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Ochi,Rose

“…Put Me In A Cage”

Rose Ochi July 17, 2013

I actually got a call from the governor’s office offering me a judgeship. I never …

Ochi,Rose

Preserving Manzanar-Chutzpah and the DWP

Rose Ochi July 17, 2013

Now, I had moved to the mayor’s office and the federal government wanted to designate …

Tashima,A. Wallace

“I was never an exceptional student…”

A. Wallace Tashima July 2, 2014

I was never an exceptional student, which seems kind of odd, but I think part …

Tashima,A. Wallace

Being 1 out of 4 Asians at Harvard Law School

A. Wallace Tashima July 2, 2014

When I went to law school, I started in 1958 so our class graduating was …

Tashima,A. Wallace

“I could never get a job offer from a private law firm”

A. Wallace Tashima July 2, 2014

I know when I got out of law school, well when I was still at …

Tashima,A. Wallace

Being Denied as a Japanese American Lawyer

A. Wallace Tashima July 2, 2014

But I remember when I was at the law firm, a new matter came in …

Tashima,A. Wallace

“The Best Seat in the Courthouse”

A. Wallace Tashima July 2, 2014

When I was a first year law student, there was a very famous case that …

Tashima,A. Wallace

The Intersection between Internment and Judgeship

A. Wallace Tashima July 2, 2014

Over time, I did come to the conclusion that I definitely believe that it was …

Wasserman,Fumiko Hachiya

How she transitioned from anthropology to law

Fumiko Hachiya Wasserman July 27, 2018

I became an Anthropology Major with a Sociology Minor. I thought I’d become an anthropologist; …

Fujie,Holly J.

Receiving support from Sonia Sotomayer to run for the bench

Holly J. Fujie July 11, 2019

We were at a meeting for women of color at the law school at Berkeley …

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