Written by Kim Min-seok and directed by Hong Jong-chan, the newest legal drama and also South Korean show on Netflix is ‘Juvenile Justice’. The series focuses mainly on an elite judge Shim Eun-seok. She has a cold personality and keeps herself distant from others.
Eun-seok is especially known for her intense disliking towards juveniles. But ironically she gets appointed at a Juvenile court in Yeonhwa District. There while dealing with minor offenders, she begins to break customs and traditions to establish her own ways of punishment.
Eun-seok also has to balance her extreme aversion towards minor offenders and her trust in justice and law. All the while she keeps discovering what it really means to be an adult.
Kim Hye-soo stars as Shim Eun-seok. The series was released on Netflix on February 25, 2022. If you have already watched the episodes, it must have roused your liking for courtroom dramas inside you once more. There are some more legal dramas that you should definitely check out then.
Must Watch TV Series If You Like ‘Juvenile Justice’:
Vincenzo-
Number of Seasons: 1
The series centers upon Park Joo-hyung who was adopted by an Italian family when he was eight years old. Afterward, Don Fabio who is the head of the Cassano family adopts him and makes him a mafia. Joo-hyung is renamed as ‘Vincenzo Cassano’. He grows to be a lawyer and begins to work as a consigliere for the mafia.
He also becomes the right-hand man of Don Fabio, his adoptive father. But when Don Fabio dies, his biological son Paolo returns and becomes the new leader of the Cassano family. Not only that, but he also tries to kill Vincenzo.
Song Joong-ki stara as the titular Vincenzo. The series ran from February 20 to May 2 of 2021.
Billions-
Entertainment WeeklyNumber of Seasons: 6
The series mainly focuses on two persons one of whom is Chuck Roades and the other is Bobby Axelrod. Chuck Roades is an attorney of the US for the Southern District of New York City.
And Bobby Axelrod who is known as “Axe” is a renowned philanthropist. Between them, a collision intensifies where each of them uses their influence, power, and genius to the fullest.
Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis star as Chuck Rhoades and Robert Axelrod respectively. The first season of the series premiered on Showtime on January 17, 2016, with the sixth season airing on January 23, 2022. The series got renewed for a seventh season in February of 2022.
Suits-
Hidden RemoteNumber of Seasons: 9
Mike Ross is a college dropout and is not at all related to law school. But owing to his eidetic memory, Harvey Specter, a successful lawyer hires him as his assistant. Harvey begins to solve cases with the aid of Mike while keeping Mike’s identity a secret.
Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams star as Harvey and Mike respectively. The series ran on USA Network from June 23, 2011, to September 25, 2019.
How to Get Away with Murder-
Den of GeekNumber of Seasons: 6
This legal thriller is created by Peter Norwalk. The plot revolves around Annalise Keating who is a law professor. She teaches at the prestigious Philadelphia university. But things change when she along with five students of her become entangled in a murder mystery.
Viola Davis plays the role of Annalise Keating. Other cast members of the series include Billy Brown who plays a police detective of Philadelphia, Alfred Enoch, Jack Falahee, Katie Findlay, Aja Naomi King, Matt McGorry, etc. The series ran on ABC from September 25, 2014, to May 14, 2020.
Your Honor-
IMDbNumber of Seasons: 2
This Indian thriller TV Series is directed by Eeshwar Nivas and is produced by Applause Entertainment. The show features a judge who goes to drastic measures and defiles his morality, ethics, relationships, responsibility to save his son. Bishan Khosla’s son Abeer gets caught in a hit and run case.
And the boy whom Abeer hits is a city gangster’s son. So that the vengeful gangster cannot do any harm to his son, judge Bishan Khosla begins to subvert the law.
Jimmy Sherrill stars as judge Khosla where his son Abeer is played by Pulkit Makol. The series ran on SonyLIV from June 18, 2020, to November 19, 2021.
The Good Wife-
ColliderNumber of Seasons: 7
The American legal drama is about the wife of an Attorney coming back to the legal field. Alicia Florrick returns to her career in law after her husband becomes entangled in the corruption of s*x and politics.
Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Graham Phillips are some of the cast members. The series ran on CBS from September 22, 2009, to May 8, 2016.
