Legal Fiction and DVDs

The library has a small collection of popular DVDs and Fiction titles available in the first floor Reading Room. Law students and law school staff may borrow these items.  DVD disks are held behind the Circulation Desk and will be provided at check out. If you would like to recommend additional law-themed books and movies for the collection, please contact our Reference and Outreach Services Librarian: dshrager@gmu.edu.

Books

Accused, by Lisa Scottoline

Alex Cross's Trial, by James Patterson

Anatomy of a Murder, by Robert Traver

Anonymous Lawyer, by Jonathan Blachman

Anonymous Lawyer, by Jeremy Blachman

Breach of Trust, by David Ellis

Chain of Custody, by Harry Levy

Chambermaid, by Saira Rao

The Children Act, by Ian McEwan

Cold Paradise, by Stuart Woods

The Color of Law, by Mark Gimenez

Death on a High Floor, by Charles Rosenberg

Defending Jacob, by William Landay

The Defense, by D.W. Buff

Degree of Guilt, by Richard North Patterson

Double Tap, by Steve Martini

The Emperor of Ocean Park, by Stephen L. Carter

The Faculty Club, by Danny Tobey

Fatal Convictions, by Randy Singer

Final Jeopardy, by Linda Fairstein

Final Witness, by Simon Tolkien

The Fifth Witness, by Michael Connelly

The First Counsel, by Brad Meltzer

Guilt, by John Lescroart

The Hanging Judge, by Michael Ponsor 

The Indian Lawyer, by James Welch

J'adore New York, by Isabelle Lafleche

Jersey Law, by Ron Liebman

The Jury, by Steve Martini

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

King of Torts, by John Grisham

The Law Clerk, by Scott Douglas Gerber

The Law Review, by S. Scott Gaille

Letter of Law, by Tim Green

Letters from Law School:  Life of a Second Year Student, by Lawrence Dieker

The Lincoln Lawyer, by Michael Connelly

The Litigators, by John Grisham

The Majority Rules, by Eugene Sullivan

Murder One, by Robert Dugoni

Open and Shut, by David Rosenfelt

The Paper Chase, by John Jay Osborn

A Patent Lie:  A Novel, by Paul Goldstein

The Pelican Brief, by John Grisham

Presumed Innocent, by Scott Turow

Prime Witness, by Steve Martini

Reversible Errors, by Scott Turrow

Runaway Jury, by John Grisham

Running from the Law,by Lisa Scottonline

In the Shadow of the Law, by Kermit Roosevelt

The Simple Truth, by David Baldacci

Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel, by David Guterson

Special Circumstances, by Sheldon Siegal

Sycamore Row, by John Grisham

Supreme Courtship, by Christopher Buckley

The Tenth Justice, by Brian Meltzer

True Justice, by Robert Tannenbaum

The Tenth Case, by Joseph Teller

The Testament, by John Grisham 

A Time to Kill: A Novel, by John Grisham

Wild Justice, by Philip Margolin

The Wrong Man, by David Ellis* 

Movies

12 Angry Men

The Accused

Adam's Rib

Amistad

Anatomy of a Murder

The Central Park Five 

Chicago

A Civil Action 

Class Action

The Client 

Compulsion

The Conspirator

Conviction

Counsellor at Law

The Crucible

Cry in the Dark

Erin Brockovich 

A Few Good Men

The Firm

Fracture

Ghosts of Mississippi

Gideon's Trumpet

The Hurricane

Inherit the Wind

Jagged Edge

JFK

Judgment at Nuremberg

And Justice for All 

To Kill a Mockingbird

Kramer v. Kramer

Legally Blonde 

The Lincoln Lawyer 

The Loving Story 

A Man for All Seasons

Michael Clayton

Miracle on 34th Street

My Cousin Vinny

In the Name of the Father

North Country

The Paper Chase

The Pelican Brief

The People vs. Larry Flynt 

Philadelphia

Presumed Innocent

Primal Fear

The Rainmaker 

Reversal of Fortune

Rules of Engagement

Runaway Jury

The Social Network

A Soldier’s Story

A Time to Kill

The Thin Blue Line 

The Verdict 

West of Memphis

Witness for the Prosecution 

Young Mr. Lincoln 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last updated May 1, 2015