A practical introduction to the law governing the formation, maintenance, and dissolution of the family. Topics include marriage, annulment, divorce, alimony, property division, marriage agreements, and child custody. The course focuses on Hawai`i statutes and case law, within the context of common law and recent constitutional doctrine.

This course provides an introduction to the myriad legal issues which confront the elderly in our society, such as age discrimination, elder abuse, estate planning, entitlement to government benefits, guardianship, alternatives to guardianship and health care decisions, including end-of-life decisions.

This course introduces you to the law governing the relations between debtors (those who owe) and creditors (those to whom obligations are owed). We will begin by reviewing non-judicial debt collection practices and limitations and judicial state law debt collection (this review will build upon concepts introduced in Secured Transactions). We will then study the… Continue reading Debtors’ and Creditors’ Rights

This course focuses on constitutional criminal procedure, with emphasis on fourth, fifth, and sixth amendment issues. In addition to search and seizure, interrogations and confessions, and right to counsel, the course addresses jury issues, including pretrial publicity in high profile cases, and issues such as indictments, plea bargains, and other pre-and post-trial procedural matters.

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the basic financial concepts and tools that are important for lawyers with transactional practices. Among the topics covered are valuation of businesses, legal rights of holders of various types of securities (including bonds, preferred stock, common stock and convertible securities), factors relating to the… Continue reading Corporate Finance