Last Friday the 17th marked 132 years since the imprisonment of our Queen Liliʻuokalani and the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The PONO Legal team spent the day with beloved friends and community leaders Lehia and Brad of Polipoli Farms.

Staff Attorney Hiʻilei Casco represented PONO Legal on a panel entitled “Environmental Justice on Native Hawaiian Lands: Supporting Native Hawaiian Communities in the Aftermath of the Lahaina Wildfires"

Staff Attorney Hiʻilei Casco attended the 2024 Native Hawaiian Convention in Waikoloa.

PONO Legal representatives are available at the Office of Recovery-West Maui (Lahaina Gateway) on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10am - 2pm.  

During the Native Hawaiian Advancement Convention held on Maui in November 2023, we learned about how education in west Maui has been affected by the fires. Our organization is working to support the teachers and children of Lahaina.

Since late August /early September 2023, we have been active at the various community resource hubs that were set up in different parks and public community centers across Maui.

In early September 2023, our organization developed a new system for the delivery of pro bono legal services that organizes Hawaiʻi volunteer lawyers by legal specialty.

On September 8, 2023, we held its first informational session at the Lahaina Fire Station. We brought in insurance specialists to work with the 17 firefighters (serving Lahaina and Napili) who lost their homes.