Illinois Bar Journal

Subject Index Juries

Effective Closing Arguments in DUI Jury Cases

By Donald J. Ramsell
May
2000
Article
, Page 285
Tried-and-true techniques for DUI "breath" and "refusal" trials.

Correspondence from Our Readers

April
2000
Column
, Page 186
More on instructing jurors before opening statements

The Lawyer’s Journal

By Mark S. Mathewson
April
2000
Column
, Page 192
What hath Tosado wrought? What do jurors think? Granny gives a gift; and more.

Helping Jurors Listen: Early Jury Instructions and Supreme Court Rule 239

By Susan M. Brazas
February
2000
Article
, Page 80
How and why to present instructions to jurors before opening statements.

Bringing an ERISA Claim: A Step-by-Step Guide

By Mark D. DeBofsky
January
2000
Article
, Page 20
A practice-oriented review of one of the most important, but least understood, federal laws.

The Lawyer’s Journal

By Bonnie McGrath
January
2000
Column
, Page 10
Losing the right to a jury trial — is it malpractice?

The Lawyer’s Journal

By Bonnie McGrath
November
1999
Column
, Page 570
Watch out, HMOs.

Statewide grand jury permitted for certain computer facilitated sex offenses ; P.A. 91-225

November
1999
Illinois Law Update
, Page 575
Public Act 91-225 permits the creation of a ``multicounty Statewide Grand Jury'' to ``investigate, indict, and prosecute'' certain sex offenses when they are facilitated by the use of a computer.

Jury Selection in Y2K Cases

By Rodney R. Nordstrom
October
1999
Column
, Page 547
The Year 2000 litigation boom is coming soon; here are pointers for picking the right jury for your Y2K client.

The Lawyer’s Journal

By Bonnie McGrath
September
1999
Column
, Page 454
"Same part of the body'' rule update.

Generation X and Civil Juries

By LaDonna Carlton
August
1999
Column
, Page 436
GenXers are a different breed of jurors than their boomer counterparts.

The Lawyer’s Journal

By Bonnie McGrath
July
1999
Column
, Page 348
Different rulings on the same-part-of-the-body rule.

The Dilemma of Jury Instructions in Federal Employment Discrimination Cases

By Chief Judge Joe Billy McDade, Robin Washburne Cozette, & Kimberly Prince Klein
May
1999
Article
, Page 276
A review of the murky law in this area, with model jury instructions and special interrogatories to guide practitioners.

The Lawyer’s Journal

By Bonnie McGrath
February
1999
Column
, Page 70
No retaliatory discharge claims for whistle-blowing lawyers...

Closing Arguments in Civil Trials: How Far Can Lawyers Go?

By Jeffrey K. Kroll
December
1998
Article
, Page 666
Find out what you can and can't say in that all-important last statement to the jury.

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