The Consumer Law Magazine Issue #4 Jan 1 | Page 13

''Suits'' is an American legal drama TV series about a fictional law firm in New York City and a talented college dropout Mike Ross, who starts working as a law associate for Harvey Specter, even though he never attended law school. Mike Ross makes a living illegally taking the Law School Admission Test for others in order to pay for his grandmother's care. The TV series concentrates on Harvey Specter and Mike Ross's closing complicated cases while keeping Mike's secret. A fascinating fact is, one of the former leading actresses of Suits is Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, a member of the British royal family.

Many of ‘‘Suits’’ fans are wondering whether the TV show is an accurate depiction of what it's like to be a lawyer.

Some lawyers think that this TV show quite accurately represents the true life of a lawyer than most other TV programs. The Huffington Post quotes a lawyer from Las Vegas who wrote on Quora that ‘’ Every Hollywood production is going to be inaccurate because it cuts out all the boring stuff that people do and adds sex appeal to the stuff that remains.’’

Another imprecision is that some of the personages are litigators, who work as transactional lawyers. In fact, in big and renowned law companies, as Suits advocates itself, a lawyer focuses on one particular area of law. Transactional work is research-based, it involves preparing contracts, reviewing documents, and negotiating. Litigation requires representing clients and spending time in courtrooms.

Nevertheless, one of the fairly accurate depictions of ‘‘Suits’’ is the high salaries and the fanciness surrounding the lawyers-protagonists like eating at first-class restaurants and living in large Manhattan apartments.

The authors of 'Suits' have created extremely beautiful scenes and written a powerful plot, not to mention really cool background music. In other words, this legal drama is charming, inspiring, stylish and really well written. A must-watch TV show for an audience that loves legal action!

Is "Suits" an Accurate Representation of What it's Like to be a Lawyer?

series about a fictional law firm in New York City and a talented college dropout Mike Ross, who starts working as a law associate for Harvey Specter, even though he never attended law school. Mike Ross makes a living illegally taking the Law School Admission Test for others in order to pay for his grandmother's care. The TV series concentrates on Harvey Specter and Mike Ross's closing complicated cases while keeping Mike's secret. A fascinating fact is, one of the former leading actresses of Suits is Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, a member of the British royal family.

Many of ‘‘Suits’’ fans are wondering whether the TV show is an accurate depiction of what it's like to be a lawyer.

Some lawyers think that this TV show quite accurately represents the true life of a lawyer than most other TV programs. The Huffington Post quotes a lawyer from Las Vegas who wrote on Quora that ‘’ Every Hollywood production is going to be inaccurate because it cuts out all the boring stuff that people do and adds sex appeal to the stuff that remains.’’

Another imprecision is that some of the personages are litigators, who work as transactional lawyers. In fact, in big and renowned law companies, as Suits advocates itself, a lawyer focuses on one particular area of law. Transactional work is research-based, it involves preparing contracts, reviewing documents, and negotiating. Litigation requires representing clients and spending time in courtrooms.

Nevertheless, one of the fairly accurate depictions of ‘‘Suits’’ is the high salaries and the fanciness surrounding the lawyers-protagonists like eating at first-class restaurants and living in large Manhattan apartments.

The authors of 'Suits' have created extremely beautiful scenes and written a powerful plot, not to mention really cool background music. In other words, this legal drama is charming, inspiring, stylish and really well written. A must-watch TV show for an audience that loves legal action!

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