LW Recommends

LW Recommends

LW | Recommends

With the long winter nights in view, we’ve selected our top picks of legal movies. There are so many to choose from.

LEGAL MOVIES – OUR TOP PICKS

1. The Devils Advocate

2. To Kill a Mockingbird

3. The Lincoln Lawyer

4. Erin Brockovich

5. The Rainmaker

6. A Few Good Men

7. The Children Act

8. The Judge

9. Witness for the Prosecution

10. Philadelphia

BOOKS

Feminism for Women: The Real Route to Liberation Feminism for Women: The Real Route to Liberation eBook: Bindel, Julie: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store This book revisits some of the fundamental questions and uses countless interviews including contributions from commentators such as Gloria Steinem and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. What has been achieved and what next is considered. Julie Bindel is an author and broadcaster for over 40 years on feminism. She is a co-founder of Justice for Women, set up in 1990 concerning the differences in response to cases of spousal homicide where men killed their female partners, in contrast to women who killed their male partners.

Spider Woman by Lady Hale (penguin.co.uk) This recounts the life story of Lady Hale and covers insights into her working life, including her moments of imposter syndrome.

PODCASTS

Pieces of Britney BBC Sounds – Pieces of Britney – Available Episodes If you are interested in the legal conservatorship imposed on pop icon, Britney Spears, this podcast investigates. Pandora Sykes pieces together what is known about her story, and what it tells us about sex, entertainment, and how we treat women in the public eye.

Speak Up (Radio 4) Women talk more than men, right? No. In public, women speak far less. Mary Ann Sieghart finds out why women are neither speaking up nor being heard and what impact this is having. This podcast covers some of the issues raised in Mary Ann Seighart’s recent book: The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It.