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Next-Gen Bar Exam That Truly Tests Daily Practice Skills Must Include Technology

LawTechnologyToday

In today’s legal profession, lawyers must be technologically competent. Law schools have a duty to maintain a rigorous program of legal education and enable students to develop their professional identity. Examinees will be required to perform the activities typically required of a newly licensed lawyer. 5, 2014)).

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State Bar CLEs: A Rant

Attorney at Work

My problem is when state bars suck money out of members for annual dues while providing little in return, or charge an offensive amount of money for CLEs that do little to enhance the practice of law. day for the privilege of practicing law in my state. I’ve been reading the meeting minutes published in my state bar magazine.

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Dismissal of Defamation and False Light Claim under Tennessee Public Participation Act partially reversed.

Day on Torts

Although Tennessee had no case law on this issue, the Court noted that other states have interpreted their own similar laws to mean that “neighborhoods are often considered to constitute communities and implicate matters of ‘public interest’ or ‘public concern’ in the context of anti-SLAPP litigation.” . § 20-17-101 et seq.,