A Judge Whom I Aspire to Be Someday: Judge Saundra B. Armstrong of the United States District Court
- Jun 6, 2017
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This is a clear example of why I want to be a judge: I want to be able to use my life as a tool to help shape and guide young people to be powerful forces for good in the United States of America. Judge Saundra Armstrong is an example of a woman who has served the Bay Area well, and is one of the University of San Francisco School of Law's most prominent alumni.
An interview with Senior District Court Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong by Emmy award winning journalist Valerie Coleman Morris, on October 7th 2016 at Oakland's Federal Courthouse 1. Judge Armstrong was first interviewed by Coleman Morris in December 1970 for Ch.4 KRON-TV, whilst training to become the Oakland Police Department's first African American policewoman.
Judge Armstrong reflects on a lifetime of public service which spans almost 50 years, discussing: her upbringing, education and training to be Oakland's first African American police woman; encountering sexual discrimination and double standards in the workplace; studying the law at the University of San Francisco's School of Law; her enjoyment of working in the courtroom as a trial attorney; her personal relationships and philosophy; mentoring new generations of lawyers for over 25 years with Justice Martin Jenkins and the 'fireside chats' program; obtaining a Masters in Divinity in 2012 and the role of divine intervention in her life and career.
https://youtu.be/u1CglBhF914
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