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MH&A Associate Gregory A. Thomas has been asked to serve on the Subcommittee on Education and Juvenile Justice on the Congressionally Mandated National Commission on Children and Disasters. The Committee recently issued a report to Congress and to the President that outlines their recommendations for schools and juvenile justice facilities.

Steven J. Healy and Dr. Gary J. Margolis were featured in an article on campus safety in reference to a University of Michigan-Flint story.  http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/11/former_university_of_michigan-.html

For colleges and universities, it is always a challenge: balancing the desire to welcome the public to campus events with the need to protect the safety of the school community.  The stabbing death early Sunday of University of Connecticut football cornerback Jasper Howard has put the spotlight on this longtime source of tension.

STORRS, Conn. - The crimes have been stacking up all year: A Wesleyan University student gunned down at a bookstore cafe, a student at Spelman College felled by a stray bullet, a suspected drug dealer shot to death in a Harvard residence hall. In just the short time since the fall semester began, a Yale graduate student was strangled and a UCLA student was repeatedly stabbed in a chemistry lab.

Steven Healy, MH&A Managing Partner, will be an instructor at the 2009 Clery Act training presented by Security On Campus, Inc. in partnership with University of Southern California, Department of Public Safety, Los Angeles, CA on October 26 -27, 2009.

Dr. Margolis and Mr. Healy will be featured presenters at the 2009 UVM Legal Issues in Higher Education Conference from October 18 - 20, 2009. Dr. Margolis will be participating in sessions on the 4th Amendment Search & Seizure Issues on Campus and Weapons on Campus.  Dr. Margolis, Mr. Healy and Attorney Jeffrey Nolan will be leading the post conference discussion on Emerging Issues in Campus Safety.