Entertainment & Sports
Sep. 8, 2023
Stream It Tonight! "The End" (September, 2023)
Lawyers have been heard to say things like “I’m immersed in law all day, I want to escape from the law when I watch movies or TV shows.” Fair enough. But it behooves lawyers to be familiar with the products of popular legal culture, as they reflect and reinforce images of law, lawyers and justice.
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.
Just like movies, columns end. For about a year, our columns have discussed courtroom movies that are available on streaming services. We hope that our columns stimulated more than a few readers to watch (or re-watch) movies that are part of a genre that for nearly a century has entertained viewers all over the world, while familiarizing them with the adversary system of justice. For us long-time California law school academics, the columns also stimulated former stu...
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