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A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 2

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Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 84 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Starring: Eddie Griffin, Robert Shapiro, Scott Turow, Alan Dershowitz

Starring: Eddie Griffin, Robert Shapiro, Scott Turow, Alan Dershowitz, Vernon E. Jordan, Michael Ian Black, John Stossel, Nancy Grace

Director: Eric Chaiken

Director: Eric Chaiken

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Apr 8, 2008

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  • A documentary exploring the influence of the law and it's practitioners on American Culture while following six characters as they do whatever it takes to become lawyers themselves. The film features legal luminaries, politicians, well known comedians, celebrity lawyers and other notables including actor and comedian Eddie Griffin, OJ attorney Robert Shapiro, CNN's Nancy Grace, Court TV's Catherine Crier, Novelist Scott Turow, Legal commentator Alan Dershowitz, U.S. Senator John Cornyn, Clinton Adviser Vernon Jordan, renowned trial lawyers, Joe Jamail, Mark Lanier, Jacoby & Meyers, Comedy Central's Michael Ian Black and ABC's John Stossel among others!
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    tears the law profession down before quietly building it back up again.

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    Christopher Null
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    I never really understand what it really means to be a lawyer, and this movie did a great job at showing me what it takes and why people choose this profession.

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