In "What I Wish I Knew Then: Judge Denny Chin & Kathy Hirata Chin" (New York Law Journal, July 28, 2026), Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Denny Chin and Kathy Hirata Chin, a retired Big Law partner, discuss their collaboration on a significant educational initiative: the reenactments of landmark civil rights cases.
Their reenactments of cases like Korematsu v. United States and the trial of Ethel Rosenberg transform legal education for groups ranging from high school students to attorneys attending professional CLE events.
When each was asked about their biggest piece of advice to young lawyers, Ms. Hirata Chin suggests that, "It is so important to get up from behind your desk: to make time to attend bar association meetings, to meet people," while Judge Chin notes, "My biggest piece of advice I would impart to law clerks is to think big picture."
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What I Wish I Knew Then: Judge Denny Chin & Kathy Hirata Chin | NYLJ
