All Oral Histories
An Interview with J. R. Zepkin
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Interview Date
2-22-2024
Description
"But it's [being a judge] not anywhere near the satisfaction of teaching and seeing these folks getting the material and taking the bar exam and passing and going out. I mean, it's one of those gifts that keeps giving as you see them being successful out there." -- J. R. Zepkin
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J.R. Zepkin was interviewed on February 22, 2024 in the production studio of William & Mary’s Media Center. He describes moving from Newport News, VA to undergrad at Duke University before switching to William & Mary to pursue law. Zepkin describes the facilities, faculty, and small student body at the law school in the 1960s. He discusses the Williamsburg bar and practicing after graduation. Zepkin then reflects on his time as a judge before turning to his teaching career and the changes in the law school and its community through the years.
Run Time
01:19:55
Keywords
District courts, Judges, Law school building and facilities, Law school community, Law school deans, Socratic method, Teaching--Law school, Charles Harper Anderson, Joseph Curtis, Emeric Fischer, Vernon M. "Bud" Geddy Jr., William B. Spong, Hyman Bernard Wax, James P. Whyte Jr., Dudley W. Woodbridge
Local Identifier
OH.2024.002
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Recommended Citation
Zepkin, J. R. and Sullivan, Timothy J., "An Interview with J. R. Zepkin" (2024). All Oral Histories. 12.
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/oralhist_all/12
Comments
A transcript and guide to the oral history are available as additional files, above.