Release Date: 1999
Director: Dennis Dugan
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
A man seeks to adopt a son in order to impress his girlfriend.
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Movies not only amuse and excite, but also educate and inform. This blog is a forum for commentary on the educational use of law related films. You are invited to comment on the movies posted by clicking on the film of your choice and adding your comment in the window below it. Feel free to discuss use of the movies in your classroom as well as assignments you've developed for them. The blog also welcomes comments on additional areas of law and legal themes you feel the movies portray.
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- THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE
- JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
- PRESUMED INNOCENT
- DEAD MAN WALKING
- CHANGING LANES
- CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
- BODY HEAT
- PHILADELPHIA
- BREAKER MORANT
- WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
- INHERIT THE WIND
- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
- AMISTAD
- ADAM'S RIB
- ABSENCE OF MALICE
- SUSPECT
- THE CLIENT
- THE FIRM
- ENEMY OF THE STATE
- EAGLE EYE
- BOILER ROOM
- ....AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
- 12 ANGRY MEN
- UNTRACEABLE
- PRIMAL FEAR
- ANATOMY OF A MURDER
- THE VERDICT
- MY COUSIN VINNY
- THE MONEY PIT
- SWORDFISH
- SNEAKERS
- DUPLEX
- A FEW GOOD MEN
- THE CHAMBER
- SLEEPERS
- DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
- IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES
- THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
- NORTH COUNTRY
- MUSIC BOX
- MINORITY REPORT
- HACKERS
- LOSING ISAIAH
- DOUBLE JEOPARDY
- NUTS
- GIDEON'S TRUMPET
- THE CONTENDER
- THE PELICAN BRIEF
- THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
- RUNAWAY JURY
- LIAR, LIAR
- DISCLOSURE
- LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD
- BEDAZZLED
- PACIFIC HEIGHTS
- THE RAINMAKER
- A TIME TO KILL
- ERIN BROCOVICH
- LAWS OF ATTRACTION
- INTERNAL AFFAIRS
- ILLEGALLY YOURS
- CLASS ACTION
- A CIVIL ACTION
- FRACTURE
- FOUR BROTHERS
- FATAL ATTRACTION
- COLLATERAL
- BABY MAMMA
- AN EYE FOR AN EYE
- A MURDER OF CROWS
- JUST CAUSE
- JAGGED EDGE
- L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
- KRAMER VS. KRAMER
- CHICAGO
- A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
- 10 Rillington Place
- ANTITRUST
- ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
- BIG DADDY
- BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD
- A PERFECT MURDER
- A MAN APART
- A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
- FIREWALL
- THE HURRICANE
- THE JUROR
- THE NEGOTIATOR
- MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
- AMERICAN GANGSTER
- MURDER IN THE FIRST
- THE READER
- REVERSAL OF FORTUNE
- CAPE FEAR
- BLIND FAITH
- BEFORE AND AFTER
- THE DARK KNIGHT
- 48 HOURS
- CITY HALL
- THE INSIDER
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Areas of Law / Themes
- Actus Reus (1)
- Admitted to the Bar (1)
- Adoption (3)
- Alibi (1)
- Ambulance Chasing (1)
- Appeals (6)
- Artificial Intelligence (1)
- Attorney-Client Privilege (1)
- Bigamy (1)
- Business Ethics (1)
- Capital Punishment (3)
- Censorship (1)
- Civil Litigation (9)
- Civil Procedure (1)
- Class Action (1)
- Computer Virus (1)
- confession (1)
- Confessions (3)
- Confidentiality (1)
- Confirmation Hearings (1)
- Conflit of Interest (1)
- Constitutional Law (4)
- Contract Law (3)
- Corporal Punishment (1)
- Corrections (2)
- Corruption (1)
- Criminal Investigation (5)
- Criminal Law and Procedure (61)
- Criminl Law and Procedure (6)
- Custody (1)
- Cybercrime (10)
- Cyberterrorism (3)
- Death Row (1)
- Defamation (2)
- Discovery (1)
- Discrimination (1)
- Divorce (4)
- Document Production (1)
- Domestic Violence (2)
- Drug Trafficing (1)
- Drug Trafficking (1)
- Dying Decleration (1)
- Emancipation (1)
- Embezzelment (2)
- Employment Law (2)
- Environmental Law (3)
- Estates and Trusts (1)
- Eviction (1)
- Evidence (2)
- Evidence Tampering (2)
- Expert Witnesses (1)
- Extortion (1)
- Family Law (10)
- Forgery (1)
- Fraud (3)
- Freedom of Religion (1)
- Hacking (6)
- Hit man (1)
- Hitman (1)
- Human Rights (1)
- Illegal Gambling (1)
- Impeachment (1)
- Imprisonment (1)
- Jail House Lawyer (1)
- Journalism (1)
- Jury Consultant (1)
- Jury Deliberations (2)
- Jury Nullification (1)
- Jury Tampering (4)
- Landlord Tenant Law (2)
- Law Office Management (1)
- Legal Ethics (15)
- Malice (1)
- Manslaughter (2)
- Mediation (1)
- Medical Malpractice (1)
- Meeting of the Minds (1)
- Mens Rea (1)
- Mental Incompetency (1)
- Mercy Killing (1)
- Military Law (2)
- Mistaken Identity (1)
- Money Laundering (1)
- Murder (1)
- Murder for Hire (1)
- Organized Crime (13)
- Parental Rights (2)
- Parole (3)
- Pergury (1)
- Perjury (5)
- Police Brutality (2)
- Police Corruption (10)
- Political Corruption (2)
- Politics (2)
- Prejudice (1)
- Prenuptual Agreements (1)
- Pro Se Representation (1)
- Product Liability (1)
- Racism (1)
- Rape (5)
- Real Estate Law (3)
- Retribution (1)
- RICO Act (1)
- Right of Privacy (1)
- Right to Counsel (1)
- Role of Paralegal (1)
- Scam (2)
- Scam Artist (4)
- Self Defense (1)
- Sexism (1)
- Sexual Harassment (2)
- Stalker (2)
- Statutory Rape (1)
- Surveillance (1)
- The Rule Against Perpetuities (1)
- Torts (1)
- Treason (1)
- Tresspassing (1)
- Trial (40)
- War Crimes (3)
- Whistle Blowing (1)
- Wills and Trusts (2)
- Worms (1)
Movies in Alphabetical Order
- ...And Justice for All
- 12 Angry Men
- A Civil Action
- A Few Good Men
- A History of Violence
- A Man Apart
- A Man for All Seasons
- A Murder of Crows
- A Perfect Murder
- A Time to Kill
- Absence of Malice
- Adam's Rib
- All the President's Men
- American Gangster
- Amistad
- An Eye For An Eye
- Anatomy of a Murder
- Antitrust
- Bedazzled
- Before the Devil Know You're Dead
- Big Daddy
- Big Momma's House 2
- Body Heat
- Boiler Room
- Breaker Morant
- Catch Me if You Can
- Changing Lanes
- Chicago
- City Hall
- Class Action
- Collateral
- Dead Man Walking
- Devil in a Blue Dress
- Disclosure
- Double Jeopardy
- Duplex
- Eagle Eye
- Enemy of the State
- Erin Brocovich
- Fatal Attraction
- Firewall
- Fracture
- Gideon's Trumpet
- Hackers
- Illegally Yours
- Inherit the Wind
- Internal Affairs
- Ireconcilable Differences
- Jagged Edge
- Judgment at Nuremberg
- Just Cause
- Kramer vs. Kramer
- L.A. Confidential
- Laws of Attraction
- Liar, Liar
- Live Free or Die Hard
- Losing Isaiah
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
- Minority Report
- Murder in the First
- Music Box
- My Cousin Vinny
- North Country
- Nuts
- Pacific Heights
- Philadelphia
- Presumed Innocent
- Primal Fear
- Reversal of Fortune
- Runaway Jury
- Sleepers
- Sneakers
- Suspect
- Swordfish
- The Chamber
- The Client
- The Devil's Advocate
- The Firm
- The Hurricane
- The Insider
- The Juror
- The Life of David Gale
- The Money Pit
- The Negotiator
- The Pelican Brief
- The Rainmaker
- The Reader
- The Shawshank Redemption
- The Verdict
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Untraceable
- Why Do Fools Fall in Love
- Witness
- Young Mr. Lincoln
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- Reginia Judge is an assistant professor in the Department of Justice Studies at Montclair State University. In addition to teaching hands-on courses entitled, “Computer Applications in the Legal Environment” and "Law Office Management and Technology", she lectures in the areas of Consumer Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, Real Estate Law and Civil Litigation. Professor Judge is the coordinator of Justice Studies Technology and the Computer Assisted Legal Research Project. Her current research is in the areas of Cybercrime and the use of law related film in the Paralegal and Justice Studies curricula.
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