“On behalf of the Hawaii State Judiciary, I extend our sympathy and aloha to Mrs. Akaka and the Akaka ohana. From teaching in our public schools to representing Hawaii in... read more

New Zealand Court of Appeal Justice Joseph Williams, this year’s International Jurist-in-Residence at the University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law, met with Hawaii’s Supreme Court... read more

  National Judicial Outreach Week is an initiative started by the American Bar Association (ABA) in 2017, which takes place each year in the first full week of March. During... read more

Where there are people, there are conflicts. That is why six organizations, together with experts from the Columbia Law School Mediation Clinic, put on a series of events to continue... read more

  HONOLULU – Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald announced today that he is seeking public comment on judicial nominees for a vacancy in the District Court of the Second Circuit... read more

A Hawaii Supreme Court Associate Justice and a rock music legend honored the seven graduates at the 62nd Maui Drug Court graduation ceremony on February 15, 2018. Judge Joseph E.... read more

  HONOLULU – Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald has today appointed Kevin T. Morikone to the District Court of the First Circuit (Island of Oahu). Morikone has been serving as... read more

  KAUNAKAKAI, Molokai — While educators grapple with how best to address their students’ safety in light of mass shootings on the mainland, Kaunakakai Elementary School on Molokai is doing... read more

Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald issued a Proclamation on February 24, 2018, in honor of the late Judge Harry T. Tanaka, who served with great distinction with the Hawaii Judiciary... read more

  HONOLULU – Attorney applicants are being sought to fill an upcoming term on the Trust Fund Board of the Hawaii Supreme Court Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection (LFCP). The... read more