30 results
Working on the 'case of a lifetime'
Lorraine Bannai March 23 & 24, 2000
I started working on this case when I was one or two years fresh out …
Finding the Smoking Gun
Peter Irons October 27, 2000
And I picked out the box that said Korematsu v. United States. And I thought …
Closing the Korematsu Case
Peter Irons October 27, 2000
And at the conclusion, after he sat down, Judge Patel had already decided the case …
Lesson to be Learned
Peter Irons October 27, 2000
The internment did not just affect Japanese Americans. It certainly didn't just affect Asian Americans. …
“I had no idea about studying law…”
Kathryn Doi Todd July 10, 2012
I remember studying in the law library at Stanford, and I’d see just rows of …
“How did I end up going to law school?”
Kathryn Doi Todd July 10, 2012
When I was at school—at Stanford—I went to a speech given by John Kennedy when …
Opening Up Shop in Little Tokyo
Kathryn Doi Todd July 10, 2012
I felt very connected to Little Tokyo. I had been going there all my life, …
The Other Two JA women lawyers in Los Angeles—Chiyoko Sakamoto and Madge Watai
Kathryn Doi Todd July 10, 2012
We all knew each other, the three of us. (laugh) […] The other two were …
On Generational Differences in JABA’s Early Years
Kathryn Doi Todd July 10, 2012
It’s interesting, but a lot of the older lawyers were not really interested in starting …
The Founding of JABA: Getting Judges Appointed
Kathryn Doi Todd July 10, 2012
The Chinese lawyers had already formed SCCLA (Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association). The Hispanic lawyers …