So, I've been thinking about it
My earlier post about films/shows that feature lawyers and give enough background that the audience knows where the characters went to law school, that is.
And I'm stumped. For the life of me, I can't come up with more than three or four backstory law schools (without googling it). And none, of course, for my venerable legal institution.
Here's what I came up with. Please add to this list if you think of others (but no googling).
Harvard: Paper Chase, Legally Blonde, Mitch McDeere (The Firm). Ally McBeal and several other characters (Ally McBeal)
UMich: Adam Hall (The Chamber, another Grisham novel -- can you tell there was a Grisham movie-a-thon on last night?), Billy and Georgia (characters from Ally McBeal)
Tulane: Darby Shaw (The Pelican Brief)
And, um, that's it. Pretty short list. There have got to be more school in film, on TV, right? I can think of tons of shows and movies that revolved around lawyers as the main characters, but I don't know the legal pedigrees of those attorneys. E.g., The Practice, LA Law, My Cousin Vinny, Boston Legal, Philadelphia, A Few Good Men...
Help. There's gotta be at least a few movies/shows featuring U. Chicago or Yale or somewhere other than Harvard and U. Mich!
And I'm stumped. For the life of me, I can't come up with more than three or four backstory law schools (without googling it). And none, of course, for my venerable legal institution.
Here's what I came up with. Please add to this list if you think of others (but no googling).
And, um, that's it. Pretty short list. There have got to be more school in film, on TV, right? I can think of tons of shows and movies that revolved around lawyers as the main characters, but I don't know the legal pedigrees of those attorneys. E.g., The Practice, LA Law, My Cousin Vinny, Boston Legal, Philadelphia, A Few Good Men...
Help. There's gotta be at least a few movies/shows featuring U. Chicago or Yale or somewhere other than Harvard and U. Mich!
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