Eric Yamamoto Named Fred T. Korematsu Professor of Law and Social Justice

The William S. Richardson School of Law has named University of Hawai‘i Law Professor Eric K. Yamamoto – award-winning author, advocate, teacher, and legal scholar – to a newly-established professorship: The Fred T. Korematsu Professor of Law and Social Justice. This professorship honors the late Fred T. Korematsu, whose courage in the face of racially-biased World War II government policies of detaining and imprisoning Japanese Americans will inspire advanced studies in civil liberties at the UH Mānoa Law School and contribute to social justice initiatives in the United States and beyond.

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