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The Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation Welcomes Its Summer 2026 Huʻeaʻo Interns and Law Fellows
The Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation is proud to welcome its Summer 2026 Huʻeaʻo interns and law fellows. NHLC’s Huʻeaʻo experiential learning program provides law students from across the globe with the opportunity to learn about Indigenous legal advocacy within an Indigenous-led, Indigenous rights legal practice. Participants contribute to ...
NHLC Files Suit to Protect Native Hawaiian Burial Sites in Lahaina
The Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (NHLC) has filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit on behalf of ʻOhana Kimokeo, a Native Hawaiian family from Maui, to protect sacred ancestral burial sites in the Lahaina area from desecration and to hold the State of Hawaiʻi and ...
NHLC Joins the Kalana Ola Coalition for Compassionate Release
The Kalana Ola coalition was formed in 2025 to assist paʻahao (incarcerated individuals) who may be eligible for compassionate or medical release. Kalana Ola means “freed and forgiven to heal,” signifying the compassion in releasing paʻahao who are elderly, near end of life, or critically ill. Compassionate release is ...
The Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation Welcomes Its 2026 Spring Students to the Huʻeaʻo Program
The Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation is proud to welcome its Spring 2026 Huʻeaʻo Interns. NHLC's Huʻeaʻo experiential learning program allows law students from schools around the world to learn about Indigenous legal advocacy within an Indigenous-led, Indigenous rights legal practice. Students that participate in the program assist with ...
Lonoikamakahiki!
This year NHLC worked on more than 100 cases representing Native Hawaiian ʻohana, communities, and cultural practitioners to protect and advance Native Hawaiian rights and justice in legal matters. NHLC partnered with Maui-based, Native Hawaiian artist Bailey Onaga to create images that represent three ...
I am the sole caregiver for my moʻopuna. Does our hānai relationship give me legal rights? What legal process do we need?
By Angela Correa-Pei, NHLC Of Counsel Hānai – the traditional practice where someone other than the natural parents assumes kuleana for a child’s upbringing – is well-established in Hawaiian culture and common in kupuna–moʻopuna relationships. The ʻōlelo noʻeau “ʻIke aku, ʻike mai, kōkua aku, kōkua mai; pela iho ka ...
