Mark Oyama v. University of Hawaii

OPINION

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

The University of Hawaii denied secondary education candidate Mark L. Oyama’s application to become a student teacher, a prerequisite for recommendation to the State of Hawaii’s teacher certification board. This appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the University implicates the constitutional balance between two prerogatives of a public university’s professional certification program: promoting open discourse among its students and limiting certifica tion to candidates suitable for entry into a particular profession. We must delineate the…