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Sidebar Program

The American Judicature Society sponsors an annual event called the Sidebar Program, which offers a unique opportunity for summer associates and young lawyers to observe a moderated panel discussion of issues and challenges often faced by young attorneys. 

The Sidebar Program, conducted in July at the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court, features a panel of state and federal judges, followed by small group discussions and a reception with attendees. 

Previous Sidebar Programs included the Honorable Mark E. Recktenwald, Chief Justice of the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court, as moderator, along with the following distinguished panels of jurists:

2023

  • Hon. Jill A. Otake, District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
  • Hon. Lisa M. Ginoza, Chief Judge, Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals
  • Hon. R. Mark Browning, Chief Judge, First Circuit Court
  • Hon. Gary W. B. Chang, Judge, First Circuit Court
  • Hon. Karin L. Holma, Judge, First Circuit District Court

2022

  • Hon. Keith K. Hiraoka, Associate Judge, Hawaiʻi Intermediate Court of Appeals
  • Hon. Jeannette H. Castagnetti, Judge, First Circuit Court, Hawaiʻi
  • Hon. Lisa W. Cataldo, Judge, First Circuit Court, Hawaiʻi
  • Hon. Gary W.B. Chang, Judge, First Circuit Court, Hawaiʻi
  • Hon. Wes Reber Porter, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaiʻi

2021– the program was not held due to the coronavirus pandemic

2019

  • Hon. Leslie E. Kobayashi, District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaiʻi
  • Hon. Katherine G. Leonard, Associate Judge, Hawaiʻi Intermediate Court of Appeals
  • Hon. Gary W.B. Chang, Judge, First Circuit Court, Hawaiʻi
  • Hon. Jeffrey P. Crabtree, Judge, First Circuit Court, Hawaiʻi
  • Hon. James Kawashima, Judge, District Court of the First Circuit, Hawaiʻi

2018

  • Hon. Lisa M. Ginoza, Chief Judge, Hawaiʻi Intermediate Court of Appeals
  • Hon. James H. Ashford, Judge, First Circuit Court, Hawaiʻi
  • Hon. Gary W.B. Chang, Judge First Circuit Court, Hawaiʻi
  • Hon. Dean E. Ochiai, Judge, First Circuit Court, Hawaiʻi
  • Hon. Kenneth J. Mansfield, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaiʻi

2017

  • Hon. Richard R. Clifton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Hon. Craig H. Nakamura, Chief Judge, Hawaiʻi Intermediate Court of Appeals
  • Hon. Jeannette H. Castagnetti, Judge, First Circuit Court, Hawaiʻi
  • Hon. Gary W.B. Chang, Judge, First Circuit Court, Hawaiʻi
  • Hon. James C. McWhinnie, Judge, District Court of the First Circuit, Hawaiʻi

2016

  • Hon. Lisa M. Ginoza, Associate Judge, Hawaiʻi Intermediate Court of Appeals
  • Hon. Gary W.B. Chang, Judge, First Circuit Court, Hawaiʻi
  • Hon. Virginia L. Crandall, Judge, First Circuit Court, Hawaiʻi
  • Hon. James H. Ashford, Judge, District Court of the First Circuit, Hawaiʻi
  • Hon. Richard Puglisi, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaiʻi

Primary Sidebar

“Law and legal skills remain a necessary link to move from what is to what ought to be.”

Aviam Soifer, Dean (ret.),
William S. Richardson School of Law,
University of Hawai‘i Mānoa.

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American Judicature Society
1164 Bishop Street, Suite 618
Honolulu, HI 96813
Email: [email protected]