Law in Popular Culture

Kim Kardashian disappointed in psychics who wrongly predicted she would pass California bar exam

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has lost her faith in psychics after “maybe four of them” told her that she would pass the bar exam.

Nov 12, 2025 3:53 PM CST

Preparing clients for depositions is essential—but easier said than done

Benjamin Franklin said, "By failing to prepare, you're preparing to fail." Sounds wise, but I doubt Benjamin Franklin carried on a busy litigation practice.

Nov 12, 2025 12:21 PM CST

Kim Kardashian doesn’t pass bar exam and is ‘not a lawyer yet’

Kim Kardashian is not a lawyer but plays one on TV. “Well, I’m not a lawyer yet,” the reality TV star wrote in an Instagram story on Saturday. “I’m still all in until I pass the bar. No shortcuts, no giving up—just more studying and even more determination.”

Nov 10, 2025 9:19 AM CST

Over $200M verdict overturned in ‘Maya’ hospitalization case chronicled in Netflix documentary

A trial judge made errors requiring a new trial in a case stemming from a woman’s suicide after her 10-year-old daughter was removed from her care and held at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, a Florida appeals court ruled last week.

Nov 3, 2025 11:05 AM CST

No Tricks, All Treats: This legal team provides kids with Halloween costumes

Tanner Hesterberg, a solo practitioner in Pikeville, Kentucky, wants to make sure that local children in need can dress up for Halloween. He came up with the idea of helping connect children with costumes last year, when he noticed that some of the children in his community couldn’t afford to dress up.

Oct 22, 2025 12:16 PM CDT

Want to be safe with online suitors? It’s easy with the internet, new Netflix doc shows

I’ve defended plenty of white-collar crimes throughout my career. For some, the phrase evokes images of high-status business professionals engaging in fraud for financial gain. For me and many others who defend the criminally accused, though, white-collar crimes refer to any nonviolent financial criminal allegation.

Oct 22, 2025 9:41 AM CDT

Lawyer’s popular Instagram account is kaput after no-contest plea to misconduct deemed ‘standard operating procedure’

A California lawyer with a big social media presence should be disbarred after pleading no contest to facts underpinning multiple acts of alleged misconduct involving 10 imprisoned clients and 13 cases, according to a stipulation and conclusions of law approved by a state bar court judge.

Oct 22, 2025 9:33 AM CDT

Judge tosses Drake’s suit over Kendrick Lamar’s rap song calling him ‘certified pedophile’

A reasonable listener would conclude that rapper Kendrick Lamar was “rapping hyperbolic vituperations” when he called rapper and singer Drake a “certified pedophile” in his 2024 song “Not Like Us,” a federal judge said last week in an order tossing Drake’s defamation lawsuit over the statement.

Oct 14, 2025 11:19 AM CDT

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was sentenced to over 4 years. Here’s what’s next.

Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced Friday to just over 4 years in prison, after a lengthy hearing during which Combs apologized to the ex-girlfriends who had accused him of sex trafficking, as well as years of emotional and physical abuse.

Oct 3, 2025 6:45 PM CDT

Naked baby on Nirvana album cover wasn’t child porn victim, federal judge rules

A 1991 Nirvana album cover showing a naked baby floating underwater toward a dollar bill is not pornography, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Oct 3, 2025 9:27 AM CDT

BigLaw associate wins ‘Big Brother,’ attributes victory to hiding profession and channeling Elle Woods

The winner of the latest season of the Big Brother reality TV show, revealed Sunday, is a BigLaw associate who said she used her attorney skills to deliver her final winning speech.

Oct 1, 2025 2:24 PM CDT

Legal Reel-ism: What are some scenes in TV and movies that accurately reflect what it’s like to be a lawyer?

When it comes to law and pop culture, there’s a reason why dramatic license is more important than a bar card. Screenwriters have to be entertaining first. While some degree of realism is necessary in order to get viewers to become invested, it is not the primary factor. That being said, there are some scenes that accurately reflect what it is to be a trial lawyer.

Oct 1, 2025 2:00 AM CDT

Dangers of cellphones, teen drama, bad judgment detailed in new Netflix documentary

Unknown Number: The High School Catfish is a documentary that follows a group of students in Beal City, Michigan, as they navigate a townwide mystery as to who’s harassing junior high student Lauryn Licari.

Sep 29, 2025 2:10 PM CDT

Jimmy Kimmel is back, but free speech concerns continue

According to First Amendment lawyers interviewed by the ABA Journal, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s comments appear to conflict with U.S. Supreme Court precedent, including its 2024 ruling in National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo.

Sep 24, 2025 2:56 PM CDT

Donna Adelson’s motion for new trial cites jurors’ TikTok and podcast activities

Alleging potential misconduct, Donna Adelson’s lawyers want to interview two jurors following her Sept. 4 conviction in the murder of a Florida law professor who was her former son-in-law.

Sep 18, 2025 9:54 AM CDT