HSBA Young Lawyers Division

About Us

Young Lawyers Division (YLD) is automatic for all HSBA members until the end of the calendar year in which you turn 36 years old or if you have been in practice less than five years anywhere. See our Bylaws for more information.


The YLD aims to provide its members with opportunities for professional development, to promote camaraderie among members, and to equip members with the skills to grow, thrive, and promote the public welfare.

We invite and encourage members to take an active role in the YLD! Contact us at [email protected] with questions, comments, or suggestions. Feel free to join us at our monthly meetings. 

The YLD is a proud affiliate of the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association (ABA). For more information regarding the ABA YLD activities and resources, see the ABA YLD website. 

YLD President's Message
Kelcie Nagata
(April 2024)

YLD is proud to announce that Island School will represent the State in the National Mock Trial Competition in Delaware. We wish them the best of luck as they head toward competition.










Island School Mock Trial Team with Justice Eddins

Legal Lines is YLD’s year-around project where volunteer attorneys answer phone calls from the community, every Wednesday from 6:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m., to provide legal information. Thank you to Cades Schutte LLP for sponsoring the month of March, and Hawaiian Electric Company for sponsoring the month of April. We appreciate all the entities that volunteer to sponsor either a few weeks or a month of legal lines throughout the year. We are always looking for volunteers to staff the lines, including firms or organizations to sponsor. If you are interested in volunteering, or want more information, please reach out to us at [email protected].

YLD is happy to announce that Law Week this year will be from May 19 through May 25, 2024. During law week, volunteer attorneys provide free legal information to members of the public in-person at clinics and through telephone hotlines. The Law Week Committee is hard at work securing in-person locations to host legal clinics across the State. YLD will need volunteers for both legal lines hotlines and in-person clinics.

Thank you so very much to those who have volunteered and are scheduled to volunteer! YLD’s programs would not be successful without volunteers like you.

Get involved! I strongly encourage members to become actively involved in the YLD by participating in our projects and programs that will be hosted throughout the year and by sharing your ideas with us – we want to hear from you! Also, please follow the YLD on social for up-to-date information – in addition to our website, we are on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. You can also contact me or any current YLD Board member to learn more about getting involved or reach out to us via email for more information.

 

2024 YLD Board of Officers and Directors

PositionFull NameTerm StartTerm End
PresidentKelcie Kiyomi Nagata1/1/2024 12:00:00 AM12/31/2024 12:00:00 AM
Vice PresidentChad Ken Lee Au1/1/2024 12:00:00 AM12/31/2024 12:00:00 AM
SecretaryDanica Lee Swenson1/1/2024 12:00:00 AM12/31/2024 12:00:00 AM
TreasurerAmberlynn Otara Alualu1/1/2024 12:00:00 AM12/31/2024 12:00:00 AM
Director - OahuLucy Elizabeth Brown1/1/2024 12:00:00 AM12/31/2025 12:00:00 AM
Director - OahuDaylin-Rose H Y L G Heather1/1/2023 12:00:00 AM12/31/2024 12:00:00 AM
Director - OahuRaven Julia Sevilleja1/1/2023 12:00:00 AM12/31/2024 12:00:00 AM
Director - East HawaiiIan Robert Wesley-Smith1/1/2023 12:00:00 AM12/31/2024 12:00:00 AM
Director - MauiFrank Moe Loyd, Jr.1/1/2024 12:00:00 AM12/31/2025 12:00:00 AM
Director - KauaiTyler Christian Saito1/1/2023 12:00:00 AM12/31/2024 12:00:00 AM
Director - OahuChristopher Tong-Nyong Han1/1/2024 12:00:00 AM12/31/2025 12:00:00 AM
Director - OahuJacob Troy Tokunaga1/1/2023 12:00:00 AM12/31/2024 12:00:00 AM
Director - OahuLauren Keiko Watanabe1/1/2023 12:00:00 AM12/31/2024 12:00:00 AM
Director - OahuKylie Iwalani Takafuji1/1/2024 12:00:00 AM12/31/2025 12:00:00 AM
Director - OahuJarrett Dempsey1/1/2023 12:00:00 AM12/31/2024 12:00:00 AM

Annual Projects

How to Volunteer or Get Involved

We invite and encourage members to take an active role in Young Lawyers Division!

By-Laws of the YLD

View the YLD By-Laws here.