Lecturers in Law

Biography Robert J. Faris is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Hawaii. He received a B.A. from Reed College in 1980 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He is also a judge of the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit. He received his J.D. from the Boalt Hall School … [Read more...] about The Honorable Robert J. Faris

Biography Richard W. Pollack served as an associate justice of the Hawai‘i Supreme Court from 2012 to June 30, 2020. Prior to his appointment, he was a circuit court judge for 12 years in the O'ahu First Circuit presiding over civil and criminal court matters. From 1987 to … [Read more...] about Richard W. Pollack

Biography Matthew Coke is an attorney with the Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau, where he prepares non-partisan legislative drafting and research on a variety of public policy issues. He lectures on legislation and statutory interpretation. He received the James Koshiba … [Read more...] about Matthew Coke

Biography Susan L. Arnett was born in Germany and grew up in Hawaii from age 9. She is a proud graduate of Hickam Elementary, Aliamanu Intermediate, Kalani HS (’69) and the University of Hawaii (BA, English, ’74).  Her JD is from the Catholic U. of America (’77) in Washington, D.C. where she … [Read more...] about Susan Arnett

Biography Ronette M. Kawakami was the Associate Dean of Student Services.  She is a 1985 graduate of the WSRSL, former law clerk to the Honorable Marie N. Mills (ret.) and joined the Law School Administration in 2013 after serving 26 years with the State Office of the Public Defender.  … [Read more...] about Ronette M. Kawakami ’85