Suicide

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 07.05.16

* In case you haven't been keeping score like we have, these are the firms that recently raised salaries: Kilpatrick Townsend, Sutherland, Norton Rose Fulbright, Morgan Lewis (additional details), Troutman Sanders. If you’re worried you’ve missed any of our coverage on pay raises, you can check out our omnibus 2016 salary chart where we collect these stories. [2016 Salary Increase / Above the Law] * “The plan was always to retire after this summer, retirement just came a little sooner than I’d hoped." Olympic gold medalist Shannon Vreeland isn't going to the Rio Olympics this summer; instead, she'll be swimming in the completely the uncharted waters of law school at Vanderbilt. Will she be the new Aquagirl? [SwimSwam] * Worried about Brexit? So are clients who have hired Mischon de Reya lawyers to make sure the British government doesn't try to leave the EU without consulting parliament. "Everyone in Britain needs the government to apply the correct constitutional process and allow parliament to fulfill its democratic duty," says a firm partner. [Bloomberg] * Judge Richard Posner would like to sincerely apologize for saying that the Constitution isn't worth the time judges have spent studying it. What he really meant to say was that he thinks the Constitution is so vague that judges are simply "do[ing] the best they can" to make the 17th century document applicable to our modern world. [WSJ Law Blog] * "I thought you wanted to do this. The time is right and you're ready, you just need to do it! You can't think about it. You just have to do it. You said you were gonna do it. Like I don't get why you aren't." Michelle Carter, the Massachusetts teen who walked her boyfriend through his suicide via text, will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter. [AP]

By Staci Zaretsky
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 05.24.16

* So, you've found a new job. Yay! You give your boss your two-week notice and your current job comes back with a counter offer. Should you take it? [Manila Recruitment] * Evaluating the impact of the ghosts of decisions past on this term's Supreme Court. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Law school applications are down, but medical school applications are up. A look at the trends that have created this phenomenon. [Law School Cafe] * Are Justices Alito and Thomas in denial? [Slate] * If a student commits suicide after being bullied, is the school liable? [Litigation Daily] * Interesting podcast about what it is really like to be a criminal defense attorney. [LST Radio]

By Kathryn Rubino
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 02.18.16

* When Virginia Law Weekly and the Virginia Law Review played their annual football game in 1970, then-Professor Antonin Scalia served as the referee. At the end of one play -- that ended in a momentum-changing interception -- Scalia overturned the result with a critical "too many men on the field" call. If anyone knew the importance of a recount, it was Justice Scalia. [More Us (UVA Law Library)] * More fallout on the propriety of Justice Scalia's trip to Cibolo Creek Ranch as a guest of John Poindexter -- who had business before the Court last year. Was that ethical? Well, always remember that in the sober world of judicial ethics, the Sigma Nu kegger. [National Law Journal] * Speaking of Justice Scalia, with a political fight set to embroil the Court, perhaps Chief Justice Roberts should take a lesson from Chief Justice Hughes. [Maryland Appellate Blog] * Former Scalia clerks describe their experiences working for the late justice. First up, conservative Justice Joan L. Larsen of the Michigan Supreme Court. [New York Times] * And Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown partner Tara Kole on the unique challenges and rewards of serving as Scalia's "liberal clerk." [Washington Post] * Looking to the next Supreme Court appointment, these charts really drive home President Obama's commitment to opening the federal judiciary to lawyers, judges, and professors traditionally locked out of the "old boys' club." [Wonkblog / Washington Post] * Did a lawyer just commit suicide by police? Over a $16,000 debt? That's all? [Jane Genova]

By Joe Patrice
Deaths

Apparent Suicide In Front Of D.C. Law Office Building

People heading to work in Washington, D.C. around 13th St. NW and G might have seen a gruesome sight. A man plunged from a building and died in the street. The incident happened at 8:15 in the morning, and police quickly blocked off the area. Authorities suspect suicide. Commenters on Reddit and the Washington Post […]

By Elie Mystal