IL Bar Journal
APRIL, 2004 VOLUME 92 NUMBER 4

COLUMNS

215 LAW OFFICE MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY
Is It Time to Grow Your Staff?
By Paul Sullivan
 
217 MALPRACTICE PREVENTION UPDATE
Look Before You Leap: The Dangers of Directorship
By Karen Erger
 
222 LEGAL COMMUNICATION
Untangle Your Web Site
By Hillary Altekruse Mann and Maureen B. Collins

DEPARTMENTS

166 Advertisers in this Issue
168 President's Page
194 Referral Directory
222 PracticeMart
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PRACTICE NEWS

170

LAW PULSE; By Helen Gunnarsson
A kindercentric custody-law proposal; "no" to compulsory DUI blood tests; limited license for corporate counsel; a mixed blessing? and more.

   
176

ILLINOIS LAW UPDATE
Parents can't claim loss of consortium for child's nonfatal injuries; evaluation and treatment required for sex offenders; and more.

 

ARTICLES

CIVIL PRACTICE
180 2003 Illinois Supreme Court Civil Cases: Fees and Family Law, "No" to Immunity, and More
A look at last year's leading supreme court civil cases.
By Nancy J. Arnold and Tim Eaton
   
CRIMINAL LAW
190 2003 Illinois Supreme Court Criminal Cases: Traffic Stops and Apprendi Retroactivity
A look at the leading criminal law decisions from the 2003 term.
By Evelyn G. Baniewicz
   
CRIMINAL LAW
200 Capital Punishment Reform; What's Been Done and What Remains to Be Done
A summary of changes wrought by Illinois' capital punishment reform legislation.
By Thomas P. Sullivan
   
FAMILY LAW
204 UCCJEA: A New Approach to Custody Jurisdiction and Interstate Custody and Visitation
A look at the new law and the changes it makes in the way courts determine custody jurisdiction.
By Celia Guzaldo Gamrath
   

TORT LAW

210 Revisiting Bulger v CTA: the Case for Admitting Transportation Company Investigation Results
The authors argue that a transporation company's investigation report should be admissible at trial.
By Jeffrey J. Kroll and J. Ryan Potts