From a reader:

Jonah:
I recently took a position at the Appellate Defender’s office, where my job
is to review criminal trial proceedings for reversible error on behalf of
criminal defendants. When I saw the premise for “In Justice” my blood went
cold. First L.A. Law says I have to be beautiful and intelligent to be
successful as a lawyer. Then comes Allie MacBeal, saying I have to be
skinny, quirky and neurotic and single to be successful as a lawyer. Then
comes Law & Order, which tells me three times a week that, as a
conservative, I can only work for the prosecution and I have to work till
8:00 or 9:00 at night and have no life to be successful (and I have to look
like Angie Harmon, too). Then comes Boston Legal, which tells me I have to
be quirky, brilliant and an unethical snake in the grass to boot, to be
successful as a lawyer. Now comes In Justice, which says that in a mere
matter of days, “truly brilliant” attorneys can go in and unscrew what
stupid judges, stupid juries, stupid defense attorneys and evil prosecutors
took years to accomplish, i.e., the conviction of the innocent. Yeah,
’cause that’s what our legal system is really all about.
Just what we need: Yet another show that gives the public a completely
unrealistic perception of how our legal system works, what lawyers can
accomplish, and how long it takes to do anything within the system.
I’m not in favor of any more laws on the books, but I would like to propose
this one: No more t.v. programs about lawyers! Go make a show about
claims adjusters, or automobile manufacturers, or tax accountants, and
leave lawyers alone and let us do our job!