Films about attending Law School

Law School 

Law Students and getting through Law School 

Character (1997)
Based on the novel Karakter by F. Bordewijk [First Published in 1938]. Set in the Netherlands during the 1920’s Jacob Katadreuffe who has just finished law school is seen covered in blood leaving the office of Dreverhaven a court officer. After Jacob is arrested, he tells the police his life story as he is born out of wedlock to deciding to become a lawyer facing adversity along the way.

Class (2010)
Wealthy Whitt Sheffield is in his final year of law school is assigned by his professor to act as an advocate and help a poor single mother, Kylie Burch. The two of them clash at first but as they learn about each other, and their situations while falling in love.

Conviction (2010)
Based on a true story; Kenny Waters was wrongfully convicted of a murder he did not commit.  His sister Betty Anne Waters a single mother puts herself through to represent her brother and prove his innocents.

Golden Time (2013-2014)
A slice of life anime.  Banri Tad is a college student that leaves his small hometown to attend a Law School in Tokyo, Japan. He struggles to adapt to college life, living in a large city, and falling in love.

Handel With Care (1958)
Set in Haverton a fictional town with a Law School. A professor is holding a mock grand jury investigation and trial into the town of Haverton. Star student Zachery Davis discovers that the town’s beloved mayor may have committed tax fraud. In his investigation he angers and alienates the town’s people and his classmates. While learning that what is moral and following the letter of the law are not always simple and black and white.

Law School (2021)
Set in Hankuk Law School in South Korea a professor is murdered. Another professor leads a group of his students to investigate the crime and prove the guilt or innocence of the main suspect following the rule of law.

Legally Blonde (2001)
Elle Woods is fun loving blonde that is about to graduate from college with a degree in fashion design and plans on marrying her wealthy college boyfriend Warner Huntington III. When Warner gets accepted to Harvard Law School, he dumps her. Hurt and determined to prove he made a mistake. Elle applies and is accepted to Harvard Law School as well. Where she proves that she has what it takes to graduate and become a lawyer. 

Listen To Me (1989)
Set at Kentmore College students of various backgrounds are on one of the top debate teams in the country. The students compete to earn a chance to debate Harvard in front of the US Supreme Court on the subject of abortion.

Murder 101 (2014) 
Law student Fiona is starting a criminology class when various murders start happening around campus. Discovering that she is connected to the victims she decides to investigate and stop the murders. 

The Paper Chase (1973)
Based on the novel The Paper Chase by John Jay Osborn Jr. [First Published in 1971]. James T. Hart has been accepted to Harvard Law School he struggles with the Socratic Method used by Professor W. Kingsfield Jr. and a study group member not finishing the year.

The Paper Chase (1978-1986)
Based on the novel The Paper Chase by John Jay Osborn Jr. [First Published in 1971] and the 1973 film The Paper Chase. James T. Hart from Minnesota is accepted to Harvard Law School where he and fellow students get through law school under the Professor W. Kingsfield Jr. an expert in Contract Law.

The Pelican Brief (1993)
Based on the novel The Pelican Brief by John Grisham [First Published in 1992] After two US Supreme Court Justices are murdered a law student Darby Shay writes a legal brief on why these two were killed and who wanted them dead. She gives it to her professor and boyfriend, and he sends it to the FBI. Powerful people in the US Government become worried about the contents of the brief order all those who know it to be killed. Darby Shaw barely escapes as attempt on her life joins forces with an ambitious reporter to expose the conspiracy and to stay alive.

Slip and Fall (2011)
Danny Cuemdumpstier is in his final year of law school and broke. Determined to finish his father figure/boss the school janitor helps him to fake a slip and fall injury to get the money to pay off his debts and pay for his tuition. 

Soul Man (1986)
After Mark Watson graduates from college, he gets accepted to Harvard Law School. The problem is that his father has cut him off, so Mark has to fund his own way if he wants to attend. He discovers a full scholarship that is available. The catch is that it is for a male minority student so Mark who white poses as an African American. As a student he learns about race and that he if the scholarship had remained unclaimed it would have gone to a female classmate that he becomes involved with. So, he sets out to make up for his actions.  

A list of films about with Pandemics and or Epidemics

With the Corona Virus: Covid 19 so active in the world these types of films will be popular as they were when SARS was uncontained. I expect that some of these titles will get remade. 


Pandemic = An illness that affects the population at large and worldwide.

Epidemic = affects a people at a certain place and time in high rates but is contained.

Epidemics 

Containment (2016) 
A Remake of the miniseries Cordon (2014). A man-made disease makes its way to the general population in Atlanta, Georgia. Unable to stop it early The US Government quarantines a large section of the city. 

28 Days Later… (2002) 
Animal activists break into a laboratory to free the lab animals. While releasing the test animals they release a Rage Virus upon the world. 28 Days later a man in a coma wakes up to find London seemingly abandoned.  

Cabin Fever (2002) (2016) 
Five college students go to a secluded cabin. While at the cabin a patient zero that has contracted a flesh-eating sickness dies and falls in a water reservoir that supplies the cabin. One by one the students get sick. The 2002 version is followed by 2 sequels. 

The Patriot (1998) 
Inspired by the novel The Last Canadian by William C. Heine [First Published in 1974]. A leader of a militia group is put on trial by the US government. Wanting revenge, he infects the judge presiding over the case with a manmade virus. The virus ends up spreading quickly causing the town to be quarantined. A local immunologist races to find the cure. 

Voyage of Terror (1998)

An Ebola like virus infects the passengers and crew of a cruise ship Orion Star. As Doctors and scientists seek to find a cure while several passengers try and escape by any means necessary.  

Contagious (1997) 

When Shrimp tainted with Cholera is served on a plane headed for L.A. Once in LA it quickly spreads. A Doctor that works for a CDC like organization fights to stop the spread of the disease. 

Outbreak (1995) 
An African monkey is a carrier for a deadly and contagious virus which is captured and smuggled into the US. The virus quickly mutates to airborne and spreads among the population of a small California town. The CDC and United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases work to contain and cure the illness.

Black Death A.K.A Quiet Killer (1992) Based on the book The Black Death by Gwyneth Cravens & John S Marr [First Published in 1977] A young girl contracts the plague from a squirrel while on vacation. After she succumbs to the sickness, the City of New York and Dr. Nora Hart do what they can to keep it from spreading. 

Variola Vera (1982)
Based on the true story of a smallpox outbreak in Yugoslavia in 1972. 

Killer On Board (1977)
A deadly virus is unknowingly brought on board a cruise ship. The virus quickly spreads to the passengers and crew killing those infected and causing others to panic. 

The Cassandra Crossing (1976) 
A plague is discovered on a passenger train traveling through Europe. The train is quickly sealed and quarantined. A Doctor, his writer ex-wife and others on the train try to keep the passengers alive.  

Stigma (1972) 
A Doctor goes to a remote island community and discovers a syphilis outbreak being hidden by the town. 

The Andromeda Strain (1971/2008) 
Based on the novel The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton [First Published in 1969] After a satellite crash lands in Arizona in a nearby town all of the animals and only 2 people die within minutes of coming into contact with a pathogen later called Andromeda. A Group of scientist labor to stop the pathogen.  

A Matter of WHO (1961) 
After a man flying into England presents with smallpox an agent of the World Health Organization is sent to investigate.

They Rode West (1954) 

1st Lt. Allen Steward MD is a newly commissioned officer is sent to his first posting at a western fort near an Indian reservation for a tribe of Kiowa. In his new post he clashes with the fort commander Col. Waters and the Medicine Men with the treatment and prevention of malaria. 

The Killer That Stalked New York (1950) 
Smuggler Sheila Bennet is carrying a fortune in diamonds is also a smallpox carrier and has unknowingly infected other people. A Treasure Agent and a Doctor are searching for her for different reasons.

Panic In The Streets (1950) 
When a body is found on the docks of New Orleans it is revealed that they were suffering from the pneumonic plague. A Doctor, the police with the support of the Mayor track down the people that may have come into contact with the pathogen. 

In Old California (1942)
Boston Pharmacist Tom Craig travels to Sacramento California to establish a pharmacy. While building his business he clashes with a local political boss and saves the day when an epidemic strikes.

The Painted Veil (1934) (2006)
Based on the novel The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham [First Published in 1925]. Set in the 1920's Kitty a woman of British high society gets married to a Doctor based out of China. Having married him for the wrong reasons she quickly has an affair. When her husband finds out he gives her a choice of divorce or to go with him to face a cholera epidemic in rural China. Together head to the outbreak where they grow as people and face the realities of marriage. 

Pandemic

Chinese Doctors (2021)
Starting in 2019 the film shows a fictionalized account of what Doctors in Wuhan went through. As well as how China delt with Covid 19 outbreak. 

To The Lake (2019-2022)

A new deadly virus appears in Moscow, Russia the city, then the country and lastly the world shut down. Sergey takes his girlfriend, her son along with his ex-wife and their own son and a neighbor family go to an uninhabited island to escape the virus. 

The Last Ship (2014-2018) 
Inspired by the book The Last Ship by William Brinkley [First Published in 1988]. The Nathan James has been in the Antarctic for several months under commutations black out. When the mission has been completed, they learn that most of the world has been wiped out by a pandemic and that they have the one person most likely to create the cure.

Contagion (2011) 

A woman returns from Hong Kong dies within days from a flu. A Day later her son also dies. Then it quickly spreads around the world. The rest of the film show various stories of people working to stop/cure the illness, taking advantage of the situation and a few just trying to survive as the world slows to a crawl. 

Pandemic (2009) 

After a woman is misdiagnosed, her Doctor realizes that a new and deadly disease is going to become a pandemic. The Doctor and other health officials race to stop it from spreading, find its origin, and cure or vaccine. 

Blindness (2008) 
Based on the novel Blindness by Jose Saramago [First Published in 1995] One day various people of all social and economic classes are struck down with something that causes blindness. The afflicted are quarantined and mostly forgotten.  A Group of survivors fight for safety and freedom. 

Pandemic (2007)

A Bird Flu called riptide virus kills an American surfer on his way home from a vacation in Australia. It spreads quickly among the other passengers, and across the globe. Scientists from the CDC and city officials from Los Angles work on creating a cure and stopping the spread of the virus. 

Plague City: SARS In Toronto (2005) 

Based on the real events when SARS reached Toronto, Canada. The story shows what was happening in the city overall and with the more personal stories focusing on one of the region's biggest hospitals. 

City of Sars (2003) 

This is an anthology that shows different people dealing with the SARS outbreak in China. 

Robin Cook's Invasion (1997)
Based on the novel Invasion by Robin Cook [First Published in 1997] Small black rocks from space infect people with something that mutates them. Scientist’s network and share information to save the world. 

Fatal Contact: Bird Flu In America (1996) 
A Mutated bird flu is spreading around the world. A team of experts search for the carriers and find a cure. 

The Stand (1994) (2020) 
Based on The Stand, by Stephen King [First Published in 1978] A man-made plague gets out of the lab and quickly spreads and kills most of the world’s population. Then the story takes a supernatural turn with most of the remaining population from North America go to Las Vegas, NV or Boulder, CO.

And The Band Played On (1993) 

Based on the book And The Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts [First Published in 1987]. The story of the AIDS Virus, the politics surrounding the Virus and the people involved in stopping it during its early days.   

I Am Legend (1964/2007) The Omega Man (1971) Based on the short story I am Legend by Richard Matheson [First Published in 1954]. Most of humanity has been killed or mutated by a virus the last man that is immune or vaccinated depending on version seeks to find the cure.