Professor Bainbridge has some thoughts on a policy apparently pursued by some landlords (at least when the law permits them to do so) (May 15).
Not renting to lawyers
Professor Bainbridge has some thoughts on a policy apparently pursued by some landlords (at least when the law permits them to do so) (May 15).
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Wow. Lawyers really are hated, aren’t they? I wonder if the same prejudice applies to district attorneys or transactional attorneys.
I wouldn’t assume that these policies necessarily signify that lawyers are “hated”. Lawyers may simply be perceived as more likely to take an adversarial stance when frictions come up in the landlord-tenant relationship, or more skilled at using legal process in a way damaging to the landlord’s interests when a dispute does arise. This practical set of expectations may be enough to explain such a policy without positing any special or further animus toward lawyers as a class — indeed, the landlord who chooses among tenants on this basis might well be a lawyer himself or herself.
OR…
it could be because of the well-deserved reputation of abusing the legal system for frivolous or malicious means.
I’ve yet to encounter a lawyer in a professional setting who didn’t fit this description, or made reference to it on several occasions.
Re post #2:
No, believe me, lawyers are hated.
Walter is pointing out the existence of a new type of discrimination.
A statute may remedy that wrong, the Americans with Too Much Abilities Act.