Law Procedural

"[W]e should never lose sight of the fact that even a person accused of the most heinous crimes, and no matter the likelihood that he or she actually committed those crimes, is entitled to the full protection of the [law]. Short-cutting or short-circuiting those rights affects not only the accused, but also the entire reputation of the criminal justice system."

- Decision of the Canadian Supreme Court in R. v. Burlingham, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 206.

Watch the lawyers do their thing. Commonly known as a Courtroom Drama.

When it only lasts a single episode, it's a Courtroom Episode.


 * Ally McBeal
 * Boston Legal
 * Conviction
 * Damages, though it virtually has no scenes in actual courtrooms
 * Fairly Legal
 * Family Law
 * The Firm
 * Franklin and Bash
 * Garrows Law
 * The Good Wife
 * Harry's Law
 * JAG
 * The Australian series Janus.
 * Judging Amy
 * Just Cause
 * To Kill a Mockingbird
 * Kingdom
 * LA Law
 * The second half of Law and Order (See Police Procedural for the first half)
 * Law and Order Trial By Jury
 * Law and Order LA
 * Matlock
 * Murder One
 * Perry Mason (the ur-example)
 * Presumed Innocent
 * Phoenix Wright is a Video Game example.
 * The Practice
 * The Rainmaker
 * Raising the Bar
 * Rumpole of the Bailey
 * Sad Cypress
 * Shark
 * Silk
 * Suits
 * The Whole Truth