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Richard S. Kling

Clinical Professor of Law Chicago-Kent College of Law Chicago, IL

Graduated Northwestern University School of law, 1971, Licensed to practice in Illinois, numerous District and United States Circuit Courts, and United States Supreme court. Was an Assistant Public Defender of Cook County, Member of the Special Homicide Task force, has tried hundreds of murder and other cases ( in excess of 500 jury trials) including 28 capital cases, Is a Clinical Professor of Law at Chicago Kent College of Law since 1981 (Evidence, Forensic Sciences, Professional Responsibility) and has a full time Clinical Criminal practice through the Law Offices of the Chicago Kent College of Law. He is also a regular local and national consultant for electronic and print media in connection with high profile cases, and issues involved in criminal law.

CALI Lessons

This table shows Lessons and podcasts by this author. It includes Lesson title, CALI Topics for the Lesson, the date the Lesson was published on the CALI website, the date the Lesson was last updated, and run/usage totals for the past 30 and 120 days.

Note: usage information for podcasts is not available here and is marked as N/A.

Lesson Title	CALI Topic(s)	Published in	Latest update	Runs Past 30 Days	Runs Past 120 Days
Hearsay Exceptions: Rules 803 and 804	2L-3L Upper Level Lesson Topics Evidence	1999	October 13, 2025	304	496