The Hawaii Legislative Process class will focus on students' active learning about a key source of our law in Hawaii: the very exciting, highly political, and often byzantine Hawaii State Legislature. The Legislature's Opening Day is January 21, so we will have two classes (Jan. 12 and Jan. 14) at the Law School first to provide an introduction to the Hawaii Legislative Process, focusing on the overall legislative process, the resources of the Public Access Room, and the Legislature's web site. On January 21, we will discuss Opening Day and students will select House and Senate bills and committees to follow in areas of their interest. Students will learn how to track bills, to prepare and submit written testimony on bills for hearings, to prepare and deliver oral testimony, and to research and understand the testimony of others submitted on bills of interest. Classes will also focus on the committee process, Legislative leadership, advocacy strategies, lobbying protocol, and the budget process. Some classes will be held at the Legislature (during class time) if logistics can be arranged, to allow direct meetings with Legislators and staff, including the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Public Access Room, and our WSRSL alumni. We also will arrange a tour (times tbd) of the "square building," from the basement up to possibly the Governor's Office. The reading for the course will all be posted on Laulima - no textbook. The assessment for the course will be based on: class participation, written testimony exercise, oral testimony exercise, and two short reflection papers. Syllabus to be provided before class starts. Note that this is a short course of only eight evening classes on Monday and Wednesday evenings (Jan 12, 14, 21, 26, 28; Feb. 2, 4, 9). After the class ends, students will be encouraged but not required to continue to work on their bills on their own with informal supervision from Dean Antolini. An optional "reunion" class will be held at the end of the semester when the Session ends in late April/early May.