Professors Ikemoto, Hing Win CAPALF Awards

Professor Lisa Ikemoto and Professor Emeritus Bill Ong Hing have been honored with awards from the Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty (CAPALF). 

Professor Ikemoto has been named as a recipient of the Professor Chris Kando Iijima Teacher and Mentor Award established to honor of the life and achievements of Professor Iijima, a CAPALF member and a beloved and distinguished teacher and scholar at the NYU School of Law, Western New England School of Law, and the University of Hawai'i Richardson School of Law. The award recognizes law teachers who have provided support, encouragement and mentoring to colleagues, students and aspiring legal educators. 

Professor Hing has been awarded the Keith Aoki Asian Pacific American Jurisprudence Award, established to honor the life and achievements of the late Professor Aoki, a member of the King Hall faculty until his death last year, by recognizing an individual who has written or advocated on behalf of Asian Pacific American rights, or explored Asian Pacific American identity, history, or rights through law, art, music, or in other forms.