Word: legalism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Purcell finally found his niche in the Legal Aid Society, which supports traditionally underrepresented groups in the Nashville area. When he joined the organization, he found that the most help was needed in the program that assisted children in reform schools...
...After spending time in legal services and as a public defender, Purcell was pressured by his neighbors to run for the Tennessee legislature. But to call Purcell an outsider was an understatement: he’d never even been to the capitol building...
...After spending two years as the director of Vanderbilt’s Institute of Public Policy Studies, Purcell says he decided to run for mayor of Nashville as a “conclusion” to the crusade he had begun years before in Vanderbilt’s Legal Aid Society to improve the lives of children...
Courtney Knowles, the Jed Foundation’s executive director, said that the foundation’s research reveals “a lot of misunderstanding or confusion over legal issues,” specifically regarding a school’s liability in the event that a student commits suicide on campus...
Knowles said he hopes that the guide will clarify these legal issues, which he said may be preventing schools from making comprehensive changes to their mental health programs...