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What a long day today seemed to be. I've decided that one of my main goals is to create a support system for the Hawaiians in the incoming class at the law school. I've spoken with a few of them and some seem very overwhelmed. I don't want them to be discouraged from the challenges and rigors of law school. They have a support system here. Well, there is no current organized support system, but I'm building one with the help of other Hawaiian students such as, Iokona Baker, Kauanoe[] Brooks, Shyla Cockett, Laura Edmunds, Coti Haia, Kalikolihau Hannahs, Kelli Lee and Jocelyn Macadangdang-Doane. We need more Hawaiian attorneys here and we start increasing the number of Hawaiian attorneys by 1.) retaining (through an adequate support system) Hawaiian law students and 2.) actively recruiting more Hawaiian students to the law school. Today was an interesting day. I have Criminal Law with the incoming 1L class. There are a few, what I describe, over zealous students. I suppose this is typical of every class. There's a young man in the class who, seems to lack certain graces and tact. The perception among many people is that he's trying to show how smart he is. But, most people seem annoyed by it. Yesterday I had Constitutional Law and I'll have it again tomorrow. To my suprise, Professor Jon Van Dyke, on the first day, decided to talk about the history of Hawai'i. He did a great job, I thought, of presenting some of the legal/political questions and ultimately asking what is the current status of Hawai'i. Without saying show explicitly, he led the class to the conclusion, that Hawai'i was never legally annexed by the U.S. But, he did it with style. He presented facts, legal definitions, etc, and put us in the position to make the determination. But after being presented with the facts he showed us, there is no other conclusion to come to. IMPRESSIVE! Who'd ever think that an accredited American law school would teach something like that on the first day of a Constitutional law class. This seems like a great, interesting, and promising semester, I just have to make sure I stay focused, something that is proving very difficult to do when there are so many other things catching my interest. Post a comment in response: |
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