Download this issueToo many law students emerge with staggering debt and grim job prospects. It's time for bar associations and the legal academy to work together to strengthen the profession, these scholars say.
August 2012 • Volume 100 • Number 8 • Pages 389–448
Practice News
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Articles
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A summary of key features of the newly upheld Affordable Care Act, the largest and most complex health care legislation in decades.
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When most people search for lawyers, they search the Internet. So why don't more lawyers have websites?
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In 2011, the seventh circuit gave employee plaintiffs a powerful weapon by holding that an FLSA collective action and a state wage and hour class action may be joined in a single action.
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The Illinois Supreme Court recently held that a taxpayer could skip the administrative appeal process and challenge a property tax assessment directly in circuit court.
Columns
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The Illinois deposit of wills; compassionate client consultations.
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Lawyers must have a voice in the reform discussion.
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A summary of laws passed this spring by the General Assembly.
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Keep your firm from becoming the scene of an embezzlement whodunit.
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Dynasty trusts give even those of ordinary means a way to minimize estate taxes prospectively.
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Defendants have a Constitutional right to effective counsel during plea bargains.