Law Procedural

[W]e should never lose sight of the fact that even a person accused of the most heinous crimes, and no matter the likelihood that he or she actually committed those crimes, is entitled to the full protection of the [law]. Short-cutting or short-circuiting those rights affects not only the accused, but also the entire reputation of the criminal justice system. —Decision of the Canadian Supreme Court in R. v. Burlingham, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 206.

Watch the lawyers do their thing. Commonly known as a Courtroom Drama.

When it only lasts a single episode, it's a Courtroom Episode.

Examples of Law Procedural include:

• Ally McBeal
• Boston Legal
• Conviction
• Damages, though it virtually has no scenes in actual courtrooms
• Fairly Legal
• Family Law
• The Firm
• Franklin and Bash
• Garrows Law
• The Good Wife
• Harry's Law
• JAG
• The Australian series Janus.
• Judging Amy
• Just Cause
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• Kingdom
• LA Law
• The second half of Law and Order (See Police Procedural for the first half)
  • Law and Order Trial By Jury
  • Law and Order LA
• Matlock
• Murder One
• Perry Mason (the ur-example)
• Presumed Innocent
• Phoenix Wright is a Video Game example.
• The Practice
• The Rainmaker
• Raising the Bar
• Rumpole of the Bailey
• Sad Cypress
• Shark
• Silk
• Suits
• The Whole Truth