Cover    MCLE Test    Featured Article

LA Lawyer Table of Contents:
July/August 1999

---

Los Angeles Lawyer 
The Magazine of the Los Angeles County Bar Association

Table of Contents
July/August 1999, Vol. 22, No. 5  

FEATURES 

Los Angeles Lawyer's Annual Index to Articles
A complete guide to authors and articles published in Volume 21, March 1998-February 1999


By Design
Savings in time and costs make the design-build method of contracting especially appealing for public projects
By Brian G. Papernik and Nancy C. Smith 

Firing at Will
A recent supreme court decision has liberalized California's public policy exception to the at-will employment doctrine
By Elizabeth H. Murphy 

Plus: Earn MCLE credit: MCLE Test No. 75, sponsored by West Publishing. 

Special Section
1999 Guide to Investigative Services 

DEPARTMENTS

Tax Tips
Intermediate tax sanctions for exempt organizations
By J. Patrick Whaley 

Practice Tips
Farnham expands municipal immunity for urban bike paths
By Gerald M. Serlin and Douglas G. Benedon 

Ethics Opinion No. 497
Consulting with a client during a deposition 

Computer Counselor
Litigation support software comes of age
By Daryl Teshima and Rebecca Thompson Nagel 

COLUMNS

President's Page
A call to service
By Patricia M. Schnegg

Barristers Bulletin
New and continuing programs for all
By Bill Bilderback 

Closing Argument
Reconsidering tax reform
By Michael C. Cohen 

Index to Advertisers 

Classifieds