Ralph L. Brill, founder of the country’s first three-year legal writing program and a teacher at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law for more than five decades, almost always kept a deck of playing cards on him.Magic tricks and magic shows were among of Brill’s passions outside of his job at the law school. A Chicago native, was also a diehard Cubs fan, an avid golfer and a musical aficionado — especially fond of “Wicked” and “Les Miserables.”Above all, his grandkids were his greatest …