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Oct. 4, 2002

Movie Lawyer Spanks His Way to Romance

Dicta Column - Movie Review - By Stephen Zager - Lawyers are often portrayed in motion pictures as being incapable of true emotion. According to the gospel of cinema, the legal profession requires its soldiers to be unethical, uncaring and unemotional. As such, lawyers are typically depicted as being one-dimensional with the one unwavering goal of making money. To that end, cinematic lawyers often sacrifice potentially rewarding, but messy, relationships with actual people for more prophylactic,

        Dicta Column
        
        Movie Review
        
        By Stephen Zager
        
        Lawyers are often portrayed in motion...

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