It did not take long for everyone in the blawgosphere to figure out that I Love New York 2’s “Pretty”(known around here as Juan McCullum) is a student at our beloved Mississippi College. Shortly thereafter, Above the Lawsuggested that Pretty may not be the fairest of us all. Former Miss Hawaiian Tropic, Mrs. Katie Rader Lusk (that’s right, gentlemen, she is taken) is a 3L, also here at “One Of The Best-Kept Secrets of the South.”

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Memphis Daily News reports:

The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law recently was named the 5th best value law school in the nation by PreLaw magazine. To be considered for the award, a public university had to have a tuition lower than $25,000, a bar passage rate higher than the state average and an employment rate of 85 percent or better.

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YouTube, a toddler's dance video, Prince and Universal Records:Universal issued legal threats after finding a Prince song in the background of a toddler’s dance video on YouTube.

New Right to No. 2 Law:If you gotta go, they gotta let ya.

Bar Dancing Suit:Drunk woman falls off the bar she was dancing on, breaks ankle and sues the pub.

Wrongful Birth?:Sure, you’ve heard of wrongful death, but did you know there is such a thing as wrongful birth?

Bon Jovi v. MiJovi:Bon Jovi is not happy about the name of this beverage.

Bar Horror Stories:Several New York Bar exams takers lost some of their answers during testing!

Professional Courtesy:Q: Why won't sharks attack lawyers? A: Professional courtesy.  ...or so we thought, but Above The Lawhas this post about a lawyer who was attacked while snorkeling last week.

Did anyone else see this post last week over at Concurring Opinions reporting that often, when a patient goes into surgery, medical students are given the opportunity to practice medical procedures while those individuals are under anesthesia?  That may not sound too bad, but think about this: when a woman has gynecological surgery, she may have several pelvic exams performed by rotating medical students, while she is "out."  Consider this, guys, when a man has prostate surgery, it is not uncommon for him to get one or more rectal exams for educational purposes.  No consent required.  Interestingly, medical professionals have admitted that they are not asking patients before performing such procedures, because the patient might say "no."  Virginia and California have just passed legislation requiring specific consent.

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Speaking of sedated patients, check this out regarding a dentist’s practical joke on a sedated patient that turned into a lawsuit.

A class action lawsuit was recently filed by families of holocaust victims against the German government, asking Germany to pay for their psychiatric treatments. Many of the plaintiffs claim that they still live in fear of starvation and fear of depression. The lawsuit, in part, states that...

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I am truly ecstatic to be a contributor for one of the best (if not THE best) of the student legal blogs available! And no, U.S. News and World Report does not rank legal blogs so don’t bother checking. Since ranking has become one of the American law student’s painful obsessions, I think that this issue merits attention in my inaugural post.

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First, Law School is out and we are all working "real jobs" for the summer. That explains our absence, while hardly excusing it.

Second, and more importantly, the U.S. Supreme Court will be releasing a number of high profile decisions.

Everyone keep your eyes peeled for the "Bong Hits for Jesus" decision, which should come down in the next week.

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In a 420-3 vote the House has approved a bill (The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007) that will "prohibit employers from using genetic information or test results when making employment and health benefits decisions."

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Here is an article from The Commercial Appeal that details Team Ford's cross-examination of an FBI Agent posing as a corrupt businesman. The Agent claimed that Ford told him he was concerned about being set-up by "the feds" and that Ford said he'd shoot the person who was behind this.

Team Ford did a good job difusing that testimony by bringing out some serious inconsistincies.

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