Images of Law and Lawyers in Popular Culture and Literature

Images of Law and Lawyers in Popular Culture and Literature

50 points

 

Your task in this assignment is to evaluate a contemporary images of law and lawyers in popular culture and literature.  You have VERY wide latitude here in crafting your presentation.  Sift throughsome popular culture works that deal with law and lawyers (books, TV shows, movies, plays, songs) and look for something, a theme, that you find interesting.  It may be a recurring theme--lawyers can't be trusted--or it may be a theme of contrasting images--lawyers as good guys vs. lawyers as bad guys.  What you are looking for is image or impression about how popular culture views law or lawyers.  Here is a link to some  law related songs .  And a link about  lawyers in movies .

First, you need to summarize the describe the images.  What do these images say about low and lawyers or about our impressions of them?  Next, interpret the images.  Are they accurate (perhaps as far as they go)?  Are they fair?  Are they representative?  Finally, evaluate the images in terms of social attitudes about law and lawyers.  What do these images say we think about law and lawyers?  Is that, in your view, a fair and accurate portrayal of societal views on law and lawyers?  Why?

 

Technical specifications:

length                          15 minutes for the total presentation ,leave time to take questions.

citations                      You may use any citation style that you like (APA, MLA, Chicago), so long as your sources are clear and easily researched.

mechanics                   Presentation matters,  dress appropriately as you would for a formal presentation at work.  Grammar, spelling, pronunciation, etc. count.

sources                        You should use at least 2 different sources for this presentation.  Do not count two images or impressions from one source (one movie or TV show) as 2 images or impressions.  Try to use diverse sources--                                    sources that represent different social, political, economic perspectives.

Scoring Criteria:

Identification and presentation of 2 images or impressions                           15 points

Interpretation and analysis                                                                              10 points

Evaluation of the social message                                                                     10 points

Personal Presentation and Presentation Quality                                              10 points

Use of time                                                                                                         5 points