Re: [TV orNotTV] Question for the brain trust: Best courtroom depiction

2024-01-07 Thread Kevin M. 
Thank you for the suggestions. I pulled some scenes from Murder One, from a
first season LA Law episode (before they became a cartoon), and some
courtroom scenes from Homicide: Life on the Street. I also added the
opening scene from The Paper Chase where the teacher is so intimidating he
makes his student throw up… while it is in law school and not a courtroom
per se, it’s always good to prepare students for what is to come.

Kevin M. (RPCV)


On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 1:08 PM Melissa P  wrote:

> I'm not going to be terribly helpful, but I admired the work in *The Good
> Wife* and *The Good Fight*.
>
> And kudos to those here who offered *My Cousin Vinny* and *Murder One*.
>
> Not exactly an answer to your quest, but I greatly admire an episode of *The
> Good Wife* in which Alicia is assigned to the Public Defender's office.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 3:55 PM Kevin M.  wrote:
>
>> I need to show my middle school class how a courtroom functions. Opening
>> statements, examination, cross examination, closing arguments. Should be
>> one hour or less. Looking for the best example.
>>
>> It’s harder than you think. Perry Mason is unrealistic in nearly every
>> episode. LA Law doesn’t show most trials complete.
>>
>> Kevin M. (RPCV)
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Question for the brain trust: Best courtroom depiction

2024-01-07 Thread Melissa P 
I'm not going to be terribly helpful, but I admired the work in *The Good
Wife* and *The Good Fight*.

And kudos to those here who offered *My Cousin Vinny* and *Murder One*.

Not exactly an answer to your quest, but I greatly admire an episode of *The
Good Wife* in which Alicia is assigned to the Public Defender's office.


On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 3:55 PM Kevin M.  wrote:

> I need to show my middle school class how a courtroom functions. Opening
> statements, examination, cross examination, closing arguments. Should be
> one hour or less. Looking for the best example.
>
> It’s harder than you think. Perry Mason is unrealistic in nearly every
> episode. LA Law doesn’t show most trials complete.
>
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Question for the brain trust: Best courtroom depiction

2024-01-05 Thread PGage 
Second Vinny. I’m not a lawyer, but used to work on a unit for people found
incompetent to stand trial, and a lot of our job was to stage Mock Trials
so they could learn and demonstrate sufficient understanding of court
proceedings to be found competent. We found Vinny to be uniquely valuable,
both because of its accuracy and its structure, which is basically teaching
a novice lawyer how to conduct a trial.

Perry is not so much inaccurate (he is, but not as much as often claimed)
but in the TV show he rarely goes to trial.  Most of what we see is a
Preliminary Hearing, where judges have a lot of discretion to waive formal
procedures, since there is no jury. So not a helpful teaching tool.

Law and Order could be useful, but you would probably need a knowledgeable
attorney to pick and choose excerpts from several episodes to get useful
examples of a whole trial.

Probably not appropriate for Middle School, but I like most of the court
stuff on Goliath.





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On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 at 1:23 PM Doug Eastick  wrote:

> I love this reply.   Thank you Adam, and welcome.
>
> May I suggest Legally Blonde?  :)
>
> More seriously, the only thing I've watched recently with courtrooms was
> the Netflix Lincoln Lawyer.Some of that might cover your desired
> elements.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 4:08 PM Adam Snavely  wrote:
>
>> Longtime listener first time caller.
>>
>> It may sound counter intuitive, but My Cousin Vinny is frequently used in
>> law school and continuing legal education trainings. Same with Few Good
>> Men. Obviously you’d need to edit it to get them down to the required run
>> time.  I remember really enjoying the first season of Murder One, but it’s
>> been a long time so I can’t comment on the realism anymore.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> Adam J. Snavely
>> Attorney at Law
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 2:55 PM Kevin M.  wrote:
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>>> I need to show my middle school class how a courtroom functions. Opening
>>> statements, examination, cross examination, closing arguments. Should be
>>> one hour or less. Looking for the best example.
>>>
>>> It’s harder than you think. Perry Mason is unrealistic in nearly every
>>> episode. LA Law doesn’t show most trials complete.
>>>
>>> Kevin M. (RPCV)
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Question for the brain trust: Best courtroom depiction

2024-01-05 Thread Doug Eastick 
I love this reply.   Thank you Adam, and welcome.

May I suggest Legally Blonde?  :)

More seriously, the only thing I've watched recently with courtrooms was
the Netflix Lincoln Lawyer.Some of that might cover your desired
elements.



On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 4:08 PM Adam Snavely  wrote:

> Longtime listener first time caller.
>
> It may sound counter intuitive, but My Cousin Vinny is frequently used in
> law school and continuing legal education trainings. Same with Few Good
> Men. Obviously you’d need to edit it to get them down to the required run
> time.  I remember really enjoying the first season of Murder One, but it’s
> been a long time so I can’t comment on the realism anymore.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Adam J. Snavely
> Attorney at Law
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 2:55 PM Kevin M.  wrote:
>
>> I need to show my middle school class how a courtroom functions. Opening
>> statements, examination, cross examination, closing arguments. Should be
>> one hour or less. Looking for the best example.
>>
>> It’s harder than you think. Perry Mason is unrealistic in nearly every
>> episode. LA Law doesn’t show most trials complete.
>>
>> Kevin M. (RPCV)
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Question for the brain trust: Best courtroom depiction

2024-01-05 Thread Adam Snavely 
Longtime listener first time caller.

It may sound counter intuitive, but My Cousin Vinny is frequently used in
law school and continuing legal education trainings. Same with Few Good
Men. Obviously you’d need to edit it to get them down to the required run
time.  I remember really enjoying the first season of Murder One, but it’s
been a long time so I can’t comment on the realism anymore.

Good luck.

Adam J. Snavely
Attorney at Law



On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 2:55 PM Kevin M.  wrote:

> I need to show my middle school class how a courtroom functions. Opening
> statements, examination, cross examination, closing arguments. Should be
> one hour or less. Looking for the best example.
>
> It’s harder than you think. Perry Mason is unrealistic in nearly every
> episode. LA Law doesn’t show most trials complete.
>
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
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[TV orNotTV] Question for the brain trust: Best courtroom depiction

2024-01-05 Thread Kevin M. 
I need to show my middle school class how a courtroom functions. Opening
statements, examination, cross examination, closing arguments. Should be
one hour or less. Looking for the best example.

It’s harder than you think. Perry Mason is unrealistic in nearly every
episode. LA Law doesn’t show most trials complete.

Kevin M. (RPCV)

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