Native Hawaiians: The Forgotten in Legal Education

Abstract

Law school admission data results demonstrate significant continuing education and professional barriers encountered by Native Hawaiians. Heavy reliance on standardized admission testing and formulaic admissions standards regrettably deny legal education to an entire race and culture. Institutions vested with the obligation and opportunity to educate are urged to recognize the failings of current admission standards and to move towards a fair and just process to enable Native Hawaiian to pursue higher learning in the face of the historic disparities and disenfranchisement that they’ve suffered.