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Students develop effective business models for fledgling businesses that comport with all legal requirements. Students will be exposed to entrepreneurial thought and decision making.

This workshop provides a framework for considering client centered counseling and for the development of professionalism, client interviewing, client counseling, problem analysis, and negotiation skills.  Each class includes individual or small group exercises in addition to discussion and lecture.  Students complete at least one recorded client counseling session.

Students in this workshop receive training in mediation and alternate dispute resolution techniques and simulated experience in the mediation of community disputes.

This class focuses on the issues pertaining to at-risk children and their families. The course is intended to be multidisciplinary in scope, applying and, ideally, blending the analytical lenses of the disciplines of law, social work, nursing, and education.  The class will be clinical in approach, with students working to make a positive impact on… Continue reading Child Welfare Clinic

This course is an in-depth examination of the principal problems that lead to the conviction of the innocent and leading proposals for measures to reduce the number of wrongful convictions. The seminar will examine common errors or problems that produce wrongful convictions, the process for investigating a claim of actual innocence, state and federal post… Continue reading Hawaiʻi Innocence Project I

This course is an in-depth examination of the principal problems that lead to the conviction of the innocent and leading proposals for measures to reduce the number of wrongful convictions. The seminar will examine common errors or problems that produce wrongful convictions, the process for investigating a claim of actual innocence, state and federal post… Continue reading Hawaiʻi Innocence Project II

The MLPC Clinic is open to graduate/professional students of law, social work, education, and health fields. Students will work with families in Kalihi Valley to identify and address poverty law issues affecting children’s health.

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