STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1245-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.C.R. No. 116

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 116 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII ACCESS TO JUSTICE COMMISSION TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP AN EDUCATIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON SCHOOL OF LAW GRADUATES TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES TO PURSUE PUBLIC INTEREST CAREERS IN HAWAII THAT DIRECTLY SERVE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure to request the Hawaii Access to Justice Commission to convene a working group to develop an educational loan repayment program for William S. Richardson School of Law graduates and to expand opportunities to pursue public interest careers for the benefit of underserved communities in Hawaii.

The William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Hawaii Access to Justice Commission; Community Alliance on Prisons; Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice; and Student Bar Association of the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa submitted testimony in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 116 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair