You Are Excused

 In his October Illinois Bar Journal Ethics column, ISBA General Counsel Charles J. Northrup addresses the ethical nuance of exercising peremptory challenges when they are lawful under substantive law but could be considered violative of ABA Model Rule 8.4(g) and its Illinois equivalent. Northrup shows how ABA Formal Opinion 517 promotes clarity for those charged with complying these rules. “It also may remind us,” he notes, “that the rules of professional conduct are ‘rules of reason.’”

 Read the October Illinois Bar Journal’s article, "You Are Excused."