Word: onely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Thursday night, and the scene is a familiar one, both on screen and off. On "L.A. Law," photogenic young barristers execute melodramatic cross-examinations. And at Harvard, students live out "fantasy law" with them--en masse...
Without fail, one night a week, 200 to 300 "L.A. Law" groupies leave their law school casebooks behind and gravitate to Harkness Commons to cheer and sneer their idols...
Victor Sifuentes, the firm's ardent champion of the "underdog" client, is the attorney one student finds most endearing...
...attorneys do take on their share of pro bono work. But other aspects of the show sometimes draw criticism from the literal-minded fans in Harkness Commons. "It's the behavior you always think of--Perry Mason pacing back and forth--but you would never actually see that," one third-year student says of the "L.A. Law"yers' courtroom demeanor. "You want to direct attention to the witness and not yourself...
...One group of students even say they use "L.A. Law" as a study aid. "It's a good way to review the law," says second-year student Walter F. Fasse. "I think the show is becoming more technically correct...