If you want to wear a robe in public and not get laughed at, you better get your application in either today or Wednesday, depending on where you want to wear that robe.

Today is the deadline to fill the vacancy on Davidson County Chancery Court created by the elevation of Judge Richard Dinkins to the Tennessee Court of Appeals. However, if you'd like to be a Circuit Court Judge, you have until close of business Wednesday to turn in an application. A vacancy was created in that court upon the retirement of Judge Walter Kurtz.

Applicants must turn in forms to Tennessee's Administrative Office of the Courts, which will then be reviewed by the Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission. You can apply for both jobs if you like – several folks already have – but the deadline for the Chancery slot is 4:30 today.

Here's a list of who has applied for each position:

Chancery Court applicants

Russell T. Perkins
Attorney General's Office
Whites Creek

Cristi Eileen Scott
Clerk and Master, Davidson County Chancery Court
Nashville

Sarah Stein
Attorney, Mitch Grissim & Associates
Nashville

Julie M. Burnstein
Attorney at Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry
Nashville

Jefre S. Goldtrap
Attorney/Solo practice
Joelton

Matthew Sweeney
Attorney, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
Nashville

Circuit Court Applicants

Joseph Pitts Binkley, Jr.
Attorney, Law Offices of Joe P. Binkley, Jr.
Nashville

Jefre Scot Goldtrap
Attorney/Solo practice
Joelton

Marian LeRoy Kohl
Judicial Clerk/Special Master, Judge Hamilton Gayden's office
Nashville

Russell T. Perkins
TN Attorney General's Office
Whites Creek

Sarah Stein
Attorney, Mitch Grissim & Associates
Nashville