Do popular legal shows get anything right about real-life lawyering?
It seems the masses can't get enough lawyer-drama to satisfy their cravings. One glance at the most popular shows and it's a miracle anything else gets made. But which ones appeal to real-life lawyers? We asked three TV-loving lawyers if the shows they've seen are as realistic as they are entertaining.
This outlandish show stars Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, a former lawyer and White House aide who spends her days protecting the images of the political elite.
In this legal dramedy, hotshot New York City lawyer Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) hires Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), a college dropout who never went to law school, but has a photographic memory. The pair con the partners into thinking Mike is a Harvard graduate.