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Orange County West Justice Center to be renamed after Justice Stephen K. Tamura

On April 16, 2020, in the middle of statewide stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19, the California Judicial Council approved the re-naming of the West Justice ...

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Judge Holly J. Fujie, an Inspirational Woman Who Was Herself Inspired by Japanese American History and Community

Ambition, motivation, dedication, and determination are just a few words that describe a trailblazing woman like Judge Holly J. Fujie. Growing up in West Oakland ...

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Interview with Masako Kanazawa

As a journalist—a journalism student, I should say—I interview people almost every day. My job is to tell stories, about the places I ...

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Interview: Judge Maryka Omatsu

Maryka Omatsu was appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice in 1993. It was a time when the Canadian judiciary was composed of few women ...

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The JABA Legacy Project: Two Generations of Pioneering Judges in the Nikkei Community

Judge A. Wallace Tashima: A Judge Who Looks Like Us

Living in the bleak barracks of a WWII concentration camp, the young Judge A. Wallace Tashima could sense “a dark atmosphere [in American society], that ...

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The JABA Legacy Project: Two Generations of Pioneering Judges in the Nikkei Community

Judge Fred J. Fujioka: Honoring our Past and Empowering our Future - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling  Over the 17 years that he practiced as an attorney, both in the Public Defender’s Office and ...

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The JABA Legacy Project: Two Generations of Pioneering Judges in the Nikkei Community

Judge Fred J. Fujioka: Honoring our Past and Empowering our Future - Part 1

On January 7, 1951, Moto Hayami held her newborn grandson in her arms and prophetically said, “Fred is going to be the lawyer of the ...

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My First Court Visit: A Day in the Courtroom of Judge Holly J. Fujie

At 8:30 a.m. on a Monday morning, I entered the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Downtown Los Angeles for my first court visit. After ...

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Top Legal Award Re-dedicated In Honor Of Senator Daniel K. Inouye

At the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association national convention in Kansas City on November 8, NAPABA’s highest honour, formerly the NAPABA Trailblazer Award ...

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Speaking Up! Democracy, Justice, Dignity

Rising Above Racism After World War II: The Lives of Three Unforgettable Asian-American judges

I am honored to have been asked to speak to you this morning. I accepted your invitation in a heartbeat because this celebration is important ...