Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal

03/22/2024

Join us for our 17th APLPJ Symposium, APLPJ 25th Anniversary: APLPJ Through the Years, March 30 at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa - William S. Richardson School of Law and Live on Zoom! Learn more and register today: https://bit.ly//17thaplpjsymposium

01/26/2024

Brandon Marc Higa , S.J.D. candidate at the William S. Richardson School of Law, will be presenting "Reflections on Japan's Same-Sex Marriage Cases (2021-2023): The Fight to Enshrine the Right to Sexual Autonomy" to online audiences in both Japan and Hawaiʻi.

Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Time: 4:00pm - 4:30pm HST
Location: Online only, register at bit.ly/cjspalsLLAN240130

APLPJ published Higa’s comment “Japan’s Same-Sex Marriage Cases (2021-2023) & the Fight for Freedom of Marriage in Japan” as well as five English translations of Japanese same-sex marriage trial court decisions, which can be found in Vol. 25, Issue 2 on our website.

09/25/2023

Aloha APLPJ Alumni!

To celebrate APLPJ’s 25th Anniversary, our Editorial Board would like to publish an all-alumni issue. If you are an APLPJ alum interested in being published in our Spring 2024 issue, please submit your article by Friday, November 3, 2023, to [email protected].

09/06/2023

The APLPJ Merch Sale is live! We’ve got new Richardson merch and an exciting collaboration with THANKFUL for some mesh shorts.
Scan the QR or order here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYRRvTr-QRmia7-p2qPYmUx7rbd1LA9WMS26mCyFJZmuiExA/viewform

06/01/2023

Hoʻomaikaʻi and congratulations to APLPJ alumna Kimberly Tsumoto Guidry, who was recently sworn in as Associate Judge of the Hawaiʻi Intermediate Court of Appeals!

Congratulations to Kimberly Tsumoto Guidry, who was sworn in today as Associate Judge of the Hawaiʻi Intermediate Court of Appeals. https://www.courts.state.hi.us/news_and_reports/2023/05/tsumoto-guidry-sworn-in-as-ica-judge

05/24/2023

We are excited to announce our Spring 2023 publications! Vol. 24, Issue 2 explores indigenous approaches to disaster recovery in Taiwan and climate migration in the Pacific Islands. Our collection of columns by speakers who presented at our 16th APLPJ Symposium discuss the Compacts of Free Association and what they mean for the Pacific Islands region and beyond. Read more at: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/aplpj/archives/

04/10/2023

The South Pacific is undergoing massive transformations, and business law reform is at the forefront!

Join Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law (IAPBL) this Saturday, April 15, 2023, where Professor Gordon Walker will speak about his work assisting South Pacific nations in developing their regulations to participate more effectively in the global financial system.

This event will be moderated by Keoni Williams ('23), a law student at the William S. Richardson School of Law and the editor-in-chief of the Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal.

Please view the flyer for more details!

04/08/2023

Congratulations to APLPJ alumna Kimberly Tsumoto Guidry on her nomination by Governor Josh Green to be a Hawaii State Judiciary Intermediate Court of Appeals (ICA) Judge! https://governor.hawaii.gov/newsroom/office-of-the-governor-news-release-governor-green-appoints-kimberly-tsumoto-guidry-as-appellate-court-judge/

04/04/2023

03/26/2023

This Facebook Live is for Symposium sessions on Sunday, March 26. This day includes a panel discussion on The Story Behind Essential Islanders at 9:00 a.m. HST and a panel on Ensuring the Right to Health at 10:15 a.m. HST. Learn more at: http://bit.ly/cofaevent

03/26/2023

Thanks for joining us on the second to last day of ! Tune in for our final day of panel discussions: 16th APLPJ Symposium: Sunday 3/26 Sessions

03/25/2023

This Facebook Live is for Symposium sessions on Saturday, March 25. This day includes an opening ceremony at 9:00 a.m. HST and keynote addresses at 9:30 a.m. HST. Stay tuned for panel discussions on (1) US-FAS Relations in a Changing Global Order at 10:15 a.m. HST; (2) The Legal Status of COFA Residents in the US at 11:30 a.m. HST; (3) Talk Story with Community Leaders at 1:45 p.m. HST; and (4) Emerging Voices, Topics, & Legal Horizons at 3:00 p.m. HST. Learn more at: http://bit.ly/cofaevent

03/23/2023

We’re kicking off today! Can’t join in person? Watch our live broadcast right here on our page.

Join us for our 16th APLPJ Symposium, Unpacking the Compacts of Free Association, March 23-26 at the William S. Richardson School of Law and on Facebook Live! Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/cofaevent

03/22/2023

Dr. James Viernes, deputy director of the Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) at East-West Center, underlined the importance of the communities represented. “The symposium is significant in the sheer number and diversity of voices and perspectives of Micronesian COFA communities being convened, representing a rare and impressive assemblage of community organizers, elders, artists, youth, scholars, professionals, and more.”

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law’s Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal (APLPJ) will be holding its 16th symposium, “Unpacking the Compacts of Free Association,” from March 23 – 26.