Elizabeth Pajapakshe, Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (PGIHS), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, has published “The rookie and the fallen elite”: an examination of the portrayal of female lawyers in the...
From Professor Susan Bandes, DePaul College of Law: Call for Papers The DePaul Law Review will devote the third issue of its 73rd volume (slated for publication in Spring 2024) to a Symposium addressing...
Legal dramas are always in season. ABC has ordered a legal drama, Judgement, from 20th Century Television and Joey Falco. The show centers on a Supreme Court nominee and explores her past, which is...
The Law of F∙r∙i∙e∙n∙d∙s Ezra Rosser* Introduction A serious law professor would not write an article about the TV show Friends, but having just written a book and an article, I’m...
From The Hollywood Reporter: John Oliver Criticizes ‘Law & Order’ and Dick Wolf for Unrealistic, Highly Favorable Portrayal of Police. The article by THR’s staff says in part, After expressing alarm that several real-life officers...
From Open Culture, an essay on Better Call Saul‘s storytelling skills. Link here.
Amelia Tait examines popular culture workplaces in an article for The Guardian. She writes in part: For all its mundanity, The Office never went full-blown bleak (one colleague might ask you, “Will there ever be a...
On the March 2, 2022 episode, “Triggered,” (season 4, episode 14) of The Conners, the family waits nervously for news of Emilio’s and Beverly Rose’s safety after they hear about a shooting at the local...
Do we all remember that before he became a real President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy played one on TV? His character was a history teacher who ran for the office of President of Ukraine on the...
Do you follow HBO’s show Succession? You might enjoy episode 36 of the podcast The Politics of Everything, hosted by Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene. It’s devoted to discussing the show, and a special...
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