Professor Fehrman is a Legal Skills Professor at California Western School of Law in San Diego. She was Deputy Director of the State of Michigan's Department of Human Services, and served as Director of the Bay County Michigan Public Defender's Office. She is an Editorial Board Member of the Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal. Professor Fehrman began her legal career as an officer in the US Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG). From there, she moved to civil litigation and appeals, representing businesses in real estate, energy, and contract cases at Luce Forward in San Diego. She was an arbitrator for the San Diego Board of Realtors, and wrote legal columns for their magazine. Following a move to Michigan, Professor Fehrman continued to practice business, real estate, and government law.

Call me Ishmael. My mother was a maid to the elderly lady of a wealthy home. The lady was a formidable woman, but not able to have children. My mother, on the other hand, accepted her own humble condition. She was a servant, and embraced service. She also embraced the master of the house.

My law students are going to be lawyers -- a double-edged sword for them. On the one hand, lawyers serve in the world; we serve neighbors, communities, governments, institutions. And service may be the most honorable purpose we humans can aspire to.