No gavels, no hearsay and lots of drinking: a law expert ranks legal dramas by their accuracy

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Title	No gavels, no hearsay and lots of drinking: a law expert ranks legal dramas by their accuracy
Published by	The Conversation
DOI	10.64628/aa.krsq5m9h3
Authors	Mitchell, Dale
Abstract	You might want to think twice before hiring Harvey Specter or Annalise Keating as your lawyer. The more accurate depictions of legal practice on TV might not be where you think.

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Geographical breakdown
Country	Count	As %
Australia	8	50%
Canada	1	6%
Curaçao	1	6%
United Kingdom	1	6%
United States	1	6%
Unknown	4	25%

Demographic breakdown

Type
Type	Count	As %
Members of the public	15	94%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	1	6%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 49. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 November 2024.

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