Interviews
On Getting the Call from J. Anthony Kline
Well, I was thinking about the huge responsibility I had, you know…Well, I was excited about it, but I was really scared. I had very little trial experience. I thought it was going to be hard, and I thought that, you know, there weren’t any other JA (Japanese American) women who had been judges before, so I thought it was really important for me to do a good job. So, I felt a lot of responsibility. I was excited, but I was scared.
Date: July 10, 2012
Location: California, US
Interviewer: Lawrence Lan
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum; Japanese American Bar Association
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