Law Students

The Good Wife: Week 10

By jessie

This week on The Good Wife: the BigLaw v. Public Service debate. The twist: the choice is before PowerSuit, the firm's female rainmaker, not a graduating 3L.  And this is television so the handsome, young, liberal crusader is taking kickbacks from corrupt juvenile prison contractors and the corporate defense attorneys are seeking justice for young at-risk children.

To me the most interesting - and for that matter realistic - storyline was PowerSuit's. In order to leave private practice and get party endorsement for a judicial post she has to relinquish her position in her firm. And her credit for her biggest cases. By the end of the episode maintaining her hard-won status in the private sector as well as an honest portrayal of her client relationships looks like the path of righteous indignation. The personal is political. And for PowerSuit that means keeping her clients, her control, and her name on the letterhead.  For this BigLaw woman, it's all about power. Love it.

This episode aired the same week as a number of relevant news items. First, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has been busy crusading against the continued practice in many states of electing judges.  It also came during a weekin which at least three high profile entertainment industry journalists weighed in on the portrayal and influence of women in television and film

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Full post as published by Ms. JD on December 29, 2009 (boomark / email).