Students interested in a dual degree or certificate program must apply separately and be admitted to both the School of Law and the graduate program. Admission to one program does not guarantee admission to the other. The first year in the School of Law is a fully prescribed, full-time program. Students who desire to enroll in a dual degree or certificate program may not take any courses outside the School of Law during the first academic year of the JD program. Back to Academic Program View all contents.
Clinical courses place students in the role of the professional.
Students can elect an array of courses which give them the opportunity to directly experience the practice of law. In the externship courses, students work in judges' chambers, the legislature, public agencies, and in private practice. In some clinical classes, such as Pretrial Litigation, Negotiation, and Trial Practice, students study and simulate lawyering skills. After careful instruction by both full-time faculty and adjunct professors, who include some of the finest lawyers and judges in Hawai'i, students exercise the lawyering skills at the school and then are critiqued. Many of the performances are videotaped in the school's Moot Courtroom and later reviewed in a special video-review room in the Library.