Quiz
Which classic 1949 film stars Katharine Hepburn as defense attorney Amanda Bonner, making it one of the earliest major Hollywood movies to feature a competent, high-powered female lawyer fighting for equal rights in a courtroom?
Chapter 1
Trailblazers of the courtroom
Chapter 2
Television's legal revolution
Chapter 3
Silver screen advocates
Chapter 4
Global courtroom dramas
YOUR GOAL
Master of Women lawyers in pop culture
Ch 3 · Silver screen advocates
schopenhauer Silver Screen Advocates
Never wet your hair after a fresh new perm, so tell us why you're lying on the witness stand!
schopenhauer Although not a lawyer, legal clerk Erin Brockovich's real-life environmental lawsuit became an Oscar-winning film in 2000.
schopenhauer The 1949 classic film Adam's Rib featured a married couple facing off as opposing attorneys in a high-profile trial.
BETA
schopenhauer Match iconic screen lawyers to discover how women shaped legal history in pop culture.
Fun Fact
Pink power: The production team of Legally Blonde actually visited Harvard Law School to ensure the setting felt real, though the school declined to let them film on campus.
Glossary
silver screen (noun)
The movie industry or motion pictures collectively. The 1937 film Portia on Trial was one of Hollywood's earliest movies to feature a female attorney.
The movie industry or motion pictures collectively. The 1937 film Portia on Trial was one of Hollywood's earliest movies to feature a female attorney.
Quiz
In the 2001 comedy film 'Legally Blonde', which fashion-forward law student successfully defends a fitness mogul on trial for murder by using her knowledge of perm maintenance?
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What was Elle Woods's undergraduate major before she went to Harvard Law in Legally Blonde?
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What is the name of the Harvard Law student played by Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde?
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For which movie did Julia Roberts win an Oscar playing a real-life legal clerk in 2000?
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Which famous legal thriller author wrote The Pelican Brief, featuring a female law student protagonist?
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How much money was the real-life settlement in the Erin Brockovich case against PG&E?
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Which actress played the young Scout Finch in the 1962 film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird?
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Which 1949 film starred Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy as married opposing lawyers?