Ideas for spring assignments, part two

You can also justify spending your leisure time watching a show such as "Boston Legal" by rationalizing that its creator, David E. Kelley, is a former Boston attorney who writes many of the episodes.  He also created "Picket Fences," "The Practice," "Chicago Hope," and "Ally McBeal."  There's a great list of archetypes in his law-themed shows at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_E._Kelley.  In addition to exploring and demonstrating moral and ethical challenges, his scripts also tend to be ripped from the headlines. (njs)