Updated at 6:59 a.m., Wednesday, June 6, 2007
First certificates in Native Hawaiian Law awarded
Advertiser Staff
A little history was made last week when Malina Koani-Guzman, Jocelyn Macadangdang-Doane and Kalikolihau Hannahs became the first UH School of Law graduates to earn Pacific Asian Legal Studies (PALS) Certificates with a Specialty in Native Hawaiian Law.The certificate, awarded by the William S. Richardson School of Law's Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law, is the first of its kind, a UH news release said. It requires completion of courses in international law, human rights and natural resources law, and intensive legal writing on Native Hawaiian Law, in addition to the regular course curriculum to earn a juris doctorate.
The center, created in 2005, focuses on education, research and scholarship, community outreach and the preservation of invaluable historical, legal and traditional and customary materials.
