The Paper Chase (TV Series)

My all-time favorite TV series with a great original theme song by Seals and Croft. CBS dropped the series after one season but it was picked up by Showtime for another three. John Houseman was unforgettable as Prof Kingsfield.

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[dovp44]

"Thinking like a lawyer" means that your mind is trained to be logical, compare issues, analyze facts instead of fiction, reason instead of emotion, be sharp and undestand the gray areas and nuances of human interaction, be able to think on your feet and perform under pressure, these qualities were not only good in the 70's but today. It's funny how some people put lawyers down but when they need to right a wrong they seek a lawyer right away.

[kfw444]

Now this was good TV.

[telamon2011]

I have two doctorates (PhDs), and am both a consultant and a professor, and I certainly meant no disrespect toward attorneys. But I will be the first to admit that my doctoral education, long and brutal as it often was, could not be fathomably as close to medical education in terms of its challenges, at least based on my own extensive research and interviews. You must admit, however, that there are law schools out there that will admit virtually anyone, the same cannot be said for medicine.

[dovp44]

@telamon2011 Hey I have a PhD and went to almost three years of medical school. I did not finish because my interest was not there; after that i went to law school and graduated, on top of that I have owned two business and currently have one on top of my law practice. It is just a different type of education and learning. I know of dumb people in medical schools and practicing as medical doctors. Do you have any advanced degree beyond Masters to judge what higher education is?

[eyeshadowdurp]

@telamon2011 I love Asheley because I was her in my school's production and I just live her character <3 She's so sweet and adorable

[Potomacstud]

Oh I hate that man ...it's kings field ...nooooooo

[telamon2011]

@eyeshadowdurp

I love Asheley! I love Deka Beaudine! Why did they release her from this show, I remember her in the pilot episode!

[telamon2011]

@eyeshadowdurp

I love Asheley! I love Deka Beaudine! Why did they release her from this show!

[eyeshadowdurp]

omg Asheley <3333

[telamon2011]

The phrase "if you survive" is kind of ridiculous in that law schools have incredibly low dropout rates, including the Ivy League. While the work is long and tedious, it basically involves little more than rote memory of various cases, in class exams rather than research papers (and papers, when they ARE assigned, are short in length), no comprehensive examinations, and no dissertations. PhD programs have far higher dropout rates, as do medical schools. And it is only three years!

[telamon2011]

Law is all relative. Laws are made up by fallible people, thus laws are themselves fallible, and are in turn practiced by fallible lawyers with limited attention spans or intellectual depth outside of the law. Medicine cures and heals, and is far more absolute. My sympathy lies far more with the doctors. After all, what are lawyers but people without the grades to get into medical school and without the broad based intelligence, stamina and patience to earn PhDs?

[spacepatrolman]

@Lindawatcher I guess I could handle it with a black and white tv