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HAWAII IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER MERGES WITH THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF HAWAII, EXPANDING ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR IMMIGRANTS
Hawaii’s only legal service in the state that services low-income immigrants, has joined the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, the state’s oldest non-profit public interest law firm. HIJC will be officially known as the Hawaii Immigrant Justice Center at the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, retaining four of its core staff members.

 

READ THE PRESS RELEASE

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GOVERNMENT TO CUT GENERAL ASSISTANCE BY 50% EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2009 - If you recieve GA, CLICK HERE to find out what you can do to survive these cuts.

GENERAL ASSISTANCE BROCHURE

 

For more GA related informational brochures

 

See the KHON report on the GA Cuts

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FOND FAREWELL - After nearly 3 years at The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Chuck Greenfield has submitted his resignation from his position of Executive Director, effective on January 14th. On January 15th Legal Aid’s Deputy Director, Nalani Fujimori, will become Interim Executive Director and serve in that position until the Board of Directors selects a new Executive Director.

 

Download the Press Release about Greenfield's departure

 

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AWARD - Nalani Fujimori, Deputy Director of The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii has been selected by the Hawaii State Bar Association as the recipient of the C. Frederick Schutte Award.

 

The Schutte Award recognizes service toward the legal profession and is awarded to an attorney for outstanding and meritorious service to the legal community and the profession.

 

Nalani is being recognized “for outstanding and meritorious services to the legal community and to the profession through work in improving access to justice for Hawaii’s people and raising awareness to the public about the need for equal access to justice for all.” She received the award at the HSBA Convention’s luncheon on October 24th 2008.

 

Download the Schutte Award Press Release

 

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AWARD - Nicole Forelli, Managing Attorney of Legal Aid’s Maui Office, was given The Lawyer Community Involvement Award (LCIA) by the Maui County Bar Association at the MCBA’s Annual Dinner on December 5th 2008. The LCIA is given to a Maui attorney who exemplifies admirable conduct and active participation with other groups and individuals in the community while ensuring equal justice for all.

 

Download the LCIA Award Press Release

 

 

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The Legal Aid Society of Hawai`i publishes a newsletter, Ka Leo Kaulike, featuring information about Legal Aid’s activities throughout the year. Keep up to date with all the great and much needed work our attorneys are doing state-wide for the people of Hawaii.

 

The Ka Leo Kaulike is published on a quarterly basis. If you would like to receive back issues or if you would like to be put on our mailing list for our next hard copy publication, please send an email to: info@lashaw.org

 

(This newsletter is in Adobe PDF between 1M and 2M in size).

 

Download the Fall 09 Newsletter

 

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Download the Spring 09 Newsletter

 

Download the Winter 08 Newsletter

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NEW SITES - To keep up with rapid technological change and to increase our presence on the world wide web, Legal Aid has joined the likes of Greenpeace, Oxfam, Amnesty International and many more and started Myspace and Facebook Pages.

 

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