LA Law

Eighties legal series

LA Law is an American television legal drama that aired from 1986 to 1994, set in a Los Angeles law firm.

The show was influential in depicting ensemble workplace drama and tackled contemporary social issues.

It won numerous Emmy Awards and helped establish the template for prestige legal dramas that followed.

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legal · ensemble · divorce · litigation · attorney · briefcase · power suit · verdict · objection · partner · firm · eighties · opening credits · NBC · primetime · McKenzie · prosecutor · defendant

Categories
Opposites
television format/structure

LA LawPerry Mason

Fictional criminal defense attorney

Law & Order · Matlock · procedural drama · Murder She Wrote · Columbo

geographic/cultural setting

LA LawLaw & Order

Enforcement and adjudication

Boston Legal · NYPD Blue · The Good Wife · The Wire · Hill Street Blues

tone and prestige

LA LawJudge Judy

Night Court

Family

LA, law, laws, lawful, lawfully, unlawful, unlawfully, lawless, lawyer

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG