David Michael Forman

Hawaii

Since 1993

Professor of Law

WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON SCHOOL OF LAW

2023 - Current

CoDirector, Environmental Law Program (ELP), June 2022 to present; Director, ELP, Mar. 2014 to June 2022 (became the first faculty member of Filipino descent raised in Hawai‘i to obtain, Aug. 2020); Interim Director, ELP, July 2011-Mar. 2014; Faculty Specialist, Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law (KHA), Aug. 2017-July 2023; Associate Faculty Specialist, KHA, Aug. 2013-July 2017; Assistant Faculty Specialist, KHA & Health Law Policy Center, July 2010-July 2013; Lecturer, 2010 (part time); Adjunct Professor, 2006-2009 (part time); and Pro Bono Faculty Advisor, Jan. 1998 - Dec. 1999 (part time)

Enforcement Attorney

Hawaii Civil Rights Commission

2004 - 2010

Associate Attorney

Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing

2000 - 2004

Exec. Director

Hawaii Appleseed Public Interest Law Center

1997 - 2002

Staff Attorney

Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation

1996 - 1997

Law Clerk to Justice Robert G. Klein

Hawaii Supreme Court

1994 - 1996

Ocean Policy Consultant

Pacific Basin Development Council

1993 - 1993

University of Hawai'i at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law

J.D. (1993)

Activities: Law Review; Environmental Law Certificate; Jessup International Law Moot Court, National Champions & World Runners Up (Dillard Award for Best U.S. Memorial); National Environmental Law Moot Court; Faculty Appointments Committee (elected); President, Pacific Asian Legal Studies Student Organization; (Associate) Member, ‘Ahahui o Hawai‘i; Member, Filipino Law Students Association.

Harvard College

B.A. (1988) | Physical Sciences

1984 - 1988

Honors: National Merit Scholar

Activities: Law Clerk, Office of General Counsel

2025 World Conservation Congress (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), IUCN.

Election Officer

2024 - Current

World Commission on Environmental Law, IUCN.

Steering Committee Member (North America Focal Point)

2024 - Current

WCEL Climate Change Law Specialist Group, project on Climate and Islands.

2021 - Current

IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law

Member

2014 - Current

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Member

2004 - Current

Native Hawaiian Bar Association

Special Member

1997 - Current

Japanese American Citizens League, Honolulu Chapter

1996 - Current

Hawaii State Bar

Member

1993 - Current