James R. Elkins


Archive || 2017


Wednesday, August 16: Introduction to the Course

The following materials were distributed at our first class meeting:

The Instructor's Perspective on Lawyers & Film: James R. Elkins, Reading/Teaching Lawyer Films, 28 Vt. L. Rev. 814 (2004) [on-line text] [For a condensed version of the essay, see Reading Lawyer Films, 25 (1) Les Cahiers de APLIUT (2006)] [on-line text]

The instructor's critique of legal film criticism, see James R. Elkins, Popular Culture, Legal Films, and Legal Film Critics, 40 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 745 (2007) [on-line text]

Note: Significant parts of both the Vermont and Loyola Los Angeles essays are incorporated into the course website.

Theoretical Orientation of the Course: "The Humanistic Approach," in Tim Bywater& Thomas Sobchack, An Introduction to Film Criticism: Major Critical Approaches to Narrative Film 24-47 (New York Longman, 1989)

A Theoretical Perspective & an Argument for What We Can Do with Film: Rebecca Johnson & Ruth Buchanan, Getting the Insider's Story Out: What Popular Film Can Tell Us about Legal Method's Dirty Secrets, 20 Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice 87 (2001)

Wednesday, August 23: "Adam's Rib"

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Wednesday, Aug. 30 | Friday, Sept. 1: "Anatomy of a Murder"

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Wednesday, Sept. 6 | Friday, Sept. 8: "The Verdict"

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Wednesday, Sept.13 | Friday, Sept. 15: "Class Action "

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Wednesday, Sept.20 | Friday, Sept. 22: "True Believer"

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Wednesday, Sept.27 | Friday, Sept. 29: "Nuts"

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Wednesday, Oct. 4 | Friday, Oct. 6 : "Music Box"

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Wednesday, Oct. 11 | Friday, Oct. 13: "The Sweet Hereafter"

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Wednesday, Oct. 18 | Friday, Oct. 20: "Michael Clayton"


Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017: "The Castle"


Wednesday, November 1 | Friday, November 3, 2017

"The Last Wave" (1977)

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017 | Friday, November 10, 2017

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