Carlsmith Ball establishes faculty scholar fund

Hawaiʻi‘s largest law firm donates $150,000 to UH Law School

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Posted: Jul 30, 2008

"Our gift was inspired by the UH William S. Richardson School of Law‘s tremendous contribution to Hawaiʻi and the Asia-Pacific legal community. We are pleased to support the Law School‘s efforts to continue its tradition of faculty excellence in teaching and research."Karl Kobayashi, Chair, Carlsmith Ball LLP

Carlsmith Ball LLP, the state‘s oldest and largest Hawaiʻi-based law firm, has announced a gift of $150,000 to the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The donation will establish the school‘s first Law Faculty Scholar position.

"Carlsmith is a benefactor of UH‘s distinguished law school program by employing graduates who come to our firm with the values, skills and knowledge to serve clients and the Asia-Pacific community with honor," said Kobayashi, a 1981 graduate of the Law School.

The Carlsmith Ball Faculty Scholar fund will offer financial support for faculty research and scholarship for professors at the William S. Richardson Law School, which is highly ranked in many areas within legal education and is the only American Bar Association-accredited Law School in the Pacific-Asia region.

"Our faculty is a diverse, dedicated, and remarkably skilled group of teachers who are recognized nationally and internationally for their legal expertise and scholarship," said Aviam Soifer, dean of the William S. Richardson School of Law. "Excellence in research and scholarship is vital to the Law School‘s ability to serve current and future law students and the entire community. We are particularly grateful to Carlsmith Ball for its leadership, partnership and investment in Hawaiʻi‘s Law School."

Carlsmith Ball LLP is a leading law firm in the Pacific Region with close to 100 lawyers in eight offices in Saipan, Guam, Honolulu, Kapolei, Maui, Kona, Hilo and Los Angeles. For more than 150 years, Carlsmith Ball has assisted clients in achieving their objectives through effective, result-oriented representation in large commercial and financial transactions and in complex arbitration and litigation matters. #