{"id":22666,"date":"2014-02-19T09:08:03","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T19:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=22666"},"modified":"2020-06-10T13:24:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T23:24:42","slug":"legislature-recognizes-law-school-on-its-40th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/02\/19\/legislature-recognizes-law-school-on-its-40th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislature recognizes law school on its 40th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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UH<\/abbr> Mānoa Law Dean Avi Soifer and Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald join Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> senators and representatives in chamber. (photo courtesy of the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Senate)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Both the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Senate<\/a> and House of Representatives<\/a> presented University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa’s William S. Richardson Law School<\/a> Dean Avi Soifer<\/strong> with certificates of recognition on Friday, February 14, honoring the law school on its 40th anniversary.<\/p>\n

The certificates were presented in brief ceremonies by Senator Brian Taniguchi<\/strong> and Representative Linda Ichiyama<\/strong>—both are graduates of the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa law school.<\/p>\n

During the presentation, Taniguchi recalled some of those early years at the law school, including being “serenaded by pile-driving” as the UH<\/abbr> swimming pool was being worked on. He was a member of the third graduating class in 1978.<\/p>\n

Taniguchi also paid homage to the school’s namesake, Chief Justice William S. Richardson. “CJ<\/abbr> Richardson believed all qualified residents of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> should have the option of an excellent legal education.”<\/p>\n

The Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Supreme Court’s current Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald was in the gallery and joined Soifer for photos with legislators.<\/p>\n

—A UH<\/abbr> Mānoa news release<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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