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KKK Hoods: Fashionable In The Workplace And (Again) In The Streets
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KKK Can Still Try To Adopt A Highway
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Dear Lawyers: Maybe Don’t Wear Your KKK Hood
It may be offensive, but when is it a crime?
Morning Docket: 05.04.16
* At long last, the ABA has released the final version of its employment statistics for the law school class of 2015. Ten months after graduation, 59.2 percent of the class was employed in long-term, full-time jobs where bar passage was required, but there's been a sharp decline in the number of those jobs since 2014. We'll have more on this later. [WSJ Law Blog] * Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called probate: Earlier this week, Judge Kevin Eide appointed Bremer Trust National Association as the special administrator of music icon Prince's estate. Prince is said to have died without a will, but all of his presumptive heirs agreed to the appointment. [Big Law Business] * "[I]n all 50 states, gay couples are allowed to adopt kids, as it should be." Since Mississippi failed to timely appeal a ruling striking down its ban on same-sex adoption as unconstitutional, same-sex adoption is now permitted across America. Let's celebrate all of the children who will soon be welcomed into good, loving homes. [BuzzFeed News] * Australian law firm Slater & Gordon, the biggest firm Down Under and the world's first law firm to be publicly traded, narrowly avoided going under after a $700 million loss thanks to a deal with its bankers. Beware, stock market bidders, because the firm still remains a "high-risk investment" due to its "uncertainty." [Sydney Morning Herald] * The University of Tulsa John Rogers Hall College of Law is deciding whether or not it should change its name to remove a founder who had ties to the Ku Klux Klan. Law school administrators have already recommended that Rogers's name be removed, and after some discussion, trustees will vote on the proposal later today. [Associated Press]
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Non-Sequiturs: 07.17.15
* Former law student and old school ATL star Kumari Fulbright is getting the MTV treatment. [MTV] * A protest over art? Well, the Florida courthouse mural does depict heroic KKK members, so that makes sense. [Slate] * "[P]rotective impulses toward his female clients" get one lawyer suspended. [Legal Profession Blog] * Did Maine's governor just try to veto something that was already law? [Talking Points Memo] * "I own a dog so I can understand how to be patient with associates." More on the best of Partner Emeritus. [What About Paris?] * Police are now looking for a Prius in connection with the murder of Dan Markel. [Tallahassee Democrat] * Covington partner Mark Mosier's son, Michael, passed away at age 6 from DIPG, a rare brain tumor. Consider supporting the Michael Mosier Foundation. [Defeat DIPG]
UT’s KKK Dorm Name Change Is up to the Board of Regents
A couple of months ago, we brought you the story of Simkins Residence Hall at the University of Texas. The dorm is named in honor of a former UT law professor — a professor who was a Ku Klux Klan leader and organizer. University officials claim they only became aware of Simkins’s KKK past when […]
University of Texas Considers Renaming a Dorm Honoring a Klansman Law Professor
Texas exists so I don’t have to make up headlines like the one above. Khou.com reports: Simkins Residence Hall is the last all-male dormitory at the University of Texas. Tucked into a quiet corner of campus along Waller Creek, it was the first men’s dorm with air conditioning. It is notable for another reason as […]