A Lawyer Walks into a Bar

Infobox Film
name = A Laywer Walks Into a Bar...


image_size =
caption = To Sue or Not to Sue…
That is the question
director = Eric Chaikin
producer = Tasha Oldham
Eric Chaikin
Brandon Camp
(executive producer)
Mike Thompson (executive producer)
Jonathan Osborne (executive producer)
Evan Fitzmaurice
Charles Martin
starring = Alan Dershowitz
Joe Jamail
Mark Lanier
Robert Shapiro
Nancy Grace
Len Jacoby
Eddie Griffin
Michael Ian Black
Sam Garrett
Tricia Zunker
Donald Baumeister
Magda Madrigal
Megan Meadows
Cassandra Hooks
music = Daniel Fickle
cinematography = Stephanie Martin
editing = Deborah Barkow
distributor = Camel's Back Films
premiered = March, 2007
runtime = 92 Mins
country = USA
language = English
website = http://www.alawyerwalksintoabar.com
imdb_id = 914850
ISBN = 0-9798752-1-8

"A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar..." is a 2007 independent film about lawyers, law school, the California Bar exam, and the obsession America has with its legal system. The film has garnered many positive reviews including coverage from the The Wall Street Journal, The Dallas Morning News, Premiere.com and on nationally syndicated television show "At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper". [cite web | url=http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/02/23/bar-exam-the-movie | title=Wall Street Journal: Bar Exam, The Movie! February 23, 2007] [cite web | url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/columnists/apeppard/stories/DN-OTTpeppard_0105gl.ART.State.Edition1.3df85f1.html| title=Filmmakers Put to the Test Dallas Morning News, January 26, 2007] [cite web | url=http://news.premiere.com/blog/2007/03/sxsw_sum_up_day_4.html | title=SXSW Roundup Day 8 March 17, 2007] [cite web | url=http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/ebertandroeper/ | title=At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper, Now on DVD "At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper", September 22, 2007]

Film content

This film highlights the trials and tribulations of trying to pass the State Bar of California exam and follows six wanna-be lawyers struggling to prepare and actually pass the test with the lowest national pass rate. [cite web | url=http://www.counseltocounsel.com/2007/03/lawyer-walks-into-bar.html| title= A Lawyer Walks Into A Bar! Counsel to Counsel, March 14, 2007] One of the test takers in the documentary is Donald Baumeister, an ex-Marine, who had failed the California bar 41 times and is shown in the movie gearing up for attempt #42. A working father, Baumeister never had the time to properly study for the exam. [cite web | url=http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/02/23/bar-exam-the-movie | title=Wall Street Journal: Bar Exam, The Movie! February 23, 2007]

This movie portrays what we all know – that, in the time of trouble, whether it be civil or criminal, Americans depend on lawyers to navigate the tough waters of today’s judicial system. [cite web | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0XR3EjxaO4| title=On Lawyers YouTube, June 21, 2007] Many Americans can say they hate lawyers, but the truth is we depend on them everyday.

Festival Accolades

"A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar..." has been lauded and won awards at many independent film festivals including having won the Grand Jury Prize at AFI Dallas's Texas Competition, and Boulder Colorado's Toofy Fest's Best Narrative Feature. [cite web | url=http://www.afidallas.com/Awards.php | title=AFI Dallas Awards 2007 AFI Dallas April 1, 2007] [cite web |url=http://www.toofy.com/2007_schedule.html#Lawyer_Walks | title=Toofy Fest Awards 2007 Toofy Fest Boulder CO September 9, 2007]

A Focus On Minorities

"A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar..." is a movie that not only portrays the fight of the average law school student, but also of the minority and not so fortunate law student trying to pass and be admitted to a major state bar. The movie follows Magda Madrigal as she attends [http://www.peoplescollegeoflaw.edu The People’s College of Law] so that she can take the bar and be an advocate for people in her local Hispanic community. [cite web | url=http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/so_this_lawyer_walks_into_a_bar/| title= So, This Lawyer Walks Into A Bar ABA Journal, June 21, 2007]

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