Tennessee
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Cars, Crime, Drinking, DUI / DWI, Guns / Firearms
Drinking, Driving, and Packing
Maybe we should look at this as a grand test of the “theory” of evolution via natural selection. Eventually, over the course of hundreds of thousands or millions of years, the gun nuts should really die out, while those who favor sensible gun regulation will live and procreate and prosper. But then again, maybe this […] -
Fabulosity, Facebook, Lawyer Advertising, Parties, Small Law Firms, Social Networking Websites, Solo Practitioners
There's No Such Thing as Bad Publicity When You've Got Swag
Most attorneys take themselves way too seriously. As a result, we see some pretty ridiculous attorney advertising that ends up being unintentionally funny. And while we’re happy to poke gentle fun at these websites and ads, our commentary isn’t always well received. Because another thing that lawyers aren’t known for is the ability to accept criticism. Knoxville attorney Stephen A. Burroughs is an exception to these rules.... - Sponsored
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Cars, Rudeness, Stupid Lawyer Tricks
Law License Plates: Say It Loud, We're Lawyers and We're Proud
In this edition of the Law License Plates series, we are writing about legal professionals who are so proud of what they do that they've slapped their titles on their license plates. If this isn't an invitation to get rear-ended, then I don't know what is. These submissions come to us from New York, Ohio, and Tennessee, proving that stupid lawyer tricks know no bounds across state lines....
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Bar Exams, BARBRI, Screw-Ups, Vanderbilt
Everybody Whose State Did NOT Make A Last Minute Change In Bar Exam Grading, Step Forward. Not So Fast, Tennessee.
Bar exams are underway all across this great nation. It’s an exciting time for the next crop of young lawyers (at least “exciting” in the sense that being trapped in a mall while zombies swarm around trying to eat your brains is certainly not dull). In Tennessee, where the bar exam starts tomorrow, the state […] -
6th Circuit, Bankruptcy, Federal Judges, Gender, Judge of the Day, Legal Ethics, Minority Issues, Quote of the Day, Racism, Women's Issues
Quote of the Day: In Da Club
If I were in their role and in their position, I probably wouldn’t understand it either, that a club really can’t attract minority members. — Judge Gilbert S. Merritt Jr. of the Sixth Circuit, commenting to the New York Times about two of his colleagues on the court — Eric L. Clay and R. Guy […] -
6th Circuit, Bankruptcy, Federal Judges, Gender, Judge of the Day, Legal Ethics, Minority Issues, Racism, Women's Issues
Judge Allowed To Belong To All-White Club (Because He's Trying Really Hard To Make It Better)
It’s the ruling that is splitting the Sixth Circuit apart. A federal bankruptcy judge, George Paine II, belongs to an all-white country club in Nashville. But there is a pesky judicial code of conduct that says that judges “should not hold membership in any organization that practices invidious discrimination on the basis of race, sex, […] -
Health Care / Medicine, Kids, Lawyer of the Day, Weirdness
Lawyer of the Day: The Foreskin Restorer
It’s been pretty slow here at the Above the Law circumcision law desk. So slow, in fact, that Lat has considered putting me on another assignment: “There’s just not enough news surrounding the intersection of foreskin and the legal community. While I appreciate your enthusiasm for the amusing dong beat…I don’t know if the financials […] -
Email Scandals, Law Schools, listserv, Ridiculousness
Law Students Tangle Over Prestige, Machine Guns, and Books; Hilarity Ensues
The best time for law school emails is right before spring semester finals. People have been stressed for an entire year and things are just about to get worse, so you see law students just breaking down. The Crimson DNA affair came to light last April; hopefully we’ll get something good this year too. The […] - Sponsored
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American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools, Student Loans
Someone at the ABA Is Aware That New Law Schools Make No Sense
A year ago (almost to the day), we learned that Belmont University in Nashville was planning to start a new law school. At the time, I asked: “[H]ow colossally dumb are the people who sign up for a Belmont law degree next year?” Well, there’s an article in the Tennessean today suggesting that the new […] -
Job Searches, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
A New Approach to Fall Recruiting
Back in February of this year, the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) announced a minor change to its recruiting guidelines. I was underwhelmed. New associates are graduating law school in a terrible job market, firms are sick of being forced to hire people two years before they know their staffing needs, and NALP is […]
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