{"id":102015,"date":"2019-08-27T13:22:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T23:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=102015"},"modified":"2020-03-09T14:09:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T00:09:57","slug":"manoa-law-school-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/08\/27\/manoa-law-school-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"First-year law students are eclectic bunch"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Incoming law student Jonah Hoshino of ʻEwa<\/span> Beach assists with the kalo harvest as part of orientation activities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a> at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a> opened its doors to a strikingly diverse class of 120 students this fall.<\/p>\n

The incoming class includes 80 students who are residents of Hawaiʻi<\/span> or who have significant connections to the state. Of the total number of juris doctor candidates, 67 are women.<\/p>\n

Members of the class include two medical doctors; middle and high school teachers, including one from Bolivia; and an airline flight attendant, social worker, data analyst, accountant, stock trader and financial planning company owner.<\/p>\n

The new students engaged in orientation activities planned by Associate Deans Ronette Kawakami<\/strong> and Denise Antolini<\/strong>, including taking the law student pledge in a ceremony at the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Supreme Court building administered by Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald.<\/p>\n

For the first time, students were joined by their parents and close friends. Associate Professor Troy J.H. Andrade<\/strong>, who is the director of the Ulu Lehua Scholars program<\/a>, offered an overview of Hawaiʻi<\/span> history and its connection to the school’s namesake, the late Chief Justice William S. Richardson.<\/p>\n

“The heart of this school is the students,” said Recktenwald, who praised the law faculty and outstanding leadership of Dean Avi Soifer<\/strong><\/a>. “I encourage you to embrace that commitment to service and I am confident you will make the world a more just place. You are heirs to the legacy of CJ<\/abbr> Richardson, a great lawyer and a great person.”<\/p>\n

As the school’s third-largest class, the incoming students include:<\/p>\n