Does anyone actually believe it will be like Ally McBeal? Sure about that?

The glamour – money, big business, shiny offices, lots of clever beautiful people. Not convinced – here is what Litination has to say on the subject and its not so pretty: Things Lawyers Like – Secretly Wishing Their Careers Were More Like TV.

Ask a lawyer about his path to becoming a member of the bar and he will almost certainly bombard you with stories of the many mundane hours he spent reading and outlining… days and nights he spent reviewing documents and researching case law. In other words… a life that is nothing like what they show on popular TV shows about lawyers…

Lawyers have a love-hate relationship with TV legal dramas. They love the attention they bring to the profession, but they hate to admit that the practice of law really isn’t all that exciting. After all, hardly anyone wears a flattering outfit, flirts in the hallways or goes to happy hour with their entire department at 5:30 pm. Oh yeah, and the gossip and drama filled co-ed bathroom from Ally McBeal simply doesn’t exist at Big Law LLP. So, the lawyer’s only viable plan is to knock down the legal drama to build himself up.

A bit harsh? How about the British version of the US TV hit Law and Order, does it entice you into emotional lawyerly rants?

Nothing brings this out like Law & Order. Watch an episode of Law & Order with a group of lawyers and you are certain to hear statements like “You can’t do that!” or “That would never happen in real life.”

But truth be told, these same lawyers are excited to see a courtroom on TV and would love to see one in person some day; especially one where a dramatic cross-examination is interrupted by a theme song teaser and a commercial break…

Sounds dreamy. (Click for the full article)