I’m just going to go ahead and put the entirely NSFW email on the next page right now. Click through to see. It’s okay, it’s late, your kids are sleeping.
For those who are content to merely imagine things, let me tell you want happened.
The Utah State Bar sent out a reminder for its spring convention. The subject line said “2018 Spring Convention Walk-Ins Welcome! Learn How!” The body contained a banner for the bar association, a picture for the spring convention (March 8-10 in St. George, in case you are wondering), and a naked woman shown only between the neck and belly button.
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Well, I’m assuming it was a woman. The picture didn’t have, like, a head of anything. Mainly it was just a pair of breasts. Natural, I thought. Though, without knowing the inclination of their owner one cannot… wait, I should stop.
OH, there was also a reminder that walk-in registrations would be accepted until Thursday at 5:30. So if you powered through to the end of the email, there was a reward.
Based on the number of people who have emailed in, it would appear every lawyer in Utah is on the Utah Bar listserv and received the message. As one understated man put it:
“It was quite jarring to open up on my work computer haha. Guess it is a good use of my bar dues…”
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About twenty minutes later, the Utah Bar sent out an apology email:
Apparently we have an email sent that has an offensive image on it. I deeply apologize for this and am investigating the cause.
Lincoln Mead, IT Director
Lincoln Mead, I don’t know you, but I feel terrible for you. New Jersey would do this on purpose to drum up attendees, but this thing isn’t supposed to happen in Utah.
So, like I said, click through for the original email. NSFW. We hope you’ve enjoyed this edition of ATL After Dark.
UPDATE (3/6/2018, 3:00 p.m.): Here’s a statement from John Baldwin, executive director of the Utah State Bar, commenting on the controversy.