The source I have chosen for my Law in Culture Project is a show called How to Get Away with Murder, which is an American TV show that focuses on a group of law school students their criminal defense professor selects/a practicing attorney, who is known as Annalise Keating, for her fierce and strong black woman with tremendous power effects in the courtroom. The show deals with new cases and involves their personal issues as well. I want to focus on the cases that they deal with and how the law school students who are at the top of their class help Annalise with her subject jurisdiction in the Criminal Court. I chose this show in particular because it really portrays the background and all the analytical research, communications, assisting the attorney with witnesses, drafting statements, and many more. It’s a great example and correlation to my major being a paralegal and how the legal duties occur in a firm and in a court. I also recommend anyone to watch this show because it really is interesting. The student and professor, Annalise Keating, end up killing someone, and they try to protect each other and find an alibi to be proven innocent. In this show, not only do you have great examples of paralegal duties, but you also understand how our legal system works and state-wide jurisdiction. You see many examples of disparities in mass incarceration in the black community and how they’re treated differently. Professor Annalise takes a Death Row case as the defender and takes it to the Supreme Court of the United States. It’s on Netflix, by the way!

I chose “The FBI Files” which is an American television series which is about past FBI cases where reenactments of interviews are showed. The series has many cases that I want to dive deeper into. I chose this because I’m interested in the Law Enforcement aspect of law and i’m interested in how the FBI operates.

I chose the source ” Abducted at plain sight” which is a true crime documentary film created by Skye Borgman. This is a documentary based on the true story of Jan Broberg Felt who was kidnapped by her neighbor, it covers details of the abductions as well as showing how the case was resolved. This documentary has received multiple awards including the ” Newport Beach Film Festival” as well as many others. I chose this case since I am highly interested in true crime and like when the victims are alive to tell the story and spread awareness about issues like this.

The show I chose is called “Suits”. Suits is an American legal drama series created by Aaron Korsh which premiered on June 23, 2011. It has 9 seasons. You can watch it on Amazon prime video, YouTube and peacock. The show is fictional and based on a New York law firm.we get to see how a law office functions and how the different roles such as lawyers, paralegals and legal secretaries  come into play. It’s centered on a college dropout working side by side with one of the best lawyers in the city while keeping his background a secret from everyone. I’ve always wanted to watch it and I’ll keep y’all updated.

The source i have chose is Watch When They See Us. When They See Us is a 2019 American crime drama television miniseries written by Ava DuVernay . The film is about 5 teenagers that were accused of rape by a white lady. Many people knew it wasn’t true , but went with the lady’s side because she was white.While interrogated each one of the 5 boys would get beat by police officers. I chose this document because it says a lot about The history of racism in the United States.

 The source I have chosen was a documentary titled “The 13th”, which is based off the thirteenth amendment itself. It addresses the issues of Mass incarceration as well as race and social injustice in America. This film was directed by Ava Duvernay, and was released October 7th, 2016.  You can watch this on Netflix or YouTube. I chose this documentary because I feel that it is very informative and meaningful. Teachers in the past have told my classmates and I that it has won many awards and addresses lots of problems (with evidence/footage) that have happened in the past, and that are occurring in the present. While I was doing my research on the film, there are many politicians, teachers/professors and even survivors who experienced these issues who come to speak out and share some knowledge on the topic. I’m sure watching this documentary would teach me new things that will help me understand more about the U.S. legal system.

The Source I have chosen for my Law in Culture project is a film titled Just Mercy written and directed by Destin Cretton. The film is about a Harvard graduate lawyer named Stevenson who travels to Montgomery in an attempt to defend black people on death row who cannot afford proper representation. This film is a piece of non-fiction that was adapted by the memoir Just Mercy, created by attorney Bryan Stevenson who is also the protagonist in both film and book. I gravitated to the film more than the book because two of my favorite actors Michael B, Jordan and Jamie Fox play important roles in the film. I hope that with this film I will be able to dissect the law during the 80’s (where racism and sexism played a huge role) and compare it to the modern day law.