This seems to be the right time for publishing reviews of Your Witness: Lessons on Cross-Examination and Life From Great Chicago Trial Lawyers, edited by Steven F. Molo and James R. Figliulo. Already Scott Greenfield has posted a review, and Mark Bennett posted his review just a little later. I guess it's my turn. Your Witness consists of 50 … [Read more...] about Your Witness – Review
Legal
Trying to Find Out More About Illinois DUI Law
I've gone a month without having a drink. It's not that I'm trying to quit or anything, I'm just not a drinker. I have nothing against booze or the people who love it, but I rarely ever get that "I'd like a drink" feeling. I probably haven't been over the legal limit since sometime in the 1980's. So I always figured that if a cop asked me to take a breathalyzer test, I'd … [Read more...] about Trying to Find Out More About Illinois DUI Law
Operational Justice
A few days ago, Gideon at a public defender posted a very thoughful response to my post discussing whether criminal defense lawyers help their clients get away with crimes: We fight. We fight tooth and nail. Not because we absolutely believe that our client is innocent---in fact, most of the time we don't care whether the client is guilty or not. We use phrases like "make … [Read more...] about Operational Justice
Plumbers and Police
We had a plumber come in today to replace the toilet in our master bathroom. He was from the same company that does a lot of the plumbing work for our condo association, so I figured they'd be reasonably professional about it. I left him alone to get the job done while I worked on the computer. When he finished, I went in to check the work, and he had installed the wrong … [Read more...] about Plumbers and Police
Getting Away With It
A few days ago Rob Deters at the 26th St. Bar Association wrote about how it felt to stop a police interrogation of one of his clients: I've run into police stations, waived my card and Cook County ID around and asked to see my client, where I tell them, immediately, to shut the hell up. I also tell the detectives assigned to their case that my client is shutting … [Read more...] about Getting Away With It