Birth: November 7, 1933
San Francisco, California
Interviews conducted by Sarah G. Flanagan, Esq.
Hon. Fern M. Smith
Oral History Text & Documentation
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- Ferm Smith as a child 1936
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- Fern Smith with her parents 1946
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- Graduation from Stanford Law School 1975
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- Informal Swearing in as U.S. District Judge by Hon. Charles Legge, former law partner, September 1988
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- Fern Smith with Daughters Susan (age 5) and Julie (age 1)
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- Fern Smith with law clerks and externs from 1988-1990
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- Rule of Law trip to Morocco, sponsored by State Dept. (with Judge Lourdes Baird (Ret.) and attorney Robert Gooden) ~ 2002