Education

J.D., University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, William S. Richardson School of Law

M.A., Indigenous Language Revitalization with a focus on Hawaiian Language and Literature, Ka Haka ʻUla ʻo Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

B.A. in Hawaiian Language and Culture, Ka Haka ʻUla ʻo Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

Devin Kamealoha Forrest

Staff Attorney & Title and Research Specialist

Devin Kamealoha Forrest was raised in Hāʻena Kauaʻi by his maternal grandparents Francis and Kapeka Chandler and grew up around lawaiʻa, mahiʻai, haʻimoʻolelo and of course kumu hula, who emphasized the importance of the many facets that make up the Hawaiian culture and worldview. He went through the traditional rights of ʻūniki under Kumu Hula Lehua Matsumoto attaining the rank of kumu hula. Along with his cultural training, he has also completed a B.A. in Hawaiian Language and Culture, an M.A. in Indigenous Language Revitalization with a focus on Hawaiian Language and Literature, from Ka Haka ʻUla ʻo Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, and a J.D. from the William S. Richardson School of Law.