Lecturers in Law

Biography Trista N. Speer is a Deputy Attorney General in the Public Safety Division of the State of Hawaii’s Department of the Attorney General. Her current area of practice involves serving as an attorney advisor for the Department of Public Safety (DPS), as well as representing DPS and the … [Read more...] about Trista Speer

Biography Professor Dale Fujimoto is a Deputy Attorney General at the Labor Division of the Department of the Attorney General, State of Hawaii.  His legal practice involves, among other things, reviewing and drafting contracts, legal counseling, and litigating matters in federal and state … [Read more...] about Dale Fujimoto

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Biography James Lin is an international human rights lawyer and a forensic expert.  He has lived or worked in over 30 countries, including many conflict and post-conflict settings.  Currently, he leads the torture documentation program of the International Rehabilitation Council for … [Read more...] about James Lin

Biography Thomas J. Michener graduated from Richardson in 2017 from the evening part-time program and then clerked for the now-retired Justice Richard W. Pollack of the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court. He started at the Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney in 2018 where he progressed through … [Read more...] about Thomas Michener ’17

Biography David Raatz has been a public-sector lawyer in Hawai`i for more than 20 years, with experience in legislation, municipal law, constitutional law, zoning and planning, open-government law, and government ethics. He serves as a court-appointed arbitrator, volunteers with the Hawai`i … [Read more...] about David Raatz