You didn’t go to law school to be a salesperson, but you still have to sell yourself to prospective clients. Here’s how.
Illinois Bar Journal | January 2008 Table of Contents
January 2008 • Volume 96 • Number 1
Practice News
10
Articles
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This important new opinion makes it easier for judges to allow extensions for responding to requests to admit.
30
The Illinois Human Rights Act now provides for a right to a jury in the Illinois circuit court in employment discrimination cases.
38
A look at the fate of commission proposals for death-penalty reform. Bottom line: the system is better but there’s room for improvement.
44
The Fourth Amendment prohibits police from turning routine traffic stops into investigations of other criminal activity.
Columns
8
“Lawyer-peacemaker” is the right image for our profession.
48
Before you draft a premarital agreement, consider what’s at stake.
50
New laws expand the prohibitions on predatory lending.
52
Here’s a grab bag of miscellaneous and – mostly – free research sites.