Bouslog was called back to Hawaii when the ILWU needed a lawyer for 400 sugar plantation workers who were facing criminal charges after the 1946 strike.
[3] After the sugar strike, Bouslog and Symonds gained a reputation for representing those who couldn't pay for a lawyer.
In 1948, Helen Lake Kanahele and Priscilla Yadao asked Bouslog to do something about the death sentence given to James Majors and John Palaliko in the Morgan's Corner murder.
Bouslog took on the men's appeal, and convinced Governor Oren Long to stay the execution 15 minutes before it was scheduled to begin.
Bouslog's work on the Majors-Palakilo encouraged Hawaii lawmakers to abolish the death penalty in 1957.
[1] Bouslog represented Jack Wayne Hall and the six other members of the Hawaii seven after they were arrested in 1952 for violating the Smith Act.
This was reported to the judge, who put her in contempt of court while the Hawaii Bar Association investigated the matter.