Yamamoto has performed significant pro bono legal work, including the reopening of the Korematsu Japanese internment case and class-action litigation on behalf of Native Hawaiian Homelands Trust beneficiaries. In 1994 he received the Korematsu Civil Rights Award. This year's Distinguished Lecture Series continues Nov. 17 with a free public lecture by UCLA's renowned fossil expert. J. William Schopf discovered the oldest fossil organisms known and has carried out geological studies in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North and South America. The UH Distinguished Lecture Series was inaugurated last year.
Events are free and open to the public.
Each guest makes one presentation in a large public forum and a second appearance addressed to the more specialized interests of a generally smaller audience of scholars.