{"id":165058,"date":"2022-09-13T11:27:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T21:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=165058"},"modified":"2022-10-07T14:23:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T00:23:32","slug":"maui-law-justice-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/13\/maui-law-justice-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"New law, justice academy for Maui Nui <abbr>HS<\/abbr> students"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/manoa-law-justice-academy.jpg\" alt=\"law students talking\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-165065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/manoa-law-justice-academy.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/manoa-law-justice-academy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/manoa-law-justice-academy-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new program to introduce high school students from Maui, <span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span> and <span aria-label=\"Lanai\">L&#257;na&#699;i<\/span> to issues of law and justice will be held on Maui, October 4&#8211;6. The Maui Nui Law &amp; Justice Academy is a collaborative effort between the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Commission to Promote and Advance Civic Education (<abbr>PACE<\/abbr> Commission), <a href=\"https:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Maui College<\/a>, <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> M&#257;noa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.hawaii.edu\/\">William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a>, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> State Judiciary and Maui County Bar Association .<\/p>\n<p>Twenty high school students from across Maui, <span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span> and <span aria-label=\"Lanai\">L&#257;na&#699;i<\/span> will be selected for this opportunity. The students will gain invaluable insight into law-related careers and will have the mentorship of judges, attorneys, academics and community members.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>PACE<\/abbr> Commission along with other community partners are providing the academy free of charge to accepted participants.<\/p>\n<p>High school students will build their skills in discussion, research, debate, analysis and advocacy; and will be provided with the tools and inspiration to become active and involved citizens of their communities.<\/p>\n<p>A curriculum has been created that is unique to the Maui community with leaders from across <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> who will be working with and mentoring participants enrolled in the academy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the primary goals of the academy is to increase interest in college, law school and legal-related careers among young people who come from backgrounds and populations that are traditionally underrepresented among attorneys, judges and political decision-makers,&rdquo; said <strong>Troy Andrade<\/strong>, associate professor at the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> law school.<\/p>\n<p>During the academy, participants will engage in a variety of law-related educational activities including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparing for and taking part in a mock trial involving a Maui-specific issue<\/li>\n<li>Organizing arguments for clarity and rhetorical effectiveness<\/li>\n<li>Discussing how context, history and civic responsibility inform legal decision-making<\/li>\n<li>Learning about college and law school<\/li>\n<li>东精影业ing classes taught by lawyers and judges<\/li>\n<li>Visiting the judiciary and meeting judges and court staff<\/li>\n<li>Meeting Maui attorneys and staff<\/li>\n<li>Visiting the <span aria-label=\"Waihee\">Waihe&#699;e<\/span> Coastal Dunes &amp; Wetlands Refuge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, contact Andrade at <a href=\"mailto:tandrade@hawaii.edu\">tandrade@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty high school students from across Maui, <span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span> and <span aria-label=\"Lanai\">L&#257;na&#699;i<\/span> will gain invaluable insight into law-related careers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[154,71,9,60,68],"class_list":["post-165058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-law","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-william-s-richardson-school-of-law","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165058"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165090,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165058\/revisions\/165090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}