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August 13, 2008

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Opinion: Punishment Fit the Crime?

Laying Down the Law: Handling Harassment

Cases Noted: Demanding Resources or a Lawsuit

Liability Tip: Computer Users Need Basic Security

Just Ask: reference letter risks

Follow-up: Judgement in Dorm Fire Deaths

Focus On… GLBT Rights Demonstrations

Cross Examination: A Tale of Two Orders

Cases of the Month: Curbing False ID Use

Opinion: Scared of the Big Judgments?

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Liability Tip: Be Safe When Parking On-Campus

Gone are the days when the biggest parking worry on a college campus was finding a space! Today, parking lots can be places of significant safety risks for students, staff and visitors.

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Resources: Keeping Students Safe

Where are on and off campus students most likely to find themselves at risk of crime? Where are they most likely to experience losses due to accidents? These are two of the key questions addressed in a new book, “Protect Yourself at College.”

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Cases Noted: Hitting the Wall

He took 5,000 pounds of bricks from a University of Michigan construction site. They were painted blue and were planned for use in radiation shielding.

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Liability Tip: Responding to Overseas Crisis With a growing number of student traveling overseas each year for an international academic experience, the likelihood of an international crisis involving students increases.

Cross Examination: Press Still Free Decades Later The 1983 student burglary and theft charges had been printed in the Cornell University student newspaper but when an Internet search found the old article in 2007, the accused student sued..