Law Movie Night: Legally Blonde

Join the Legal Cinema Studies Society for a pre-finals study break on Thursday, April 14th at 7 PM in BLB Room 245.

Free popcorn and soda will be provided!

Omigod, you guys, I am so excited for this Law Movie Night. To get ready, I offer this song from the musical adapted from the movie:

The Lincoln Lawyer

Law Movie Night Out was a lot of fun! Thanks to everyone who came!

I recommend The Lincoln Lawyer to those who have not seen it yet. It is a very entertaining legal thriller, with lots of suspense all the way through.
The film touches on areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, and legal ethics.
I think the issues of legal ethics the film raises are most interesting. While the film's story is not very realistic, it is still interesting to watch how Matthew McConaughey's character deals with the ethical issues raised as the story progresses. He must deal with conflicts regarding the loyalty to his client and the duties imposed on criminal defense attorneys. The character bends some rules, and breaks some others.
The film makes for interesting discussion on legal ethics, and is quite entertaining. Overall: Highly recommended

Law Movie Night Out: The Lincoln Lawyer

On Wednesday, March 30, the Legal Cinema Studies Society invites you to join us at a local movie theater to watch the latest legal thriller to hit the big screens: The Lincoln Lawyer.

Specific times and location are TBD.

Rolling Stone's Peter Travers writes: The Lincoln Lawyer "is a slam-bang twister of a legal thriller."

Roger Ebert says The Lincoln Lawyer is "engagingly acted and entertaining."

Join us for a big-screen Law Movie Night event!

Conviction

A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders.

Join us for a screening of the recent film Conviction on Mar. 3th at 7 PM in BLB Room 245.
Free popcorn will be provided!

Directed by Tony Goldwyn
Starring Hillary Swank, Sam Rockwell, and Melissa Leo

Get ready for our next event: Conviction

Coming March 3...

To Kill a Mockingbird

Join us for a screening of the classic of American cinema To Kill a Mockingbird on Feb. 17th at 7 PM in BLB Room 245.
Free popcorn will be provided!

In Alabama in the early 1930s, Atticus Finch defends an innocent black man accused of raping a white woman. Through the hopeless trial, his young children learn about the prejudice in their town.

Gregory Peck won the Oscar for his portrayal of Atticus Finch, an iconic lawyer hero.

The American Film Institute ranked the film as the #1 courtroom drama.
AFI also ranked Atticus Finch as the #1 greatest movie hero of the 20th Century.

Come see this great adaptation of the classic novel by Harper Lee, a story of racial inequality and injustice.
Harper Lee's story was heavily influenced by the real-life case of the Scottsboro Boys.

AFI's Top 10 Courtroom Dramas

This is a great list put together by the American Film Institute: AFI's Top 10 Courtroom Dramas