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The Trials of Law School: A Journey in Law, A Journey in Life

The Trials of Law School:  A Journey in Law, A Journey in Life, the first feature-length documentary film about U.S. Law Schools, is scheduled to be released later this summer.  Here is the trailer:

The film follows eight students through their first year of law school "as they encounter a new language, a new way of thinking and a new way of life. . .  [The film] features interviews from acclaimed law professors from law schools around the country. The film seeks to capture the essence of an incoming first year student’s transition to law school."

The documentary was filmed at twenty-six law schools:  American, Boston College, Boston University, Baylor, Chicago, Columbia, Elon, Emory, Florida, Georgetown, Harvard, Maryland, Michigan, NYU, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pepperdine, SMU, St. Thomas, Seattle, Stanford, Texas, USC, Vanderbilt, Washington (St. Louis), and Wisconsin.  Among the law profs featured are Randy Barnett (Georgetown), Angela Davis (American), Rich Freer (Emory), Elizabeth Garrett (USC), John Goldberg (Vanderbilt), John Kidwell (Wisconsin), Paula Lustbader (Seattle), Judith McMorrow (Boston College), Marty Peters (Elon), Eric Posner (Chicago), Richard Primus (Michigan), Patrick Schiltz (St. Thomas), Chris Slobogin (Florida), David Sokolow (Texas), Mark Tushnet (Harvard), and Elizabeth Warren (Harvard).

The writer, producer, and director is Porter Heath Morgan, a 2004 graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law.


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