Better Defense Lawyer Analysis

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If anyone needs assistance in money laundering or helping to grow their drug empire, then better call Saul. Saul Goodman, the attorney for the protagonist Walter White in the show Breaking Bad and the protagonist for Better Call Saul, is a defense attorney who is willing to do whatever it takes to make a quick buck. As a matter of fact, most lawyers today are believed to have the same characteristics. The media today represents the most successful lawyers as being unethical and in order to be a successful attorney they must throw morals out of the window, although in reality a small number of lawyers are unethical when practicing the law (Parente, 2015). This stereotype exists because of the way lawyers are portrayed in everyone's favorite…show more content…
This holds true for many of the primetime drama shows that are shown today, which feeds into the stereotype even further. Television shows such as Law & Order, The Wire, or Breaking Bad are just a few examples of how television affects how defense attorneys are viewed in today's culture. Shows such as Law & Order, Breaking Bad, and The Wire provide just a few examples of how television has shaped people's views of defense attorneys. These shows illustrate the stereotype regarding the defense attorneys of the small screen through their use of production values. Law & Order is the show that most people watch when they want to satisfy their craving for a legal drama. What makes Law & Order unique is the focus on the plot of the episodes rather than the characters. However, the same detectives and prosecutors are frequently seen throughout the series while compared to seven different prosecutors and thirteen detectives, there are thirty-eight…show more content…
People believe that they know what defense attorneys are like because of the television that they watch. After seeing these defense attorneys on television, people quickly assume that attorneys are uncaring and immoral human beings. In reality, defense attorneys face moral disengagement because of this everyday and they are forced to throw ethics out of the window at times in order to win their case (Parente, 2015). This causes an internal struggle with themselves since they are viewed by the public as being immoral, but they really want to be viewed as having morals and being caring human beings. Lawyers struggle to be unethical at times on the job because they understand that they do need to be immoral at times, but they believe that morals are important to have (Parente, 2015). The stereotypes from television and other media causes this internal struggle for defense attorneys today and it causes the individuals who watch these shows to treat attorneys negatively although they just want to be normal people. Not many people notice that television is what really causes these negative implications and it causes people to believe that everything they see on television is
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