William S. Richardson School of Law
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| Motto |
Ma luna aʻe o na lahui a pau ke ola ke kanaka (Hawaiian) Above all nations is humanity |
| Parent school | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Established | 1973 |
| School type | Public |
| Dean | Aviam Soifer |
| Location | Honolulu, HI, United States 21°17′47″N 157°49′05″W / 21.29639°N 157.81806°WCoordinates: 21°17′47″N 157°49′05″W / 21.29639°N 157.81806°W |
| Enrollment | 257 |
| Faculty | 52 |
| USNWR ranking | 82 |
| Website | http://www.law.hawaii.edu/ |
| ABA profile | William S. Richardson School of Law Profile |
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The University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law is a public law school located in the U.S. state of Hawaii in Honolulu. Named after its patriarch, former Hawaii State Supreme Court Chief Justice William S. Richardson, a zealous advocate of Hawaiian culture, it is the state's only law school.
Richardson's regime of legal studies places special emphasis on fields of law of particular importance to Hawaii and the surrounding Pacific and Asian region, including Native Hawaiian Law, Pacific-Asian Legal Studies, Environmental Law, and maritime law.
A member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), the school is accredited by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association (ABA). It offers a Juris Doctor, with certificates available in Native Hawaiian Law, Pacific-Asian Legal Studies, and Environmental Law, with students able to matriculate either full-time or part-time. It also offers an Advanced Juris Doctor, for foreign students who have earned a law degree abroad, and a LLM.
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