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Participatory Lawyering & The Ivory Tower: Conducting A Forensic Law Audit In The Aftermath Of Virginia Tech, Susan P. Stuart
Participatory Lawyering & The Ivory Tower: Conducting A Forensic Law Audit In The Aftermath Of Virginia Tech, Susan P. Stuart
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The tragic events at Virginia Tech in 2007 sent a cold wind blowing through the halls of higher education institutions: a Virginia Tech student, who had fallen through the cracks of the school's mental health services and disciplinary procedures, armed himself with firearms and murdered thirty-two students and a professor before committing suicide. In the wake of that massacre, several states and individual interest groups issued reports on campus readiness for similar catastrophes. A consistent theme throughout those reports emphasized the necessity for individual institutions to review their procedures to deal with campus violence.
This Article focuses on that institutional …