Adam Blaylock
@adamblaylock.bsky.social
Father of 2 beautiful girls. Husband to Chan. Lawyer for school districts. Supporting educators across Michigan. #SpartanStrong
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Adam Blaylock
@adamblaylock.bsky.social
· Nov 23
It’s Friday night, it’s halftime during the MSU game, and I haven’t had a chance to opine on Education Law here on Bluesky.
So - a brief introduction. I represent K-12 school districts across Michigan. If you have a kid somewhere in Southeastern Michigan, there’s a pretty good chance
So - a brief introduction. I represent K-12 school districts across Michigan. If you have a kid somewhere in Southeastern Michigan, there’s a pretty good chance
The last few days have seen tremendous movement on President Trump’s EOs related to DEI work in schools. MDE issued guidance on Thursday and DoED issued an FAQ on Friday.
www.ed.gov/media/docume...
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www.ed.gov
March 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The last few days have seen tremendous movement on President Trump’s EOs related to DEI work in schools. MDE issued guidance on Thursday and DoED issued an FAQ on Friday.
www.ed.gov/media/docume...
www.ed.gov/media/docume...
How many consecutive minutes of children screaming during the morning routine before it’s considered elder abuse?
February 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
How many consecutive minutes of children screaming during the morning routine before it’s considered elder abuse?
Not a bad little snowstorm coming into town.
February 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Not a bad little snowstorm coming into town.
The number of typos spotted and also created in this process is… high.
That lawyerly compulsion to open an attachment, close it, and then open it again to make sure it didn't change before you send it out.
Then panic anyway assuming it changed.
Then panic anyway assuming it changed.
February 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The number of typos spotted and also created in this process is… high.
On a day like today, the question is whether I won the multi-circuit lottery when I found you!
Welcome to all the new followers who are here because I said something nice about a former colleague.
This account is mostly very-obscure civil procedure jokes.
This account is mostly very-obscure civil procedure jokes.
February 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
On a day like today, the question is whether I won the multi-circuit lottery when I found you!
Once more into the breach.
January 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Once more into the breach.
I love my wife. Sometimes she makes hilarious mistakes. For Christmas, my daughters got Tonies, which (for those that aren’t deep into kids toys) are essentially RFID boomboxes. In the infinite pokemonization that has taken over kids toys, they come with figurines that sing songs.
January 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I love my wife. Sometimes she makes hilarious mistakes. For Christmas, my daughters got Tonies, which (for those that aren’t deep into kids toys) are essentially RFID boomboxes. In the infinite pokemonization that has taken over kids toys, they come with figurines that sing songs.
Revisiting this…
Yes, that child stayed up to her normal bed time.
Yes, I’m also exhausted.
Yes, that child stayed up to her normal bed time.
Yes, I’m also exhausted.
My child woke up at 3:30 am and terrorized my wife and I all morning. This is my story.
a man in a suit and tie is saying help help
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is saying help help
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Revisiting this…
Yes, that child stayed up to her normal bed time.
Yes, I’m also exhausted.
Yes, that child stayed up to her normal bed time.
Yes, I’m also exhausted.
This tweet is causing me trauma in six minute increments.
Going to start a video sharing site just for lawyers where videos list their lengths in 0.1's of an hour.
January 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This tweet is causing me trauma in six minute increments.
My child woke up at 3:30 am and terrorized my wife and I all morning. This is my story.
a man in a suit and tie is saying help help
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is saying help help
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
My child woke up at 3:30 am and terrorized my wife and I all morning. This is my story.
Today is the first day back in daycare for my kids where both my wife and I work. God, please grant me the serenity to… yeah, I need the ellipses.
January 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Today is the first day back in daycare for my kids where both my wife and I work. God, please grant me the serenity to… yeah, I need the ellipses.
I stole this from Facebook but I don’t care.
January 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I stole this from Facebook but I don’t care.
This is an excellent resolution. And one I would fail at so horribly. This morning, I listened to “Let it Go” from Frozen on repeat after taking my youngest to the doctor for her three year well visit.
I don't really do resolutions, but I do think for each month of 2025, one of my personal goals will be to do a deep dive on a musical artist I'm either not familiar with or wanted to learn more about, and just generally listening to music with more intentionality.
January 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is an excellent resolution. And one I would fail at so horribly. This morning, I listened to “Let it Go” from Frozen on repeat after taking my youngest to the doctor for her three year well visit.
Dan Campbell would quibble.
December 30, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Dan Campbell would quibble.
This right here is the immediate risk of over-use of AI. But I do think there is room to use AI narrowly in legal practice today. And future iterations that connect the words to precedent (whether internal, or legal, or other) for review will help lawyers do the background details efficiently.
For a client I recently reviewed a redlined contract where the counterparty used an "AI-powered contract platform." It had inserted into the contract a provision entirely contrary to their own interests.
So I left it in there.
Please, go ahead, use AI lawyers. It's better for my clients.
So I left it in there.
Please, go ahead, use AI lawyers. It's better for my clients.
December 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM
This right here is the immediate risk of over-use of AI. But I do think there is room to use AI narrowly in legal practice today. And future iterations that connect the words to precedent (whether internal, or legal, or other) for review will help lawyers do the background details efficiently.
I’m super interested in the AI space (and speak on it regularly with my K-12 education clients). I think its current format is terrible for legal research. I do think there is tremendous opportunity in contract drafting/distilling long documents. For example, I used Notebook LM for Title IX.
I don't know if it's just me, but the Westlaw AI-powered research thing is comically bad.
Me: "Find me cases about X"
Response: "I have found 12 completely irrelevant cases. Here, have a yellow flag calling a SCOTUS case into doubt because of a district court opinion as a treat."
Me: "Find me cases about X"
Response: "I have found 12 completely irrelevant cases. Here, have a yellow flag calling a SCOTUS case into doubt because of a district court opinion as a treat."
December 19, 2024 at 7:16 PM
I’m super interested in the AI space (and speak on it regularly with my K-12 education clients). I think its current format is terrible for legal research. I do think there is tremendous opportunity in contract drafting/distilling long documents. For example, I used Notebook LM for Title IX.
I’m waiting for @dieworkwear.bsky.social to find a picture of me in my pink sport coat and roast me tbh.
the year is 2034. there are thousands of specialty accounts on twitter. stair guy. smell doctor. cutlery gal. sports them. liquor baby. chef raccoon. finally, men can no longer post any photo without being criticized.
December 17, 2024 at 10:53 PM
I’m waiting for @dieworkwear.bsky.social to find a picture of me in my pink sport coat and roast me tbh.
… why???
I mean, I have small children so this experience is laughable right now. But occasionally, I can screw up my spouse’s coffee when I bring it to her in bed and we can enjoy 20 minutes without chaos. This sounds magical.
I mean, I have small children so this experience is laughable right now. But occasionally, I can screw up my spouse’s coffee when I bring it to her in bed and we can enjoy 20 minutes without chaos. This sounds magical.
Remember that lady on Twitter who just tweeted about how she has coffee each morning with her husband, and the internet ate her alive?
Scolds are everywhere. Ignore them.
Scolds are everywhere. Ignore them.
Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
December 17, 2024 at 10:52 PM
… why???
I mean, I have small children so this experience is laughable right now. But occasionally, I can screw up my spouse’s coffee when I bring it to her in bed and we can enjoy 20 minutes without chaos. This sounds magical.
I mean, I have small children so this experience is laughable right now. But occasionally, I can screw up my spouse’s coffee when I bring it to her in bed and we can enjoy 20 minutes without chaos. This sounds magical.
Every time a client and/or court system wants to use teams, I get grumpy.
How is it possible for Microsoft teams to be so awful? Just spectacularly bad and constantly makes it 100x harder to do anything with.
Everyone on the Teams team should be fired.
Everyone on the Teams team should be fired.
December 16, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Every time a client and/or court system wants to use teams, I get grumpy.
Didn’t realize you were Duke Leto II, the God Emperor…
me in my 20s: it’s saturday night! time to go get drunk and party!!!
me in my 40s: ah, saturday night. time to enjoy an evening with my family and perhaps enjoy a drink or two
me in my 8470s: huh. i think i might be god
me in my 98580s: yep i’m god for sure
me in my 40s: ah, saturday night. time to enjoy an evening with my family and perhaps enjoy a drink or two
me in my 8470s: huh. i think i might be god
me in my 98580s: yep i’m god for sure
December 15, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Didn’t realize you were Duke Leto II, the God Emperor…
Big stop. Let’s get it back!
December 15, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Big stop. Let’s get it back!
The best of old Twitter was shared experiences like sports. We’ve got a shot. #GoLions
Each Sunday, I see more and more NFL skeets and every night I see more NBA skeets. I'm so happy with this growth here.
December 15, 2024 at 6:38 PM
The best of old Twitter was shared experiences like sports. We’ve got a shot. #GoLions