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An Interview with Gloria Todd
Gloria Todd and Daniella Relvas-Veliadis
"The paperwork and the different percentages that you have to get in order to get your full benefits were very challenging. He was just about to give up when this clinic [Veterans Benefits Clinic] was developed... So if it wasn't for Stacey-Rae, he probably wouldn't have been around as long as he did. So, yeah. Changed our lives, actually." -- Gloria Todd, on her husband as the clinic's first client
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In this oral history, dated February 26, 2025, Gloria Todd gives us an overview of her 34 years of service at William & Mary Law School. The subjects range from a day in her life as the law school’s office manager, her husband Gene’s experience as the Puller Veterans Benefits Clinic’s first client, and how Todd helped students evacuate during a fire at the law school in 2016. We hear anecdotes about Todd’s peers in the administration and learn how processes like administering exams and processing human resources changed at the law school over the years. Throughout the interview, Todd emphasizes her passion for working with students—from the day of their first exam to the day of their commencement ceremony.
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An Interview with J. R. Zepkin
J. R. Zepkin and Timothy J. Sullivan
"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.