George Marion Johnson
Designer of the Pre-Admissions Program
(pre-cursor to the Ulu Lehua Scholars program)

George Marion Johnson
Designer of the Pre-Admissions Program
(pre-cursor to the Ulu Lehua Scholars program)

Academic Programs to Serve Hawaiʻiʻs Diverse Peoples

Pre-Admissions Program

George Marion Johnson (1900-1987) was recruited by Chief Justice Richardson to design the Pre-Admission Program. Johnson was a civil rights attorney and Dean of Howard University Law School who advocated to increase Black lawyers in the profession. Johnson directed the University of Hawai’i School of Law Pre-Admission Program for 1 year before he retired. His program focused on the teaching of legal writing; advocacy; law for remedy, dispute, and social justice; student support and introduction into the the legal realm.

Curriculum History Exhibit of the William S. Richardson School of Law

1974

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