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Great article. Interesting title: "Stanford's War Against Its Own Students." Key lesson: lawyer up ASAP when confronted with authorities. You are the rankest of amateurs and the adverse institution will bring the horses. Get one of your own.

Along those lines, a video on why one shouldn't talk to the police (or really any authority). I made my sons sit through this. Taught by a very entertaining law school professor (former criminal defense attorney) ably abetted by a police officer who was a student in the class. It's very long and very thorough:

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I have no experience with university disciplinary proceedings, and I can't really say what approach is best in that context, but I'll take the invitation to respond to this tangent on law enforcement.  As a lawyer of 20+ years (even though I practice in civil cases), I've repeatedly seen the benefits of lawyering up immediately and the costs of not doing it.  There is a reason the Bill of Rights includes the right to counsel along with the right to not have soldiers quarter in your home.  I understand it might seem cumbersome or unnecessarily expensive to hire counsel or that you might be suspicious of whether a public defender will really work hard to protect you.  (By the way, I know some very capable PDs.)  Nevertheless, to anyone reading who might eventually find this useful, I want you to know that it is hubris to speak with law enforcement without consulting counsel.  And don't think you're safe if you're white and/or female.  My law school class got a lecture on this in first year crim law similar to the one above, and it left an impression.

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Great article. Interesting title: "Stanford's War Against Its Own Students." Key lesson: lawyer up ASAP when confronted with authorities. You are the rankest of amateurs and the adverse institution will bring the horses. Get one of your own.

Along those lines, a video on why one shouldn't talk to the police (or really any authority). I made my sons sit through this. Taught by a very entertaining law school professor (former criminal defense attorney) ably abetted by a police officer who was a student in the class. It's very long and very thorough:

Brian Video July 16x9 V1 FactoryBroll

I have no experience with university disciplinary proceedings, and I can't really say what approach is best in that context, but I'll take the invitation to respond to this tangent on law enforcement.  As a lawyer of 20+ years (even though I practice in civil cases), I've repeatedly seen the benefits of lawyering up immediately and the costs of not doing it.  There is a reason the Bill of Rights includes the right to counsel along with the right to not have soldiers quarter in your home.  I understand it might seem cumbersome or unnecessarily expensive to hire counsel or that you might be suspicious of whether a public defender will really work hard to protect you.  (By the way, I know some very capable PDs.)  Nevertheless, to anyone reading who might eventually find this useful, I want you to know that it is hubris to speak with law enforcement without consulting counsel.  And don't think you're safe if you're white and/or female.  My law school class got a lecture on this in first year crim law similar to the one above, and it left an impression.