Beginning June 1, Illinois' civil union law confers most of the rights of marriage on parties to a civil union. But federal prohibitions impose important limits. Find out how the new law works.
Illinois Bar Journal | May 2011 Table of Contents
May 2011 • Volume 99 • Number 5
Practice News
222
Articles
238
Though there isn't much money in it, serving as appointed counsel is a way to gain invaluable courtroom experience and remind yourself why you went to law school in the first place.
246
The individual mandate, which penalizes the failure to buy health insurance, is at the heart of the constitutional challenges to health care reform. Here's a reader-friendly guide to the arguments.
250
Judicial estoppel can derail a plaintiff who filed for bankruptcy but then brought a lawsuit he failed to reveal in the bankruptcy case.
254
The law exempts life insurance policy proceeds from the claims of a decedent-insured's creditors. But exceptions give creditors an opportunity to recover.
Columns
218
Death of oral argument; the way to the courthouse; being in the moment.
220
The ISBA works because we - all of us - make it work.
260
How much process is due a criminal defendant? It's a dollars-and-cents question.
262
Here's a new asset-protection strategy so cool you can dance to it.
264
The U.S. Government Printing Office's FDsys website is a great place to find documents, too.