1456 ABA Journal Law in Popular Culture articles.
5 Lawyers Share Silver Screen Secrets!!!
Aug 1, 2008 5:09 PM CDT
How did a less-than-admirable, arguably over-the-hill lawyer come to be one of television’s most best-beloved characters? Actor William Shatner, 77, who plays the “skirt-chasing, politically incorrect, stogie-puffing tough but tender”…
Jul 30, 2008 3:28 PM CDT
What would Hollywood do without lawyers? In a town built on copyrights and cosmetic surgery, lawyers have done far more than pen the small print in studio contracts or post…
Jul 21, 2008 6:34 PM CDT
A non-fiction novel about a notorious unsolved murder of a child that happened more than 100 years ago has won a pricey prize from the BBC.
Kate…
Jul 16, 2008 7:08 PM CDT In what is surely a record for any one U.S. city, five former Miami criminal judges are now holding court on reality television shows, and two were nominated for Emmy…
Jul 8, 2008 7:54 PM CDT Why is Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom like Leave It to Beaver? Or, for those too young to recall the popular family television show of the 1950s and 1960s,…
Jul 7, 2008 7:10 PM CDT A criminal defense lawyer for 25 years, Phillip Margolin still goes to the office every day in Portland, Ore., at 7:30 a.m. Except now, as a best-selling author of legal…
Jul 3, 2008 3:20 PM CDT Were it not based on an actual crime, Savage Grace might seem too bizarre a story to merit belief. But the 1972 murder of socialite Barbara Baekeland, who was married…
Jul 2, 2008 4:28 PM CDT In the rap world it’s all about street cred. And Emeka Onyejekwe has credibility—just not the kind typically associated with rap. What he does have is a law degree from…
Jul 1, 2008 1:20 PM CDT Move over, American Idol: For serious legal scholars, watching to see how a select group of criminal law professors decides whose ideas are best-expressed is becoming something of a spectator…
Jun 17, 2008 7:28 PM CDT A new Showtime miniseries that debuts tonight will offer an entertaining look at perceptions of law firm life as a subtheme. Already a hit in the United Kingdom, the “surprisingly…
Jun 16, 2008 5:16 PM CDT Steve Stodghill practices in Dallas as a litigation partner at Fish & Richardson. But a recent movie offer gave him a chance to demonstrate his corporate deal-making skills, too. The…
Jun 4, 2008 8:19 PM CDT Americans have always had a peculiar relationship with crime and criminals. Each generation seems to fret about unprecedented lawlessness, while bestowing on its most outrageous criminals the kind of celebrity…
Jun 1, 2008 1:15 PM CDT Behind those megahit lawyer shows are some pretty unusual lawyers Jun 1, 2008 1:05 PM CDT Among the contributors to Slate’s new blog on legal issues is Nancy Gertner, a former criminal defense lawyer who is now a federal district court judge. According…
May 27, 2008 10:21 PM CDT5 Miami Judges Hold Court on Nation’s TV Airwaves
Quick! Which Sitcom Does This Law Firm Most Closely Resemble?
Attorney & Best-Selling Author Phillip Margolin Still Starts His Day Early
Taboo But True: ‘Savage Grace’
Street Legal
Law Profs Apply ‘American Idol’ Concept to Criminal Law Review Topics
‘Legal Secretary’ Stars in New TV Series
Lawyer’s ‘Cribtastic’ Office Lands Him Movie Role
Making Crime Pay
Making TV Legal
‘Unlikely Blogger’: Nancy Gertner, a Federal Judge
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