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An Interview with Jayne Barnard
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Interview Date
4-27-2023
Description
"But I think William & Mary Law School has got a huge number of very entrepreneurial students and faculty members who make things happen. And not because somebody told them it had to be done, but because they just decide that they'll do it." -- Jayne Barnard.
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This interview took place in the Reeder Media Center at William & Mary on April 27th, 2023, from 12:00 to 2:00 pm. It begins by discussing Barnard’s career prior to law school, and how there was a movement of women to law schools to find careers where they would be better recognized for their hard work. She discusses joining Jenner and Block, and what it meant for them to have women already working there. She discusses her return to government by working for the mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington, and how she “cleaned up” the law department. From there, she moves to how she came from Illinois to Virginia to join William & Mary faculty in 1985. Barnard then shares her many roles at the law school, from the classes she taught to being a faculty advisor for multiple journals. Through these roles, she highlights her commitment to supporting women, which is further revealed as she talks about her involvement in the ACLU, William & Mary’s Faculty Women’s Cause, and role as Coordinator of the 100th Anniversary of Women at William & Mary. She then discusses her work in corporations, business, and white-collar crime, coming to a head in her article about victim impact statements which helped in passing the Crime Victims’ Rights Act of 2004 and got her a seat in the courtroom during the Bernie Madoff case. The interview finishes with Barnard sharing a few different stories and comments about the general community and entrepreneurship of the students and faculty of William & Mary Law School.
Run Time
01:15:17
Keywords
100th Anniversary of Women at William & Mary, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Crime Victims' Rights Act of 2004, John Marshall Award, Kelly Chair in Teaching Excellence, Law school awards, Local government, National Trial Team (William & Mary), Spong Award, Teaching--Law school, William & Mary Business Law Review, William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law, William & Mary Women's Network, Women in law
Local Identifier
OH.2023.004
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Recommended Citation
Barnard, Jayne W. and Rossman, Aidan, "An Interview with Jayne Barnard" (2023). All Oral Histories. 5.
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/oralhist_all/5
Comments
A transcript and guide to the oral history are available as additional files, above.