Name: Developing and Delivering Community Legal Services in Hawaiʻi Through Expungement and Bench Warrant Recall Clinics
Start: 2026-05-15T15:00:00-0400
End: 2026-05-15T16:15:00-0400

Developing and Delivering Community Legal Services in Hawaiʻi Through Expungement and Bench Warrant Recall Clinics

Friday May 15, 2026 3:00pm - 4:15pm EDT

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Discover how Hawaiʻi’s Judiciary, Public Defender’s Office, ACLU Hawaiʻi, Volunteer Legal Services of Hawaiʻi, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa - William S. Richardson School of Law, and community partners joined forces to deliver expungement and bench warrant recall clinics for under-resourced communities. This session explores the project’s origins, cultural adaptation, and use of technology to maximize impact, and offers practical tips for creating pro bono clinics through strong community support and with limited budgets.

Speakers

E. Edward Aquino

Deputy Public Defender, State of Hawaii, Office of the Public Defender

Edward Aquino is a Deputy Public Defender with the State of Hawai'i, Office of the Public Defender where he currently serves as a co-supervisor of the Felony Division in the Honolulu Office. Prior to his current role, he was a senior trial deputy litigating serious and high-profile... Read More →

Daylin-Rose H. Heather

Deputy Administrative Director of the Courts, Hawai?i State Judiciary

Daylin-Rose H. Heather is the Deputy Administrative Director of the Courts at the Hawai'i State Judiciary. Daylin has been with the Judiciary in various roles as a staff attorney at the Hawai'i Supreme Court, Special Assistant to the Administrative Director of the Courts, and judicial... Read More →

Sergio Alcubilla

Director of Community Engagement, ACLU of Hawaii

Sergio Alcubilla is the Director of Community Engagement at the ACLU of Hawai?i where he oversees the communications team and leads community organizing and public education efforts centered on the ACLU of Hawai‘i’s priorities.

Sergio comes to the ACLU of Hawai?i having previously served as the Executive Director of the Hawai‘i Workers Center, a non-profit organization that organizes lower-wage workers to organize for their own political, economic, and social well-being. In this role, Sergio led initiatives... Read More →

Melanie May

District Court Judge, Hawaii State Judiciary

Melanie May is a District Court Judge in Honolulu, Hawai`i. Since her appointment to the bench in 2011, she has presided over the civil, criminal, and traffic calendars, as well as the DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) Court.

Judge May currently serves on the Judiciary Committee on Equality and Access to the Courts, the Judiciary Committee on Innovation, Technology, and Self-Represented Litigants, the HSBA Committee on Delivery of Legal Services to the Public, the Hawai`i Access to Justice Commission... Read More →

Friday May 15, 2026 3:00pm - 4:15pm EDT
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2026 Equal Justice Conference

E. Edward Aquino

Daylin-Rose H. Heather

Sergio Alcubilla

Melanie May

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2026 Equal Justice Conference

E. Edward Aquino

Daylin-Rose H. Heather

Sergio Alcubilla

Melanie May

Attendees (41)

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