CSI, Judge Judy and civic education: the upside of pop-culture and media fascination with the justice system: it gives lawyers an opening to educate people about the legal process and profession.

Illinois Bar Journal › Vol. 95 Nbr. 10, October 2007

Author: Bisceglia, Joseph G.

Position:: Various 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' and other legal TV programs - President's page

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Various 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' and other legal TV programs - President's page

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CSI, Judge Judy and civic education: the upside of pop-culture and media fascination with the justice system: it gives lawyers an opening to educate people about the legal process and profession.

Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap--let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books and in Almanacs;--let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed i...

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