The Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (NHLC) strengthens and enhances the lives of Native Hawaiians and Native Hawaiian communities through rigorous and dedicated protection and recovery of ancestral and trust lands, natural resources, and the preservation of customs and practices vital to the perpetuation of Hawai`is indigenous people. NHLC works to obtain full benefits for Native Hawaiians, who are beneficiaries of the ceded lands trust established in Hawai`is Admission Act and recognized in the Hawai`i State Constitution. In the nineteenth century, the Hawaiian monarchy set aside over a million acres of land for the benefit of the chiefs and the people. NHLC helps Native Hawaiians assert their rights to perpetuate their traditional way of life, rights guaranteed by state constitutional and statutory law.

Mission Statement: The mission of the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (NHLC) is to perpetuate, through legal and other advocacy, the rights, customs and practices that strengthen Native Hawaiian identity and culture. NHLC carries out its mission by integrating native values into the practice of western law and jurisprudence.