Prison Justice
Hawaii welcomes out-of-state attorneys who need to work as public defenders, prosecutors with out state licenses
August 4, 2025, 12:55 pm CDT
Legal professionals can work on legal issues in Hawaii on behalf of presidency companies with out legislation licenses within the state as a part of a two-year pilot program that begins Aug. 14. (Picture from Shutterstock)
Legal professionals can work on legal issues in Hawaii on behalf of presidency companies with out legislation licenses within the state as a part of a two-year pilot program that begins Aug. 14.
The Hawaii Supreme Courtroom adopted the pilot challenge in a June 18 order to deal with a lawyer scarcity in authorities legal legislation, Honolulu Civil Beat studies.
The order applies to attorneys in good standing with lively legislation licenses in different states who graduated from ABA-accredited legislation colleges. They’ll apply for restricted admission to work for the Hawaii public defender’s workplace, the Hawaii legal professional normal’s workplace or county prosecution workplaces.
Entry stage salaries are $91,000 for public defenders and $98,120 for deputy prosecutors in Honolulu, in response to the Honolulu Civil Beat.
Mark M. Murakam, president of the obligatory Hawaii State Bar Affiliation, informed Honolulu Civil Beat that the affiliation hasn’t been getting sufficient new members to switch retiring or inactive attorneys.
The affiliation had 3,884 members final yr, and just one,087 are authorities attorneys.
The pilot program is already having an influence. Maui County has already obtained an “unprecedented” 70 purposes for 5 vacancies since June, Maui County Prosecuting Lawyer Andrew Martin informed the Honolulu Civil Beat.
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