You didn’t go to law school to be a salesperson, but you still have to sell yourself to prospective clients. Here’s how.
January 2008 • Volume 96 • Number 1 • Pages 1–52

Practice News
Articles
This important new opinion makes it easier for judges to allow extensions for responding to requests to admit.
The Illinois Human Rights Act now provides for a right to a jury in the Illinois circuit court in employment discrimination cases.
A look at the fate of commission proposals for death-penalty reform. Bottom line: the system is better but there’s room for improvement.
The Fourth Amendment prohibits police from turning routine traffic stops into investigations of other criminal activity.
Columns
“Lawyer-peacemaker” is the right image for our profession.
Before you draft a premarital agreement, consider what’s at stake.
New laws expand the prohibitions on predatory lending.
Here’s a grab bag of miscellaneous and – mostly – free research sites.