All Course Descriptions
Topics-Native Hawaiian Law (V) Specific topic areas will be the subject of focus from year to year, depending upon current developments and issues in Native Hawaiian and Indigenous law in Hawai'i, the nation, and internationally, and expertise of faculty and visiting faculty. (B) policy and governance; (C) business and economic development; (D) law and culture; (E) Indigenous peoples, (F) Indigenous environment and sustainability. Repeatable up to 9 credits. LAW students only. Pre: 581.
Prerequisites/Recommended
Topics-Native Hawaiian Law (V) Specific topic areas will be the subject of focus from year to year, depending upon current developments and issues in Native Hawaiian and Indigenous law in Hawai'i, the nation, and internationally, and expertise of faculty and visiting faculty. (B) policy and governance; (C) business and economic development; (D) law and culture; (E) Indigenous peoples, (F) Indigenous environment and sustainability. Repeatable up to 9 credits. LAW students only. Pre: 581.
Prerequisites/Recommended
Topics-Native Hawaiian Law (V) Specific topic areas will be the subject of focus from year to year, depending upon current developments and issues in Native Hawaiian and Indigenous law in Hawai'i, the nation, and internationally, and expertise of faculty and visiting faculty. (B) policy and governance; (C) business and economic development; (D) law and culture; (E) Indigenous peoples, (F) Indigenous environment and sustainability. Repeatable up to 9 credits. LAW students only. Pre: 581.
Prerequisites/Recommended
Topics-Native Hawaiian Law (V) Specific topic areas will be the subject of focus from year to year, depending upon current developments and issues in Native Hawaiian and Indigenous law in Hawai'i, the nation, and internationally, and expertise of faculty and visiting faculty. (B) policy and governance; (C) business and economic development; (D) law and culture; (E) Indigenous peoples, (F) Indigenous environment and sustainability. Repeatable up to 9 credits. LAW students only. Pre: 581.
Prerequisites/Recommended
Topics-Native Hawaiian Law (V) Specific topic areas will be the subject of focus from year to year, depending upon current developments and issues in Native Hawaiian and Indigenous law in Hawai'i, the nation, and internationally, and expertise of faculty and visiting faculty. (B) policy and governance; (C) business and economic development; (D) law and culture; (E) Indigenous peoples, (F) Indigenous environment and sustainability. Repeatable up to 9 credits. LAW students only. Pre: 581.
Prerequisites/Recommended
Torts cover the statutory and common law of negligence, causation, defenses, damages, strict liability, intentional torts and tort policy and reform, with emphasis on national and Hawai'i law. (Spring only)
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 work is critiqued. The course is graded on a credit/no credit basis. Pre: Evidence (LAW 543).
Prerequisites/Recommended
This course revolves around the gratuitous transfer of wealth, beginning with underlying philosophical tensions and broad societal concerns, and then focusing on “who gets it when you go,” including the legal requirements for wills, revocable trusts and other will substitutes, and what happens in the absence of such a document. Also considered are statutory protections for a decedent’s surviving family members and an array of other related topics, such as powers of appointment, incapacity planning, charitable giving, asset-protection planning, tax planning, and fiduciary responsibility. Local stories are used to illustrate the impact of trust and estate laws on the lives of real people.
Introduction to the basic principles of American legal research and writing. Students review techniques of case and statutory analysis and learn to write a professional legal memoranda and client opinion letters.
Hawaii’s wildlife and other natural resources are among the most endangered in the world. By exploring the compelling stories of Hawaii’s imperiled ecosystems, this seminar provides a unique lens through which to view the pressing national and global legal and policy issues related to species preservation and resource conservation and management. The course examines the federal, state and local legal scheme that governs use and protection of resources, from the endangered humpback whale to energy planning.
(B) prosecution clinic; (C) defense clinic; (D) elder law clinic; (E) environmental law clinic; (G) estate planning workshop; (I) native Hawaiian rights clinic; (J) family law clinic; (K) entrepreneurship and small business clinic; (M) mediation clinic; (N) lawyering skills workshop; (P) mediation workshop; (Q) immigration clinic; (R) child welfare clinic; (S) Hawai'i Innocence Project I; (T) Hawai'i Innocence Project II; (U) legislation and statutory interpretation. Repeatable one time for (K). LAW majors only for (R), (S), (T) and (U). CR/NC and letter grade option for (J); CR/NC only for (N), (P), and (Q). Pre: 543 for (B) and (C); 521 or consent for (D); 529 or 561 or LWEV 582 for (E); 552 and 567, or consent for (G); 568 or consent for (J); 548 for (Q). (Once a year for (K)) (Alt. years for (U))