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February/March2015 • Volume 29, Number 2
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6 President’s Page
The NewYoung Lawyers
Section
10 CBANews
18 Chicago Bar Foundation
Report
20 Murphy’s Law
40 Legal Ethics
By John Levin
41 Ethics Extra
By Michael P. Sandusky
42 LPMT Bits & Bytes
By Catherine Sanders Reach
44 A Person of Interest
Getting to Know…
Stephen Patton
By Shannon Burke
46 Summary Judgments
Daniel A. Cotter reviews
Lincoln’s Counsel: Lessons
fromAmerica’sMost
Persuasive Speaker
CBA
RECORD CONTENTS
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
24 Daley Center Municipal Civil Juries in a Nutshell
By Judge Joseph D. Panarese
Special YLS Issue: The New Young Lawyers Section
27 This Ain’t Your Father’s Oldsmobile
By Paul J. Ochmanek, Jr.
28 Are You Always a Lawyer? Illinois Supreme Court Says
Maybe Not, But the Exception is Limited
By Trisha M. Rich and Colin P. Smith
32 Navigating Student Externship Programs in Chicago
By Natalie Wolfe
36 New YLS Initiative: Suits for Success
By Helena L. Trachtenberg
38 YLS Legal & Regulatory Compliance Committee:
Staying Current on Compliance
By Brian Ashfar
38 YLS Social Committee: Expanding Contacts, Forming Bonds
By Jonathan Mraunac
On the Cover
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PhotoDisc.
FEBRUARY/MARCH2015 CBA
Special Theme Issue
THE NEW
YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION
MunicipalCivilJuries
inaNutshell
AreYouAlways
aLawyer?
StayingCurrent
onCompliance