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Is this something peculiar to NLUD, or just part of the larger unfortunate trend of suicides happening across law schools? If it’s the latter, are we then seeing the inevitable repercussions of the mental health trauma late-Gen Z has undergone??? To recap, this generation was born between 2003 to 2006, so their life would have been as follows: 1) infancy during a global recession; 2) childhood during the social media boom (and associated bullying and extremism); 3) adolescence during COVID lockdowns and learning from screens, without any social interaction; 4) current college years during a period of jobless growth, high stress, tough competition and toxic atmosphere in college. … Surely this is going to take a toll?