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On Thursday, October 3, Ka Huli Ao held its second Maoli Thursday of the fall 2019 semester, The Duty to Mālama ʻĀina: Pōhakuloa and Beyond. Panelists explored Ching v. Case, which affirmed the First Circuit Court’s pathbreaking ruling that the State failed its duty to mālama ʻāina 22,971 acres of public trust land at Pōhakuloa. They also placed in context the use of Pōhakuloa for live-fire military training in light of Hawaiʻi’s historic and ongoing militarization. Panelists included: Dr. Huihui Kanahele-Mossman, Ph.D., Director of Research and Innovation for the Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation; David Kimo Frankel, 1992 WSRSL graduate, who has worked extensively on environmental and Native Hawaiian legal issues; and Kyle Kajihiro, Ph.D. candidate in Geography and Environment at UH Mānoa, where he focuses on the impacts of militarization and resistance in Hawaiʻi. Rhiannon Tereariʻi Chandler-ʻIao, Post-JD Fellow at Ka Huli Ao, moderated.