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 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

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 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

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

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

This clinic teaches the practical aspects and issues encountered in the practice of family law. Students will apply what is learned by providing direct legal services to family law clients at the Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i. Pre or concurrent: Family Law (LAW 568) or instructor’s consent.