Law Practice
Oct. 30, 2017
Three lawyer movies that definitely did not make your top 10 list
What these movies offer that most legal movies do not are compelling illustrations of the sometimes bizarre particulars of an enterprise that endeavors to achieve just and correct outcomes with a system of rules.
Steven S. Kimball
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Steven is a lawyer in Sacramento
The legal profession is a natural for the movies. Drama is a given in a contest of wits where life and liberty -- or even money -- are at stake. Inevitably "top 10 legal movie" lists are compiled with favorites like "To Kill a Mockingbird," "Anatomy of a Murder" and "12 Angry Men" on nearly all of them. The following three are never included: "A Covenant With Death" (1967), "The Law" (1974) (a made-for-TV movie) and "The Advocate" (1993). Not to make a case that they ...
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