Hayashi is being recognized for leading the Judiciary Committee on Equality and Access to the Courts as its former chair. She also coordinated the production of legal brochures in different languages and met with ethnic community groups.

The Korean American Bar Association of Hawai'i will be honored for supporting and promoting lawyers of Korean heritage and other work that includes panel discussions on the importance of diversity on public access television and translating legal brochures into Korean.

Also being recognized is the Pre-Admission Program at the William S. Richardson School of Law for bringing in people from different ethnic, economic, gender and other backgrounds to the law school and supporting them. The school is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

The event is sponsored by the bar association's Diversity, Equality and the Law Committee.