MALLORIE C. AIWOHI

Attorney at Law

 

Mallorie C. Aiwohi was born and raised in Kapahi, Kauaʻi and graduated from Kamehameha Schools Kapālama. Prioritizing a balance between instruction and practical experience, Mallorie earned her B.A. in Philosophy from Boston University a semester early while working as a paralegal at Thornton Law Firm LLP, primarily handling matters of workers compensation and multi-district class action litigation.  

While attending the William S. Richardson School of Law, Mallorie actively participated in ʻAhahui o Hawaiʻi and in the Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal, where she was promoted to Senior Editor after her first semester. She also served as a Research Assistant for the University of Hawaiʻi Elder Law Program, an Advanced Criminal Law Scholar, and an advocate through the Native Hawaiian Rights Clinic. During her studies, Mallorie received a CALI Excellence for the Future Award for her legal research and analysis of insufficiencies in the regulatory process for a contemporary class of Alzheimer’s medication. Her independent study concerning a federal consultation policy with Native Hawaiians resulted in an article now published.

Following law school, Mallorie returned home to Kauaʻi and served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Chief Judge Randal G.B. Valenciano of the Fifth Circuit, State of Hawaiʻi. During her clerkship, Mallorie assisted in managing civil motions practice, various probate, administrative, and foreclosure matters, and all stages of criminal proceedings. She considers clerkships to be invaluable opportunities for new lawyers to become familiar and comfortable with important judicial procedures prior to engaging in the practice of law.

Mallorie knows that navigating uncharted territory requires skillful guidance to survive and precise advocacy to prevail. Mallorie believes that an important feature of legal representation is assisting a client’s independent understanding of the legal system and its public resources to promote future access to justice.

Bar Admissions

  • Hawaiʻi, 2024

  • U.S. District Court District of Hawaiʻi, 2024

Education

  • University of Hawaiʻi, William S. Richardson School of Law, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

    • J.D. – 2023

    • Native Hawaiian Law Certificate – 2023

    • Senior Editor of the Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal – 2023

    • CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Second-Year Seminar (Food & Drug Law) – 2022

    • ʻAhahui o Hawaiʻi: Advocates for Native Hawaiian Justice – 2020-2023

  • Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

    • B.A. – 2020

    • Major: Philosophy

    • Minor: Japanese Language and Literature

  • Kamehameha Schools Kapālama, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – 2016

    • Academic Honors Diploma

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Hawaiʻi State Bar Association

  • American Bar Association

  • Native Hawaiian Bar Association

  • Kauaʻi Bar Association

PUBLICATIONS

  • Reconciling Maoli Interest in a Haole Forum: Limitations to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Consultation Policy That Undermine Native Hawaiian Self-Determination, 46 Hawaii L. Rev. 93 (2023)