{"id":75742,"date":"2018-03-05T13:14:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=75742"},"modified":"2020-03-12T13:07:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T23:07:37","slug":"apil-gala-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/03\/05\/apil-gala-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Law student public interest group holding gala fundraiser"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_57128\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57128\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/manoa-lawschool-fundraiser.jpg\" alt=\"people mingling at the gala fundraiser\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57128\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2016 <abbr title=\"Advocates for Public Interest Law\">APIL<\/abbr> Gala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apilatuh.com\/\">Advocates for Public Interest Law<\/a> (<abbr>APIL<\/abbr>) from the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.hawaii.edu\/\">William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a> will hold its 8th annual Gala and Silent Auction on Friday, March 9, 5:30&#8211;9 p.m. at Caf\u00e9 Julia at the Lani\u0101kea <abbr title=\"Young Women's Christian Association\">YWCA<\/abbr>, 1040 Richards Street. <abbr>APIL<\/abbr> has funded 145 grants that have enabled law students to help the underserved and vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>The fundraiser will feature live music, a silent auction and refreshments.<\/p>\n<p>To be honored at the event are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intermediate Court of Appeals Chief Judge Craig Nakamura&#8212;Outstanding <abbr>APIL<\/abbr> Pick of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Director of the Evening Part-Time Program <strong>Liam Skilling<\/strong>&#8212;Faculty Award<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lance Collins<\/strong>&#8212;Alumni Award<\/li>\n<li>Sherry Broder&#8212;Corporate Sector Award<\/li>\n<li>Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation&#8212;Non-Profile Sector Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tickets are $30 for law students, $35 for the general public and $40 at the door.<\/p>\n<p>Dean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.hawaii.edu\/personnel\/soifer\/aviam\"><strong>Avi Soifer<\/strong><\/a> said <abbr>APIL<\/abbr> has provided more than 40,000 &ldquo;billable hours&rdquo; free to the community. &ldquo;This is invaluable free legal assistance for some of those most in need in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>,&rdquo; said Soifer. &ldquo;We are proud of our students for doing all this, as well as putting together and running the fundraiser in the spirit of public service to others.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><h2>More about <abbr>APIL<\/abbr><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Advocates for Public Interest Law began in 1985 as a way for students at the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa law school to put their legal training into practice.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>APIL<\/abbr> has since assisted more than 30 nonprofit community organizations that support Native Hawaiians, immigrants and the homeless, as well as victims of elder abuse, domestic violence and sex trafficking.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Beverly Creamer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocates for Public Interest Law will present its annual Gala and Silent Auction on March 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[154,9,68],"class_list":["post-75742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-law","tag-uh-manoa","tag-william-s-richardson-school-of-law","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75742","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=75742"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113254,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75742\/revisions\/113254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}