CBA Record November 2015

November 2015 • Volume 29, Number 7

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6 President’s Page

Supercharge your Career

and Leadership Skills

Through Committee

Service

10 CBANews

18 Chicago Bar Foundation

Report

22 Murphy’s Law

44 Legal Ethics

By John Levin

46 LPMT Bits & Bytes

By Catherine Sanders Reach

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RECORD

CONTENTS

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

26 Interlocutory Appeals in the Illinois Reviewing Courts

By J. Timothy Eaton

32 The Ups and

Downs

of Defining Reasonable Doubt

By Raymond J. McKoski

YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION

36 Help End Distracted Driving

By Matthew A. Passen, YLS Chair

38 Ridesharing Risks: Drivers and Passengers Take on Uber

By Corinne C. Miller

42 Pro

Files:

Steven M. Elrod

By Jonathan B. Amarilio and Trisha M. Rich

On the Cover

This month’s cover celebrates the

92nd Annual Christmas Spirits musical,

A Christmas Quarrel. The cover was

created by Bar Show cast member

Larry Aaronson. The Bar Show will

be held December 2-6 at DePaul

University’s Merle Reskin Theatre.

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