He attended Church College of Hawaii, Laie, Hawaii from 1959 - 1961 where he studied pre-med, economics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah to earn his Bachelor of Arts degree with dual major in Political Following that, Jay attended Arizona State University College of Law, graduating in 1970 and was admitted

graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in Radio, Television and Film, and also further developed her Spanish language skills through studiesacademic scholarship to attend California Western School of Law, where she earned her Juris Doctor