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Academic Records (Diplomas, Transcripts)	Information for requesting official transcripts from UH Mānoa
Add .pdf	Required for adding Directed Study and other restricted law courses. In most cases, professor signature is not required. Submit completed form to the Law School Registrar.
Audit Approval .pdf	Required for auditing law courses. Professor signature required. Audit credits are included in your tuition bill and count against the maximum number of credits that law students are allowed to register for per semester. If maximum number of credits allowed are exceeded, students must also complete and submit a Credit Approval Form to increase credit maximum.
Change of Status Form .pdf	Required for changing law student status from full-time to part-time, or part-time to full-time. Associate Dean signature required.
Credit Course Approval .pdf	Approval required for enrolling in fewer than 12 credits (full-time) or fewer than 9 credits (part-time); for full-time students wishing to enroll in a part-time (evening) course or part-time students wishing to enroll in a full-time (day) course; or for limited approval to increase semester max credits above 17 for non-JD credits. Complete form and submit to Associate Dean for Student Services for approval.
Degree Application Form .pdf \| Hawaiian .pdf	Required for all graduates to receive a diploma. Hawaiian language diploma is optional. $30 fee required for each diploma.
Directed Study Approval Form .pdf	Required for adding Directed Study. Supervising professor must complete and sign bottom section of form. Students must also submit a completed Add Form. Supervising professor signature not required on Add Form. Submit completed Directed Study Approval Form and Add Form to the Law School Registrar.
Drop .pdf	Required for dropping any law course with a 'W' during semester 'withdrawal w/ permission' period.
Graduate Level Course Approval Form. pdf	Required for any law student requesting to receive JD credit for graduate coursework (600 or higher) taken at UH Mānoa. This form must be submitted at the beginning of the semester in which upper campus course will be taken. Submit completed form to Associate Dean for Student Services for approval. Upon successful completion of the course (receipt of a grade of ‘C’ or better) the Law School Registrar will transfer the credits and count them towards the completion of the student’s law degree.
Non-Law Student Data Form & Information Letter .pdf	Required for non-law graduate students requesting to enroll in a law school course.
Professional Auditors Application Form .pdf	Required for non-law professional auditors.
Request for Information Form .pdf	Required form for requesting letters of good standing and enrollment verification. May also be used by law students who are applying to other degree programs at UH Mānoa to request copies of undergraduate transcripts on file with the School of Law.
Summer School Approval Form .pdf	Required to transfer credits from summer programs at other ABA-accredited law schools. Submit completed form to Associate Dean for Student Services for approval.

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`Ahahui O Hawaiʻi (Hui)

'Ahahui O Hawai'i (aka the Hui) is the Native Hawaiian Law Student Organization at the William S. Richardson School of Law. The Hui, founded in 1973, is the oldest student organization at the Law School. The Hui raises significant...

Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie '76

Advocates for Public Interest Law (APIL)

Advocates for Public Interest Law is an organization within the Hawai'i legal community whose purpose is to encourage public interest legal work. APIL began with a gift from the 1985 graduating class of the University of Hawai'i...

Justin D. Levinson

American Bar Association - Law Student Division

"The Mission of the American Bar Association is to be the national representative of the legal profession, serving the public and the profession by promoting justice, professional excellence and respect for the law."

BarBri

Black Law Students Association (BLSA)

"The National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA), founded in 1968, is a national organization formed to articulate and promote the needs and goals of black law students and effectuate change in the legal community." BLSA...

Christian Legal Society (CLS)

A local chapter of this nationwide professional association founded in 1961 provides Christian law students, lawyers, and judges with a means of mutual sharing and of witnessing to the legal community. Present activities include fellowship...

Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity (DTP)

Delta Theta Phi is a Legal Fraternity at the Law School with over 100 members. DTP enhances the law school experience by providing academic support, networking opportunities and fosters lifelong relationship with fellow students, attorneys...

Environmental Law Society (ELS)

The Environmental Law Society is one of the largest and most active student organizations at the William S. Richardson School of Law. Created in 1987, ELS has built an impressive program of education, scholarship, and public service. The...

David M. Forman '93

Ete Bowl

The Ete flag football team is made up of female law school students. Each year they play in the Ete Bowl, a flag football game between the Etes and the alumnae team, The Bruzers. For more information, please see Ete Bowl History,...

Federalist Society

The Federalist Society is dedicated to providing visiting conservative and libertarian academics and luminaries in the spirit of bringing frank and open debate of current issues to the law school.

Filipino Law School Association (FLSA)

The Filipino Law Students Association (FLSA) is dedicated to the furtherance of the Filipino community, with particular emphasis on Filipinos in the legal community. FLSA strives to increase the number of Filipinos in law schools and the...

David M. Forman '93

Hammurabi Legal Forum

The Hammurabi Legal Forum for the Rule of Law (HLF) was originally established at the law school to aid law schools in Iraq re-invigorate the country's rich tradition of scholarship. The HLF has expanded its efforts to assist with a...

James H. Pietsch

Hawaiʻi Women Lawyers (HWL)

Hawaii Women Lawyers – Student Division. Our mission is to improve the lives and careers of women in all aspects of the legal profession, to influence the future of the legal profession, and to enhance the status of women and promote...

Hazel Beh Scholarship Committee

James S. Burns Aloha Chapter, American Inns of Court IV

James S. Burns Aloha Chapter, American Inns of Court IV is the Hawaiʻi chapter of the larger American Inns of Court (AIC). AIC is designed to improve the skills, professionalism and ethics of the bench and bar. An American Inn of...

La Alianza

La Alianza promotes awareness about and justice for the growing and diverse Latino/a community in Hawai‘i. We foster connections between local and global Latino/a communities through advocacy and collaboration, while providing...

Susan K. Serrano '98

Lambda Law Student Association

Lambda seeks to foster communication regarding issues relating to persons of diverse sexual orientation and to bring greater awareness to the law school community of these issues. Lambda Law Student Association at 20th Annual Honolulu...

Law and Business Organization (LBO)

The Law and Business Organization at the Law School is a graduate/professional organization providing a vehicle for students interested in business law to exchange ideas, to network with practitioners in the business and business law...

Justin D. Levinson

Law Student Media Council

The mission of the Law Student Media Council is to serve the law school by sharing the ideas and work of the faculty, alumni, and students with a broad audience of legal professionals and non-lawyers. The Law Student Media Council will...

Na Loio O Heʻe Nalu

Native American Law Students Association Hawai'i Chapter (Native American Moot Court)

The University of Hawai'i Native American Law Students Association (UHNALSA) is a chapter of the National Native American Law Students Association and promotes the study of Federal Indian Law, Native Hawaiian Law, and indigenous...

Pacific-Asian Legal Studies Organization (PALSO)

PALSO regularly welcomes attorneys and academics for talks and lectures on a range of topics and hosts a number of social events that gathers the law school community to promote our common interests in Pacific and Asian cultures.

Mark A. Levin

Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity, Richardson Inn (PDP)

"A local inn of the fraternity, formed in the spring of 1979, is named in honor of former Chief Justice William S. Richardson of the Hawai‘i Supreme Court. The fraternity is dedicated to the professional and social interests of...

PMBR Reps

Richardson Golf Association

Running Group

Self-Defense Club

Soccer Club

Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF)

Student Bar Association (SBA)

The SBA is the student body's advocate within the the law school campus, the larger university and is also an umbrella organization overseeing nearly two dozen student organizations. Student Bar Association Constitution .pdfSBA Funding...

Students with Keiki

Students with Keiki is a group of Law School students with infants, children and teenagers. The group provides parenting and studying resources, organizes family social opportunities, and encourages students as they juggle law school and...

Lyn Flanigan '81

Sustainable Richardson

Publications

University of Hawaiʻi Law Review

The University of Hawaiʻi Law Review is a student-run journal publishing scholarly works authored by judges, scholars, and practioners. In addition to publishing two issues each year, the University of Hawaiʻi Law Review hosts a biannual...

Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal (APLPJ)

The Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal is a web-based, American legal journal covering issues in Asia and the Pacific Rim. Our objectives are to disseminate legal research by law professors, legal practitioners, social scientists,...

Moot Court and Client Counseling Teams

Client Counseling Team

The purpose of the Client Counseling Competition is to promote greater knowledge and interest among law students in the preventive law and counseling functions of law practice and to encourage students to develop interviewing, planning,...

Environmental Moot Court Team

The William S. Richardson School of Law Environmental Law Moot Court Team is a three-student team that competes in the Pace University School of Law’s National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition. The team is required to write a...

Hispanic Moot Court Team

The Hispanic Moot Court is a national competition sponsored by the Hispanic National Bar Association. The brief writing and oral presentation of the competition are focused on a case concerning current civil rights on a national scale....

Dale W. Lee

International Environmental Moot Court Team

The Stetson Moot Court Competition covers issues in international environmental law. Beyond providing a strong foundation in legal doctrine, Stetson’s academic curriculum allows students to distinguish themselves through clinical...

David M. Forman '93

International Intellectual Property Moot Court Team

The John Marshall Law School Internet and Privacy Law Competition is a national moot court competition concerned with Internet, Technology, and Tort law. The competition is an annual event held in Chicago at the John Marshall Law School...

Danielle Conway

International Negotiations Team

"The ABA Law Student Division's Negotiation Competition promotes greater interest among law students in legal negotiation and provides a means for them to practice and improve their negotiating skills. The competition simulates legal...

Native American Moot Court Team

The William S. Richardson School of Law has competed in National Native American Moot Court since 1996. Try-outs for the competition are held in the Fall and the national competition is held in the Spring. Tryout candidates present oral...

Williamson B.C. Chang

Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Team

The competition is a simulation of a fictional dispute between countries before the International Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the United Nations. A team from each participating school is required to prepare oral and written...

Carole J. Petersen

Robert F. Wagner Labor and Employment Moot Court Team (Unofficial)

Each Spring, the New York Law School's Moot Court Association administers the Robert F. Wagner, Sr. National Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Competition (Wagner Competition). The Wagner Competition is the nation’s largest student...

Ronald C. Brown

Intellectual Property Moot Court Team

Now in its 20th year, the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition is an annual event honoring Saul Lefkowitz, whose entire distinguished career was dedicated to the development of trademark and unfair competition law. The competition...

Space Law Moot Court Team

Each year since 1992, the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) has hosted the Manfred Lachs Moot Court Competition (http://www.iislweb.org/lachsmoot/index.html). This competition seeks to promote interest in and knowledge of the...

Roberta Woods

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Todd Ashida Financial Aid/Registrar Coordinator	Lyn Flanigan '81 Interim Director of Career Development and Alumni Relations Administrator of Pro Bono Program
Grant E. Helgeson Registrar	Ramona Hussey '89 Administrative Assistant
Cynthia D. Quinn '88 Interim Associate Dean for Student Services Lecturer in Law	Liam Skilling '07 Director of the Part-Time JD Program and Academic Assistance Lecturer in Law
Melissa K. Skillings Director of Financial Aid, William S. Richardson School of Law

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