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          Complementing last year’s feature on the greatest
          legal movies, the August 2009 issue of the ABA
          Journal features a cover story on the 25 greatest
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          program presents a lively panel discussion of the
          Journal’s picks by leading experts, including those
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          From Perry Mason to The Paper Chase to Law &
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          the experts. Let us know if you agree with the
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                          For more details on the ABA Public Program Series, visit
                           www.abanet.org/publiced/programseries/invite.shtml.
The
           25                              Greatest Legal TV Shows
                                           A Public Discussion of the ABA Journal
                                           August 2009 cover story

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION PUBLIC PROGRAM SERIES
Tuesday, July 28 • 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

PANELISTS
                       JILL GOLDSMITH is a writer and producer for television with credits on such Emmy
                       Award-winning series as Law & Order, NYPD Blue, The Practice, Boston Legal, and Ally McBeal.
                       In 2008 she was a finalist for the Humanitas Award, which honors TV writing “that explores the
                       human condition.” Goldsmith spent seven years as a public defender in the Cook County Public
                       Defender’s Office in Chicago. She earned a J.D. from Washington University School of Law.



                       KIMBERLIANNE PODLAS is Assistant Professor of Media Law in the Department
                       of Broadcasting and Cinema at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. She is also director
                       of the university’s film festival. Her research looks at the relationship between television’s legal
                       lore and public understanding of and attitudes toward law. She has published more than 30
                       articles examining such television shows as CSI, The People’s Court, Law & Order, Survivor, and
                       The Simpsons. Podlas previously practiced criminal appellate law in New York City, arguing more
                       than 100 cases. She received her J.D. from the University of Buffalo School of Law.


                       JEFFREY E. THOMAS is Associate Dean for International Programs and Professor of
                       Law at the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law. He is the editor of a forthcoming
                       book on Harry Potter and the Law and has also written about “Legal Culture and The Practice.”
                       Thomas teaches courses in the law school’s LLM program for international students on law and
                       lawyering and American law and legal culture. He received his J.D. from the University of California,
                       Berkeley (Boalt Hall) and undergraduate degree in political science at Loyola Marymount University,
                       but “spent most of his time in college engaged in intercollegiate debate.”


About the American Bar Association Public Program Series
This event is part of a series of regular public programs about law and legal issues of general interest, which are being held at the

                       American Bar Association
                       Headquarters Office in Downtown Chicago
                       321 N. Clark St.
                       Chicago, IL 60654




      For more details on the ABA Public Program Series and to register, visit
              www.abanet.org/publiced/programseries/invite.shtml.