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ABOUT SCHMIDT - The Movie That Might Have Been by Michael Asimow (Feb 2003)
ADAM'S RIB
- Get'em While They're Hot by Jon-Christian Suggs (Mar 1998)
ALL THE PRETTY HORSES -
Killing Time With All The Pretty Horses by Rob Waring (Aug 2001)
AMISTAD -
Amistad (Van Buren's Folly) by Rob Waring (Dec 1997)
AMISTAD - Amistad by Martin Mhando (Feb 1998)
ANATOMY OF A MURDER -
Anatomy Of A Murder: The "Lecture" by Michael Asimow (Feb 1998)
ANATOMY OF A MURDER - The Ecstasy And The Agony by John Denvir
ANTITRUST - Trashing Big Business For Fun And Profit by Michael Asimow
THE APOSTLE - The Apostle by Rob Waring (Oct 1998)
AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME - A Shagadelic Focus on Family Law, Baby by Sheila Simon (Jan 2002)

BABE - Babe by Laura Wing (May 2000)
BARBERSHOP - Going...Going...Gone. by linda f. harrison (Oct 2002)
BEAN -
The Bumbler As Anarchist by John Denvir (Dec 1997)
THE BIG HANGOVER -
Roxie Hart And The Big Hangover by Michael Asimow (Nov 1997)
BODY HEAT -
Estate Planning And Body Heat by Michael Asimow (Jan 1998)
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE - Race, the NRA And Gun Control by Taunya Lovell Banks (Nov 2002)
BRILLIANT LIES -
The Castle And Brilliant Lies by Stan Ross (Jan 1998)
BULWORTH - Bulworth by Rob Waring (Jun 1998)

CADDYSHACK - Screwball Comedy or Social Commentary? by Ken Swift (Sep 2004)
CALL IT MURDER
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Call It Murder At Midnight by Rob Waring (Nov 2001)
CAPE FEAR -
Law Portrayed as a Double-Edged Sword in Cape Fear by Leesa Sylyski (Apr 2003)
CAPE FEAR - A Freudian Analysis by Leesa Sylyski (May 2003)
CAPE FEAR - Scorsese's Cape Fear: The Triumph of Stereotypes by Katie Reese (Jan 2004)
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS - Leaving The Friedmans Alone by Shubha Ghosh (Aug 2003)
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS -
"Who Do You Believe"? by Charmane Sing (Dec 2003)
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS -
Will it change anything? by Rob Waring (Aug 2003)
CAREER GIRLS
- Leigh Rests On His Laurels by Elizabeth Friedman (Feb 1998)
THE CASTLE -
The Castle And Brilliant Lies by Stan Ross (Jan 1998)
THE CASTLE -
Return Of The Heroic Lawyers...And The Heroic Clients: The Winlow Boys And The Castle by Michael Asimow
CHANGING LANES - Law Firms In The Pits by Michael Asimow (May 2002)
CHANGING LANES - Changing Lanes
by Judge J. Howard Sundermann (May 2002)
CHANGING LANES -
Changing Lanes, Changing Values by Rob Waring (Feb 2003)
CHIGAGO - Chicago by Judge J. Howard Sundermann (Feb 2003)
CHINATOWN - Chinatown by John Denvir (Mar 1998)
A CIVIL ACTION - In Toxic Tort Litigation, Truth Lies At The Bottom Of A Bottomless Pit by Michael Asimow (Feb 1999)
A CIVIL ACTION - A Law Student's View by Jenny R. Hofman
A CIVIL ACTION - Another Government Bailout? by Rob Waring (Feb 1999)
A CIVIL ACTION - Is There Room For Apology in the Adversary System? by Justyna Herman (Jan 2005)
THE CONTENDER - The Contender by Reginia Judge (Feb 2002)
CHRYSTAL - A "Southern Gothic" Tale of Redemption, Justice, and Resilience by Dale Howard (May 2005)

DANGEROUS BEAUTY - The Trial Of A Courtesan by Michael Asimow (May 1998)
THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE - The Devil's Advocate by Rob Waring (Nov 1997)
THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE - Playing With Fire: :Law, Ethics & Film by Steve Greenfield and Guy Osborn
THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE -
How Zealous Is Too Zealous? And Are Zealous Defenders Of The Guilty Truly Devil's Advocates? A Discussion Of The Movie The Devil's Advocate And Why I Will Never Practice Criminal Law by Kristen M. Lynch

EIGHT O'CLOCK WALK - A Timeless Plot by Stefan Machura (Aug 2005)
ELECTION
- Personal Politics by John Denvir
ELEPHANT -
Shooting Gus Van Sant's Elephant by Shubha Ghosh (Dec 2003)
ERIN BROCKOVICH -
A Second Look At Erin Brockovich by John Denvir
ERIN BROCKOVICH -
And Now For The Heroic Paralegal, Erin Brockovich by Michael Asimow
ERIN BROCKOVICH
- Erin Brockovich by Judith Grant (Apr 2000)
ERIN BROCKOVICH
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Erin Brockovich in Australia by Ysaiah Ross
ERIN BROCKOVICH - True Fiction And False Facts by Chris Jackson (Feb 2000)
EVELYN - Roundtable introduction (Jan 2003)
EVELYN - Best Legal Movie Of 2002?
by Michael Asimow (Jan 2003)
EVELYN -
Government At War With Parents: Evelyn by Taunya Lovell Banks (Jan 2003)
EVELYN -
Where's The Beef? Evelyn Shaky On Legal Issues by Paul Bergman (Jan 2003)
EVELYN - The Isle of Saints and Sadists
by John Denvir (Jan 2003)
THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE - The Exorcism of Emily Rose by Judge J. Howard Sundermann (Oct 2005)

FAHRENHEIT 9/11 - I Am Not Really A President, But I Play One On TV by John Denvir (Jul 2004)
FIGHT CLUB -
Fight Club and the Effects of Anger by Timothy Cairo (Oct 2004)
FIND ME GUILTY -
Find Me Guilty by Judge J. Howard Sundermann (Mar 2006)
THE FIRM - Analyse This! John Grisham's Lawyers Form A Megafirm by Michael Asimow

GANGS OF NEW YORK - Gangs of New York by Judith Grant (Mar 2003)
GATTACA -
Gattaca and Twins: What do they say about the future of Genetic discrimination? by Jacob White (Jul 2005)
GHOST IN THE SHELL - Eastern and Western Conceptions of Justice and Suffering as Conveyed through Robocop and Ghost in the Shell by Timothy Cairo (Nov 2004)
THE GINGERBREAD MAN - A Lawyer Thriller Fails In Both Genres by Michael Asimow (Apr 1998)
GLADIATOR - A Lawyer's Allegory by Lawrence J. Siskind (Jul 2000)
GOLDTOWN GHOST RIDERS - Judge Gene Autry by Francis M. Nevins (Oct 2003)
GOODBYE MY FANCY -
Striking Back At McCarthy: Goodbye My Fancy by Paul Bergman
GROSSE POINTE BLANK - Grosse Pointe Blank by Rob Waring (Jan 1998)

HIGH CRIMES - High Crimes by Judge J. Howard Sundermann
HIGH CRIMES - A Competent Female Lawyer Emerges From The Wreckage by Michael Asimow (Oct 2002)
HIGH FIDELITY
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A Few Little Surprises in High Fidelity by Michael Asimow (Oct 2000)
HOMICIDE
- Which Side Are You On? by John Denvir (Nov 1998)
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG - Property and Passion on the Pacific
by Shubha Ghosh (Jan 2006)
THE HURRICANE - The Hurricane by Lesley J. Friedman (Jun 2000)

I AM SAM - I Am Sam As An ADR Movie by Carrie Menkel-Meadow (Feb 2002)
I AM SAM -
Play it again, Sam: The depiction of law practice in I AM SAM by Lev Ginsburg (Apr 2002)
I AM SAM - Competence on Trial by Leesa Sylyski (Jul 2003)
IN THE BEDROOM -
The Heart, The Rule Of Law And In The Bedroom by Taunya Lovell Banks (Feb 2002)
THE INSIDER
- The Insider by Rob Waring ( Jul 2000)
INSOMNIA -
Moral Pragmatism and Public Perception: The "Bad Cop" in Insomnia by Paul R Joseph (May 2002)
INTIMATE STRANGERS -
The Tax Lawyer As Therapist: Intimate Strangers by Michael Asimow (Sep 2004)
INTOLERABLE CRUELTY -
Intolerable Inaccuracy in Intolerable Cruelty by Michael Asimow (Oct 2003)

JACKIE BROWN - Images Of Women In Jackie Brown by Judie Grant (Dec 1997)
JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG -
Judges Judging Judges, Judgment At Nurember by Michael Asimow (Aug 1998)

KING OF THE PECOS - Setting the Stage for Justice in the Revenge Genre Film by Dean Hitesman (Feb 2005)
KNOCK ON ANY DOOR
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Humphrey Bogart For The Defense, Knock On Any Door by Michael Asimow (Jan 1998)

THE LAST WAVE - The Last Wave by John Denvir (May 1998)
LAWS OF ATTRACTION - Laws of Attraction
by Judge J. Howard Sundermann (May 2004)
LEGALLY BLONDE -
Legally Blonde Shines In The Classroom, Falls Flat In The Courtroom by Michael Asimow (Aug 2001)
LEGALLY BLONDE -
Review Of Legally Blonde by Taunya Lovell Banks (Sep 2001)
LEGALLY BLONDE - Legally Blonde by Paul Bergman (Sep 2001)
LEGALLY BLONDE - First Thing, Let's Kill All The Law Professors by John Denvir (Aug 2001)
LEGALLY BLONDE - A Bitter Residue by Lawrence Friedman (Sep 2001)
LEGALLY BLONDE - It's A Crime by Paul Joseph (Aug 2001)
LEGALLY BLONDE -
West Meets East In Legally Blonde by Carrie Menkel-Meadow (Aug 2001)
LEGALLY BLONDE - Just My Blonde Luck by John Owens (Sep 2001)
LEGALLY BLONDE - Legally Blonde by David Papke (Oct 2001)
LEGALLY BLONDE - Don't Try This At Home by Joyce Saltalamachia (Feb 2002)
LEGALLY BLONDE -
Revenge of the Bimbo: Legally Blonde and My Cousin Vinny by Katie Reese (Jan 2004)
LEGALLY BLONDE - Girlie Girl Lawyers
by Andrea Remington (Feb 2005)
LEGALLY BLONDE 2 - Could a Dumb Film Be Good for Us? by Michael Asimow (Jul 2003)
LEGALLY BLONDE 2 - Ms. Wood Goes to Washington: But is She As Virtuous As Mr. Smith? by Carrie Menkel-Meadow (Jul 2003)
LEGALLY BLONDE 2 - Legally Blonde 2 by Judge J. Howard Sundermann (Jul 2003)
THE LEMON ROP KID -
Another Bob Hope classic: The Lemon Drop Kid by John Wendt (Sep 2003)
LIAR LIAR - Swimming With The Bottom Feeders by Rob Waring (Nov 1997)
THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE -
Critics, Get A Life: The Life Of David Gale Isn't That Bad by Michael Asimow (Mar 2003)
LORD OF THE FLIES - Lex, Flies, and Videotape: Thomas Hobbes, William Golding, and Iraq by Bruce Peabody (May 2004)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY -
A Prism of Global Terror As Seen in the Light of the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy by Kandel G. Eaton (May 2003)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING - The Politics of Victory by Kandell G. Eaton (Jun 2004)

A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS - A Man for All Seasons by Kenneth Wagner (Feb 2005)
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALENCE
- The Lawyer Gets The Girl-And Creates The Future by John Denvir
THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE - Shyster Lawyers In Neo-Noir by Michael Asimow (Dec 2001)
THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE - Loveable Sleaze by John Denvir (Jan 2002)
MIDNIGHT -
Call It Murder At Midnight by Rob Waring (Nov 2001)
MINORITY REPORT - Minority Report by Judge J. Howard Sundermann (Jul 2002)
MINORITY REPORT -
An Early Report on "Minority Report" by Paul Bergman (Jul 2002)
MINORITY REPORT - Is The Future Now? by Paul Joseph (Jul 2002)
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET -
Evidence Of Things Not Seen: Law And Miracle On 34th Street by Christine Corcos (Oct 2002)
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2
- Ethics Of World Domination by Chris Jackson (Jul 2000)
MONSTER -
Sympathy for the Devil: The victimization of a serial killer in Monster by Kristen Morley (Nov 2005)
MONSTER'S BALL - Monster's Ball by Rob Waring (Feb 2002)
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES - The Injustice Gene by John Denvir (Dec 2004)
MY COUSIN VINNY -
Revenge of the Bimbo: Legally Blonde and My Cousin Vinny by Katie Reese (Jan 2004)

NORTH COUNTRY - North Country by Judge J. Howard Sundermann (Nov 2005)
NOTORIOUS
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Mission: Impossible 2: Ethics Of World Domination by Chris Jackson (Jul 2000)
NOTORIOUS - Notorious
by John Wendt (Feb 2004)

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO - The Tamale Western has Spurs that Jingle-Jangle-Jingle Against Drug Cartel Terrorism by Kandel G. Eaton (Sep 2003)
ONE MORE RIVER
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Coming To The Rescue Of A Forgotten Classic: One More River by Michael Asimow
OVER THE HEDGE -
Getting Under Over the Hedge by Bruce Peabody (Aug 2006)

THE PEOPLE vs LARRY FLYNT - Intentional Omission Of Emotional Distress by Rob Waring (Nov 1997)
PIERREPOINT - Pierrepoint by Richard Ramsey (Apr 2006)
PLEASANTVILLE - An Election Primer by Paul Joseph (Nov 1998)
THE PRODUCERS - Corporate Scandals and Creative Accounting by John T. Wendt (Apr 2004)

THE RAINMAKER - The Winemaker by Rob Waring (Nov 1997)
THE RAINMAKER - The Rainmaker by Judy Grant (Dec 1997)
RED CORNER - Red Corner by John Denvir (Nov 1997)
RESERVOIR DOGS - Just Us
by John Denvir (Aug 2006)
RETURN TO PARADISE -
Return To Paradise Is Anything But by Michael Asimow and Stan Ross (Sep 1998)
RETURN TO PARADISE - Return To Paradise by Khaled Abou El Fadl (Oct 1998)
ROBOCOP -
Eastern and Western Conceptions of Justice and Suffering as Conveyed through Robocop and Ghost in the Shell by Timothy Cairo (Nov 2004)
ROXIE HART -
Roxie Hart and The Big Hangover by Michael Asimow (Nov 1997)
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
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The Military Justice Movie That Just Can't Cut It - Rules Of Engagement by Michael Asimow and Khaled Abou El Fadl
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT - When The End Justifies The Means by Scott L. Silliman (May 2000)
RUMOR HAS IT -
Rumor Has It Everything Old is New Again by Kandel G. Eaton (Jan 2006)
RUNAWAY JURY - The Runaway Jury by Kandel G. Eaton (Nov 2003)
RUNAWAY JURY - Runaway Jury by Judge J. Howard Sundermann (Oct 2003)

THE SALT OF THE EARTH - The Interplay Of Race And Gender by Rob Waring (Dec 1999)
THE SEARCHERS
- Law's Shadow by John Denvir
THE SEARCHERS - Evil That Lurks Within by John Denvir (Feb 2002)
SECRETARY - Secretary by Rob Waring (Nov 2002)
SET IT OFF - Set It Off by Elizabeth Friedman (Nov 1997)
SEVEN - Setting the Stage for Justice in the Revenge Genre Film by Dean Hitesman (Feb 2005)
SHAGGY DOG - Fight lawyerpity
by John Denvir (Apr 2006)
SHATTERED GLASS -
The Law/Fact Dichotomy: Law and Journalism in Shattered Glass by Jamison Colburn (Jul 2004)
SNAKE EYES - Snake Eyes by Judy Grant (Sep 1998)
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS - Snow Falling On Cedars by Lesley J. Friedsam (May 2000)
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS - History Lite And Stereotypes by Taunya Lovell Banks (Jul 2000)
SON OF PALEFACE - Remembering Bob Hope by John Wendt (Jul 2003)
STATE AND MAIN - Tribes by John Denvir (Aug 2000)
SUNSHINE -
Sunshine And Judges Who Sell Out by Michael Asimow
SUNSHINE STATE - The Corporation Is You! by John Denvir (Sept 2005)
THE SWEET HEREAFTER - The Sweet Hereafter by Rob Waring (May 1998)

THREE KINGS - Cinematic Lessons for the War on Terror by Rob Waring (Apr 2002)
A TIME TO KILL
- Imagine...Justice by Wilda L. White (Nov 1997)
A TIME TO KILL - Adams Ribs: Get'em While They're Hot by Jon-Christian Suggs (Mar 1998)
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - A Black And White Film by Charmane Sing (Nov 2003)
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - A Lesson In Advocacy by Laura Wing (Feb 2000)
TRAFFIC -
No One Comes Out Clean In Traffic by John Denvir
TRAFFIC -
The Invisible And Visible In Traffic by Taunya Lovell Banks (Feb 2002)
TRUE BELIEVER - How Can You Defend Those People? by John Denvir (Sep 2002)
TRIAL AND ERROR - Trial And Error On Film by Rob Waring (Feb 1998)
TWELVE ANGRY MEN - Twelve Angry Men by Mark Nunez (Apr 2000)
TWELVE ANGRY MEN -
Twelve (More) Angry Men by Ramon Palacio
TWELVE ANGRY MEN - Twelve Angry Men by Becky Pearson (Apr 2000)
TWINS -
Gattaca and Twins: What do they say about the future of Genetic discrimination? by Jacob White (Jul 2005)

UNFORGIVEN - Setting the Stage for Justice in the Revenge Genre Film by Dean Hitesman (Feb 2005)

VEER-ZAARA - Love and Law in Bollywood by Michael H. Hoffheimer (Aug 2005)
THE VERDICT
- They Pay Us To Win by John Denvir (May 1998)
THE VERDICT - "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" by F.C. DeCoste (Jul 2002)
VERTIGO - Law's Shadow by John Denvir

WAG THE DOG - Wag The Dog by John Denvir (Feb 1998)
WALKING TALL - A Jury Walks Tall
by Kenneth Wagner (Oct 2005)
THE WINSLOW BOY -
Return Of The Heroic Lawyers...And The Heroic Clients: The Winlow Boys And The Castle by Michael Asimow
THE WINSLOW BOY - Trial Of The Century? by Rob Waring
THE WINSLOW BOY -
Mamet's The Winslow Boy: Traps And Loopholes by Chris Jackson

YOUNG MR. LINCOLN - Tricky Abe by John Denvir (Feb 2003)



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