Sep. 9, 2022
Stream it Tonight! I Am Sam (2001)
The personalities of the two attorneys are at the core of this excellent film.
Michael Asimow
Professor
UCLA School of Law
Email: asimow@law.ucla.edu
Michael is Dean's Executive professor of law at Santa Clara Law School, teaching contracts as well as law and popular culture.
Paul Bergman
Professor Emeritus
UCLA School of Law
Email: bergman@law.ucla.edu
Paul continues teaching evidence.
Why watch? Two hard-charging lawyers battle over whether a loving father with mental disabilities is capable of raising his young daughter.
Sam Dawson (Sean Penn) is seven-year old Lucy's single dad. Sam's mental disabilities lead the Department of Family Services to remove Lucy (Dakota Fanning) from his custody and place her with foster parents.
Sam fights back. Big-firm lawyer Rita Harrison (Michelle...
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