Bio
Monica Luat is the legal fellow at the ACLU of Hawai‘i, where she supports the legal team in protecting civil rights and liberties. Monica received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law and her B.M. in Music Performance (Cello) from Boston University. During law school, Monica interned for Chief Justice Kimberly S. Budd on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and externed for the California-based environmental and energy justice organization, Communities for a Better Environment. Previously, Monica served as an AmeriCorps Advocate at the Legal Aid Society of Hawai‘i in the Housing and Consumer Unit, where she supported the legal team on matters such as eviction defense and debt collection defense. Most recently, Monica served as law clerk to the Honorable Clyde J. Wadsworth on the Hawai‘i Intermediate Court of Appeals.