article_snippet.sent: A respected law professor from Philadelphia is being investigated after allegedly emailing students a link to pornographic footage.
article_snippet.sent: However, when recipients opened the enclosed link, philly.com reports that recipients were directed to a video of 'a woman engaging in a sexually explicit act'.
article_snippet.sent: the 'inappropriate' message read: 'As you may be aware, some students erroneously received an email this morning directing some students to a... post that included some inappropriate material. '
article_snippet.sent: We take this matter seriously and apologize for any upset this matter may have caused.'
article_snippet.sent: Drexel University says federal law requires Drexel University investigate all reports of inappropriate behaviors of a sexual nature.
article_snippet.sent: Regarding the recent email scandal, David Lat - a lawyer and legal commenter -suggests she could have been 'hacked' or made a 'copy/paste error'.
highlights_snippet.sent: When recipients clicked the enclosed link, recipients were allegedly directed to a video of 'a woman engaging in a sexually explicit act'
  David Lat - a lawyer and legal commenter - suggests that the professor could have been 'hacked' or made a 'copy/paste error'
  Along with teaching law, McElroy is also an accomplished author with a number of published biographies and children's books .