which international law and domestic legal systems address the rights of women, gender roles, and gender identity. The course uses comparative approach with an emphasis on case studies from the Asia-Pacific region.

A brief overview of historical development of immigration law; analysis of exclusion and deportation grounds and remedies, as well as the study of the legal immigration system of both immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applications and petitions. The course also covers the current law on asylum and refugee applications and US citizenship and naturalization requirements.