Meetings, Workshops & Symposia

Maoli Thursday

Maoli Thursday is a popular lunchtime forum and speaker series held every first Thursday of months that law school is in session.  Watch the latest Maoli Thursday online and read more about the issues on their blogspot.

• November 5, 2009 - Auwē in Naue: The Future of Hawaiʻi's Burial Laws. Featuring staff attorney for the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (“NHLC”), and a 2005 graduate of the Law School Camille Kalama, Esq. and Kamehameha Schools’ representative on the O‘ahu Island Burial Council Kēhaunani Abad, Ph.D. Flier
• October 1, 2009 - The "Ceded" Lands Dispute: What does blood quantrum have to do with it? Featuring well known author, historian, teacher Dr. Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio, ʻ93 William S. Richardson School of Law gradute Mr. Richard Naiwieha Wurdeman, and founding member and treasurer of the Native Hawaiian Bar Association Ms. Yuklin Aluli.  Flier
• September 3, 2009 - True Sovereignty? The Akaka Bill and Its Implications, featuring recognized Hawaiian activist and professor at Hawaiʻi Pacific University Dr. Lynette Cruz, founder, president, and CEO of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement Ms. Robin Danner, and Land Asset Manager for Kamehameha Schools Ms. Esther Kiaʻāina. Flier
• April 2, 2009 - An Alter-Native Court for Hawaiʻi: Exploring the Needs and Possibilities, featuring executive director of the Native Hawaiian Education Council Colin Kippen, staff attorney with the Native Hawaiian Legal Corp. Anthony (T.J.) Quon, Jr., and Post-J.D. Research Fellowship recipient for Ka Huli Ao Kaʻanoʻi Walk. Flier
• March 5, 2009 - The State v. OHA Oral Argument: What Really Happened at the U.S. Supreme Court? At issue in State v. OHA is whether the State can transfer "ceded" lands before Native Hawaiians' "unrelinquished claims" to those lands are resolved.  How did the U.S. Supreme Court Justices respond to this issue at the oral argument on February 25th? Flier
• February 5, 2009 – Reconstructing Relationships: Healing Historic Injustices Against the Ainu People of Japan, featuring Professor Eric K. Yamamoto, Professor Mark Levin and third year law student Ashley Obrey.
• November 6, 2008 – Beyond Election 2008: What’s At Stake for Native Hawaiians, featuring Senator Colleen Hanabusa and Esther Puakela Kia`āina. The speakers sparked a lively discussion on how elections at the county, state & federal levels will impact Native Hawaiians and our island communities.
• October 2, 2008 – Career Opportunities in Native Hawaiian Law, featuring two outstanding attorneys who represent and advocate for Native Hawaiians, Pamela Bunn and Nalani Fujimori, along with three of Ka Huli Ao’s 2008 Summer Fellows, Evan Silberstein, Davis Price, and Julian Aguon.
• September 4, 2008 – Kalipi and Beyond: Exploring Chief Justice Richardson’s Jurisprudence, featuring Chief Justice William S. Richardson,Professor Mari J. Matsuda, Professor Williamson B.C. Chang, and moderated by Professor Susan K. Serrano. Speakers discussed the path-breaking jurisprudence of our own CJ Richardson, the first Native Hawaiian Chief Justice of the Hawai‘i Supreme Court, the founder of Hawai‘i’s first and only law school, and a continuing role model and mentor to thousands of law students and attorneys.
• April 3, 2008, Pros & Concons: A Panel Discussion with Respresentatives Hermina Morita and Della Au Belatti on the pluses and minuses of having another Constitutional Convention and potential impacts on Native Hawaiian rights and our environment. 

 

Workshops and Conferences

• March 12, 2009 –Indigenous Women’s Rights: Conflicts and Challenges for Today’s Indigenous Women, exploring the impacts of colonization, discrimination and economic development on Indigenous Women’s rights. Co-sponsored with the Asian Pacific Law & Policy Journal.
• September 27, 2008 – Hawaiʻi State Historic Preservation Laws: Reclaiming the Past, Shaping the Future, featuring perspectives on and recommendations for Hawai‘i’s state historic preservation laws, and exploring ways to respect and protect Hawaiʻi’s iwi kūpuna (ancestral remains).

 

Symposia

• January 11, 2006 - Le'a Kanehe, Status of Bioprospecting Regulation in Hawai‘i: The International and U.S. National Framework Under the Convention on Biological Diversity, co-sponsored by the Intellectual Property & Technology Law Section of the HSBA and the Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai‘i.
• November 7, 2005 - Issues in Biocolonialism. Debra Harry and Law School alumni Le`a Kanehe visited the William S. Richardson School of Law to discuss the many issues regarding Biocolonialism. Both are from the Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism based in Nevada, where they work to address the impacts of genetic technologies on Indigenous peoples and their territories and natural resources. The lecture was sponsored by the 'Ahahui O Hawai‘i with support from Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law.

• October 13 - 15, 2005 -  Indigenous Traditional and Customary Rights in Modern Legal Systems, Ka Huli Ao's inaugural event was held at the William S. Richardson School of Law and co-sponsored by Ka Huli Ao and the `Ahahui O Hawai‘i. Guest speakers included Māori Land Court Chief Judge Joseph Williams, Retired Hawai‘i Supreme Court Justice Robert Klein, Alaska natives' attorney Heather Kendall-Miller, Community activists Bill Aila, Lynette Cruz, and Hannah Springer, Native Hawai‘ial Legal Corportation lawyers Moses Haia and Alan Murakami, Kaua`i County Attorney Lani Nakazawa, Private attorney Greg Kugle, Earth Justice attorney Kapua Sproat, and Kumu Hula Vicky Holt-Takamine. Chief Justice Richardson was also on hand as speakers frequently cited his groundbreaking rulings on issues affecting Native Hawaiians.  Download the Symposium Schedule .doc