Our collective perceptions of trial lawyers comes from the golden era of television, where the practice of trial law was romanticized over decades. Whether the public’s perception of the lives and careers of trial lawyers were shaped by Mason, Matlock, Becker—or even Goodman, Chiles, and Hutz—these characters brought the lives of trial lawyers into our living rooms.

More importantly, the best of these portrayals influenced many people to go to law school and pursue litigation as a career path. As these characters kept coming into our homes, our law schools benefited from the influx of young people who wanted to be trial lawyers.

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