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Posted on: Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Legal scholars, judge join UH special events on law

Advertiser Staff

Five visiting legal scholars and an appeals judge will participate in special events that the public can join in this month at the University of Hawai'i's William S. Richardson School of Law.

The series of conferences, lectures and radio broadcasts are part of the law school's J-Term for law students that begins next week. Among the topics are international legal studies, intellectual property law, comparative indigenous rights and race and justice.

Here are the events:

  • Professor Rebecca Tsosie of the Arizona State University School of Law will lead a two-day conference on "Federalism and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Comparative Perspectives and Strategies" from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow in the law school's Classroom 2. It's free, but reservations are required. Call 956-8411 for information.

  • Tsosie and professor Randall Kennedy of Harvard Law School will discuss the different views of Native Hawaiian rights on "ThinkTech Hawai'i" from 5 to 9 p.m. tomorrow on Hawai'i Public Radio, KIPO 89.3.

  • An open forum on recent developments in law will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the law school's Moot Court room. Participating will be professors Tsosie, Kennedy, Jack Balkin of Yale Law School, Margaret Chon of Seattle University School of Law and Jon O. Newman, a senior judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. It's free and open to the public, but reservations are required. Call 956-5516 for information.

  • Newman will lead a lunch talk from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at the Plaza Club. The cost is $25. For information call 523-8894.

  • Newman and Balkin will discuss recent developments in intellectual property law on "ThinkTech Hawai'i" from 5 to 9 p.m. Jan. 24 on Hawai'i Public Radio, KIPO 89.3.