Feb. 4 – Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
Professor Clifford Scott-Rudnick: “Primal Fear with Richard Gere, Edward Norton and a great supporting cast. [The law office and courtroom scenes] accurately depict what goes through the mind of a criminal defense attorney.”
Professor Cynthia Bond: “The Sweet Hereafter. While it’s never advisable to seek reality in Hollywood, this film portrays pretrial practice, with a lawyer figure who is complex and imminently human.”
Daniel Cotter (JD ’95): “To Kill a Mockingbird. It reflects to the greatest extent what the law should aspire to be in terms of causes and advocacy.”
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