Sam Waterston, Law & Order’s Jack McCoy, turns 70 today, and I was surprised to find out that he shares a birthday with two famous judges – real and reel, respectively: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter and Judge Joseph Wapner of The People’s Court. Many characters have appeared on Law & Order during its 20 years on television (not bad, considering McCoy’s ranking among the “most irritating” characters last year), and many TV judges have followed in Wapner’s footsteps. How do you think these shows benefit (or detract from) the actual practice of law? Can the reel McCoy on television be used to train the real McCoy's who will become lawyers?
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