{"id":142462,"date":"2021-05-26T13:37:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T23:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=142462"},"modified":"2024-03-15T22:57:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T08:57:43","slug":"law-grads-prestigious-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/26\/law-grads-prestigious-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"11 <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> law grads named to prestigious leadership institute"},"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\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/manoa-law-school-building-1.jpg\" alt=\"law school building\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-130781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/manoa-law-school-building-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/manoa-law-school-building-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/manoa-law-school-building-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eleven University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.hawaii.edu\/\">William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a> alumni have been selected as 2021 Leadership Institute Fellows by the Hawaii State Bar Association.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> law graduates are among a total of 16 fellows this year, and were chosen competitively for this prestigious program.<\/p>\n<p>They are attorneys with between three and 15 years of experience who have demonstrated leadership skills, high ethical standards and a commitment to public service.<\/p>\n<p>The alumni include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Malia I. Alexander<\/strong>, staff attorney, Maximum Legal Services Corp.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tristan S.D. Andres<\/strong>, partner, Deeley King Pang &amp; Van Etten<\/li>\n<li><strong>Matthew S. Dvonch<\/strong>, special counsel to the prosecuting attorney, City and County of Honolulu<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ashley K. Obrey<\/strong>, staff attorney\/legal practice administrator, Native Hawaiian Legal Corp.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maile Osika<\/strong>, senior managing associate, Dentons <abbr>US<\/abbr> <abbr title=\"limited liability partnership\">LLP<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kimberly A. Torigoe<\/strong>, deputy prosecuting attorney, County of <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jessica Christen (Jaycee) M. Uchida<\/strong>, staff attorney, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kourtney H.L.M. Wong<\/strong>, associate attorney, Hosoda &amp; Bonner <abbr title=\"limited liability company\">LLC<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sommerset K.M. Wong<\/strong>, senior policy analyst, Kamehameha Schools<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jason S. Woo<\/strong>, attorney at law, Jason Woo, Attorney at Law, <abbr>LLC<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lisa M. Yang<\/strong>, associate attorney, Watanabe Ing <abbr>LLP<\/abbr><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The institute brings an outstanding cadre of speakers to the leadership gatherings, including distinguished judges and attorneys who share their insights, experiences and values that enabled them to achieve their personal and professional goals.<\/p>\n<p>The Leadership Institute also provides mentorship for these emerging leaders, helps them segue into leadership positions, offers networking opportunities within the profession, and helps them gain insight into <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s diverse legal communities.<\/p>\n<p>This work is an example of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s goal of <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf#page=20\">Enhancing Student Success<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), one of four goals identified in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf\">2015&#8211;25 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), updated in December 2020.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211;By Beverly Creamer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven <abbr>UH<\/abbr> law school alumni have been chosen as 2021 Leadership Institute Fellows by the Hawaii State Bar Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[90,679,154,9,68,1626],"class_list":["post-142462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-alumni","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-law","tag-uh-manoa","tag-william-s-richardson-school-of-law","tag-women-of-uh","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142462","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=142462"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142475,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142462\/revisions\/142475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}