CBA Record September 2018

CONTENTS

CBA RECORD

September 2018 • Volume 32, Number 5

6 Editor's Briefcase RGB's Gentle Touch 8 President’s Page

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 30 So, You Want to Become a Judicial Law Clerk By Justice Mathias W. Delort

Courtesy: The Bond of all Society

12 CBANews 22 Chicago Bar Foundation Report 24 Murphy’s Law 46 Legal Ethics Lawyers Acting Badly By John Levin 48 Ethics Extra

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New CBA Initiatives Address the Future of the Profession A Special Report

YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION

40 YLS to Join Aging Adults to Prevent Probate Plights By Brandon E. Peck 42 A Primer on Punitive Damages in Illinois By Brett Geschke

Third Party Funding of Lawsuits By Jeanette Braun

52 Summary Judgments

LAP Contributor Sofia Sinnokrot reviews TheMindful Twenty- Something: Life Skills toHandle Stress and Everything Else

On the Cover This month’s CBA Record cover celebrates the 95th Annual CBA Bar Show musical, Big Little Laws, which will be held from November 29 through December 2 at DePaul University’s Merle Reskin Theatre. The cover art was created by Bar Show cast member Larry Aaronson. A ticket order form appears on page 25. Tickets are also available at www.chicagobar. org/barshow .

SEPTEMBER2018 CBA

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