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November, 2005 VOLUME 93 NUMBER 11

COVER STORY 398

COLUMNS

554 LETTERS
 

Poor lawyer image - incivility
not the culprit? Mediator as
peacemaker.

556 PRESIDENT'S PAGE
 

By Robert K. Downs

Preaching to the
Converted

Solo and small firm lawyers are in touch with the core values of the profession.

 
594 THE JUDGE'SCORNER
 

By Hon. Ron Spears

Thinking Outside the Roasting Pan About
Peremptories

Are you relying on stereotypes about jury behavior when you
exercise peremptory challenges?
596


FINDING ILLINOIS LAW

 

By Thomas Keefe

Illinois Ethics Opinions on the Internet

There's plenty of material about
Illinois ethics law on the 'Net, much of it freely available.

600 ESTATE PLANNING

By David A. Berek

Three New Illinois Laws
Affect Estate-Planning Practice

Find out more about Illinois estate-tax revisions, series LLCs, and the Disposition of Remains Act.

601 CLE CALENDAR
  Hot topics in criminal law, mediation for advocates and more.

PRACTICE NEWS

 
558 LAWPULSE | By Helen W. Gunnarsson
Get ready for MCLE; (unrepresented) buyer (and seller, and opposing lawyer) beware; collaborative divorce; series LLCs; TaxNet..
   

564

ILLINOIS LAW UPDATE

Settlement agreements only rescinded by substantial non-performance or material breach; child counseling amended in IMDMA; pre-conviction suspension of driver's licenses clarified; and more.
 
ARTICLES
 
568 LAWER MARKETING
|
By Helen W. Gunnarsson
 

Keeping Up Appearances

ISBA lawyers share their tips for taking that essential first step in marketing - making a good impression on clients.

   
572 LAWER MARKETING
| By Mary Katherine Danna

Putting Your Firm on the Web

Should you build a Web site? Buy a listing in an online directory?
Here's an introduction to Web-based marketing

   
578

TORT LAW |By Beth C. Boggs and
Douglas B. Keane

Don't Let the Open-and-Obvious "Distraction"Exception Swallow the Rule

The authors argue that some courts have unwisely expanded the"distraction"exception to the rule barring recovery for injury causedby an open and obvious danger.

 

   
584

CONTRACTS| By Hal R. Morris

 

Contract Reformation - the Remedy When
the Writing is Wrong

What if the parties reached an agreement but the writing that supposedly records it is wrong? That's where contract reformation comes in.

 

   
590
BANKRUPTCY/
CREDITOR'S RIGHTS| By Edward S. Margolis
 

Advantage to Creditor: Understanding
Preference Actions and Available Defenses

The bankruptcy reform law adds some new pro-creditor wrinkles to defending preference actions.