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{{Short description|American legal drama television series (1986–1994)}}
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{{Infobox television
| genre                = [[Legal drama]]
| image                = L.A. Law (Steven Bochco Productions) logo.svg
| caption              = 
| creator              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Steven Bochco]]
* [[Terry Louise Fisher]]
}}
| starring             = ([[#Cast and characters|See entire cast list below]])
| theme_music_composer = [[Mike Post]]
| composer             =
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 8
| num_episodes         = 172
| list_episodes        = List of L.A. Law episodes
| executive_producer   = {{Plainlist|
* [[Steven Bochco]] (seasons 1–3 & 6)
* [[David E. Kelley]] (seasons 4 & 5)
* [[Rick Wallace]] (seasons 5–7)
* [[Patricia Green]] (season 6)
* [[John Tinker (TV producer)|John Tinker]] (season 7)
* [[John Masius]] (season 7)
* [[William M. Finkelstein]] (seasons 7 & 8)
}}
| cinematography       = Robert Seaman
| editor               = Bonnie Koehler
| camera               = 
| runtime              = {{Plainlist|
* 60 minutes (including commercials)
}}
| company              = {{Plain list|
* [[Steven Bochco|Steven Bochco Productions]]
* [[20th Century Fox Television]]<br />(1986–1992)<br />(seasons 1–6)
* [[20th Television]]<br />(1992–1994)<br />(seasons 7 & 8)
}}
| network              = [[NBC]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1986|9|15}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1994|5|19}}
| related              = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[L.A. Law: The Movie]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Civil Wars (TV series)|Civil Wars]]'' 
}} 
}}

'''''L.A. Law''''' is an American [[legal drama]] television series created by [[Steven Bochco]] and [[Terry Louise Fisher]] for [[NBC]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Bill |date=January 30, 1992 |title='L.A. Law,' to Halt Slide, Reaches Back to Bochco |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/30/news/la-law-to-halt-slide-reaches-back-to-bochco.html |access-date=August 10, 2010 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> It ran for eight seasons and [[List of L.A. Law episodes|172 episodes]] from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saying So Long to Billable Hours: Television: 'L.A. Law's' finale will complete filming today, but the characters' stories won't be tied up in a neat package |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 12, 1990 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-12-ca-1095-story.html|access-date=December 12, 2010 |first=Steve |last=Weinstein}}</ref>

The series centers on the partners, associates and staff of a [[Los Angeles]] law firm. The show contains many of Bochco's trademark features, including an [[ensemble cast]], large number of parallel story lines, social drama, and off-the-wall humor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Steven Bochco on the Case: 'L.A. Law' Co-Creator Returns to Fine-Tune Troubled Series |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 2, 1992 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-02-ca-374-story.html |access-date=December 12, 2010}}</ref> It reflects the social and cultural conflicts that were occurring when the show was produced in the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-button issues such as [[capital punishment]], [[abortion]], [[racism]], [[homophobia]], [[sexual harassment]], [[HIV/AIDS]], and [[domestic violence]].<ref name="Weinstein">{{cite news |title=L.A. Law Eyes Fear of Police: Television: An upcoming episode on the public's loss of trust includes camouflaged references to the beating of Rodney G. King |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=March 21, 1991 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-21-ca-797-story.html |access-date=December 12, 2010 |first=Steve |last=Weinstein}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Nbc's New 'L.A. Law': The Verdict Is Great |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=September 15, 1986 |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-09-15-ca-11948-story.html |access-date=August 24, 2010 |first=Howard |last=Rosenberg}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=TV Turns the Other Cheek Again: Television is a victim of the You Can't Win Syndrome. Once, its violence was criticized as unrealistic; now, 'L.A. Law's' Christian character is under fire |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=October 18, 1993 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-18-ca-47167-story.html |access-date=December 12, 2010 |first=Howard |last=Rosenberg}}</ref> The series often also reflects social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff.

In addition to its main cast, ''L.A. Law'' was also well known for featuring then-relatively unknown actors and actresses in guest starring roles, who went on to greater success in film and television, including [[Don Cheadle]], [[Jeffrey Tambor]], [[Kathy Bates]], [[David Schwimmer]], [[Shelley Hack]], [[Jay O. Sanders]], [[James Avery]], [[Gates McFadden]], [[Bryan Cranston]], [[CCH Pounder]], [[Kevin Spacey]], [[Richard Schiff]], [[Carrie-Anne Moss]], [[William H. Macy]], [[Stephen Root]], [[Christian Slater]], [[Steve Buscemi]], and [[Lucy Liu]]. Several episodes of the show also included celebrities such as [[Vanna White]], [[Buddy Hackett]], and [[Mamie Van Doren]] appearing as themselves in cameo roles.

The show was a success with critics and audiences, ranking in the Nielsen Top 30 for its first six seasons and winning 15 [[Emmy Award]]s throughout its run, four of which were for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]].

==Synopsis==
The series is set in and around the fictional [[Los Angeles]]–based law firm McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak (later McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney, Kuzak and Becker) and featured attorneys at the firm and various members of the support staff. The exteriors for the law firm were shot at the [[FourFortyFour South Flower]] building in downtown Los Angeles, which was known as the 444 Flower Building at the time. The opening credits sequence of every episode began with a close-up of a car trunk being slammed shut revealing a personalized [[vehicle registration plates of California|license plate]] reading "LA LAW". For the first seven seasons, the model car used was a [[Jaguar XJ]] Series III; for the 8th and final season, the Jaguar was replaced with a 1993 [[Bentley Continental R]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sikorsky |first1=Bob |title='L.A. Law' Office Slams Lid On Tv Car Mystery |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1993-11-27/lifestyle/9311240792_1_shift-license-plate-car |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516015242/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1993-11-27/lifestyle/9311240792_1_shift-license-plate-car |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 16, 2018 |newspaper=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |location=Fort Lauderdale, Florida |access-date=May 13, 2017 |language=en |date=November 27, 1993}}</ref> Both cars carried registration stickers indicating the year in which each season began. Two different musical openings for the show's theme were used: a [[saxophone]] riff  for episodes that were lighter in tone; and an ominous synthesizer chord, for more serious story lines.

==Cast and characters==
===Cast timeline===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Character 
! rowspan="2"|Actor 
! colspan="9"|Seasons
|-
! style="width:7%;"|1 
! style="width:7%;"|2
! style="width:7%;"|3 
! style="width:7%;"|4 
! style="width:7%;"|5 
! style="width:7%;"|6 
! style="width:7%;"|7 
! style="width:7%;"|8 
! style="width:7%;"|''[[L.A. Law: The Movie|Reunion]]''
|-
| Michael Kuzak
|[[Harry Hamlin]] 
| colspan="5" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="3" {{n/a|}}
| {{cMain|Main}}
|-
| Arnie Becker 
| [[Corbin Bernsen]] 
| colspan="9" {{cMain|Main}}
|-
| Ann Kelsey 
| [[Jill Eikenberry]] 
| colspan="9" {{cMain|Main}}
|-
| Douglas Brackman Jr. 
| [[Alan Rachins]] 
| colspan="9" {{cMain|Main}}
|-
| Abby Perkins
| [[Michele Greene]] 
| colspan="5" {{cMain|Main}}
| colspan="3" {{n/a|}} 
| {{cMain|Main}}
|-
| Victor Sifuentes 
| [[Jimmy Smits]] 
| colspan="5" {{cMain|Main}}
| {{CGuest|Guest}} 
| colspan="3" {{n/a|}}
|-
| Stuart Markowitz 
| [[Michael Tucker (actor)|Michael Tucker]] 
| colspan="9" {{cMain|Main}}
|-
| Roxanne Melman 
| [[Susan Ruttan]] 
| colspan="7" {{cMain|Main}}
| {{CGuest|Guest}} 
| {{cMain|Main}}
|-
| Leland McKenzie 
|[[Richard Dysart]] 
| colspan="9" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
|Grace Van Owen
| [[Susan Dey]]
| colspan="6" {{cMain|Main}}{{efn|Dey is added to the cast from "Those Lips, That Eye" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 1.2).}}
| colspan="2" {{n/a|}} 
| {{cMain|Main}}
|-
| Jonathan Rollins 
| [[Blair Underwood]]
| {{n/a|}} 
| colspan = "7" {{CMain|Main}} 
| {{n/a|}}
|-
| Benny Stulwicz 
| [[Larry Drake]] 
| {{CGuest|Guest}} 
| {{cRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan = "7" {{CMain|Main}} 
|-
| C.J. Lamb 
| [[Amanda Donohoe]] 
| colspan = "4" {{n/a|}} 
| colspan = "2" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|name=season5|Initially recurring, Donohoe and Spencer are added to the opening credits from "Splatoon" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 5.9).}}  
| colspan = "3" {{n/a|}}
|-
| Tommy Mullaney 
| [[John Spencer (actor)|John Spencer]] 
| colspan = "4" {{n/a|}} 
| colspan = "4" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|name=season5}}  
| {{n/a|}}
|-
| Zoey Clemmons 
| [[Cecil Hoffman]] 
| colspan = "4" {{n/a|}} 
| colspan = "2" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Initially recurring, Hoffman is added to the opening credits from "Mutinies on the Banzai" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 5.17).}}  
| {{cRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan = "2" {{n/a|}}
|-
| Gwen Taylor 
| [[Sheila Kelley (American actress)|Sheila Kelley]] 
| colspan = "3" {{n/a|}} 
| colspan = "1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan = "1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}} 
| colspan = "2" {{CMain|Main}} 
| colspan = "2" {{n/a|}}
|-
| Frank Kittredge 
| [[Michael Cumpsty]] 
| colspan = "5" {{n/a|}} 
| colspan = "1" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|name=season6|Initially recurring, Cumpsty and Ferrell are added to the opening credits from "Diet, Diet, My Darling" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 6.14).}} 
| colspan = "3" {{n/a|}}
|-
| Susan Bloom 
| [[Conchata Ferrell]] 
| colspan = "5" {{n/a|}} 
| colspan = "1" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|name=season6}} 
| colspan = "3" {{n/a|}}
|-
| Daniel Morales 
| [[A Martinez]] 
| colspan = "6" {{n/a|}} 
| colspan = "2" {{CMain|Main}} 
| {{n/a|}}
|-
| Melina Paros 
| [[Lisa Zane]] 
| colspan = "6" {{n/a|}} 
| {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Initially recurring, Zane is added to the opening credits from "Bare Witness" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 7.11).}}
| colspan = "2" {{n/a|}}
|-
| Eli Levinson 
| [[Alan Rosenberg]] 
| colspan = "7" {{n/a|}} 
| {{CMain|Main}} 
| {{CGuest|Cameo}}
|-
| Denise Iannello 
| [[Debi Mazar]] 
| colspan = "7" {{n/a|}} 
| {{CMain|Main}} 
| {{n/a|}}
|-
| Jane Halliday 
| [[Alexandra Powers]] 
| colspan = "7" {{n/a|}} 
| {{CMain|Main}} 
| {{n/a|}}
|}

;Cast notes
{{notelist}}

===Main characters===
* [[Harry Hamlin]] as Michael Kuzak, partner (1986–91; seasons 1–5, reunion)
* [[Corbin Bernsen]] as Arnold "Arnie" Becker, partner (1986–94; seasons 1–8, reunion)<ref>{{cite news |title=Fundamentalist Change to 'L.A. Law': Television: A producer says the Christian lawyer joining the show, returning tonight, will be complex. Religious leaders are skeptical |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=October 7, 1993 |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-07-ca-43265-story.html |access-date=December 12, 2010 |first=Steve |last=Weinstein}}</ref>
* [[Jill Eikenberry]] as Ann Kelsey, associate, partner (1986–94; seasons 1–8, reunion)
* [[Alan Rachins]] as Douglas Brackman, Jr., managing partner, interim senior partner (1986–94; seasons 1–8, reunion)
* [[Michele Greene]] as Abby Perkins, associate (1986–91; seasons 1–5, reunion)
* [[Jimmy Smits]] as Victor Sifuentes, associate (1986–91, 1992; seasons 1–5, guest season 6)
* [[Michael Tucker (actor)|Michael Tucker]] as Stuart Markowitz, associate, partner (1986–94; seasons 1–8, reunion)
* [[Susan Ruttan]] as Roxanne Melman, secretary, office administrator (1986–93; seasons 1–7, reunion, guest season 8)
* [[Richard Dysart]] as Leland McKenzie, senior partner (1986–94; seasons 1–8, reunion)
* [[Susan Dey]] as Grace van Owen, deputy district attorney, superior court judge, partner (1986–92; seasons 1–6, reunion)<ref>{{cite news |title= Strong, Feminine Case for 'Law' Blouse |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=August 19, 1988 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-19-vw-764-story.html |access-date=December 12, 2010 |first=Rose-Marie |last=Turk}}</ref>
* [[Blair Underwood]] as Jonathan Rollins, associate, partner (1987–94; seasons 2–8)
* [[Larry Drake]] as Benny Stulwicz (1987–94; seasons 3–8, reunion, guest season 1, recurring season 2)<ref>{{cite news |title='L.A. Law's' Larry Drake Goes Mainstream |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=November 3, 1988 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-03-ca-949-story.html |access-date=December 12, 2010 |first=Diane |last=Haithman}}</ref>
* [[Amanda Donohoe]] as Cara Jean "C.J." Lamb, associate (1990–92; seasons 5–6)
* [[John Spencer (actor)|John Spencer]] as Tommy Mullaney, associate, assistant district attorney (1990–94; seasons 5–8)
* [[Cecil Hoffman]] as Zoey Clemmons, assistant district attorney (1991–92; seasons 5–7)
* [[Sheila Kelley (American actress)|Sheila Kelley]] as Gwen Taylor, secretary, law intern (1990–93; seasons 6–7, guest season 4, recurring season 5)
* [[Michael Cumpsty]] as Frank Kittredge, tenant (1991–92; season 6)
* [[Conchata Ferrell]] as Susan Bloom, tenant (1991–92; season 6)<ref>{{cite news |title=Jury's Out on Susan Bloom: Does New Lawyer on 'L.A. Law' Come Too Close to the Truth? |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=December 5, 1991 |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-12-05-ca-1046-story.html |access-date=December 12, 2010 |first=Dennis |last=McDougal}}</ref>
* [[A Martinez]] as Daniel Morales, partner (1992–94; seasons 7–8)
* [[Lisa Zane]] as Melina Paros, associate (1992–93; season 7)
* [[Alan Rosenberg]] as Eli Levinson, partner (1993–94; season 8, reunion)
* [[Debi Mazar]] as Denise Iannello, secretary (1993–94; season 8)
* [[Alexandra Powers]] as Jane Halliday, associate (1993–94; season 8)

===Recurring characters===
* [[Patricia Huston]] as Hilda Brunschwager, Brackman's secretary (1986–88; seasons 1 & 2; recurring)
* Bernie Hern as Judge Sidney Schroeder (1986–87; seasons 1 & 2; 1991; season 5; recurring)
* [[John Hancock (actor)|John Hancock]] as Judge Richard Armand (1986–87; season 1; 1989–1991; seasons 4–6; recurring)
* [[Anne Haney]] as Judge Marilyn Travelini (1986–94; seasons 1–8; recurring)
* [[Cynthia Harris]] as Iris Hubbard, McKenzie's secretary and law intern (1986–87; season 1; recurring)
* [[George Coe]] as Judge Wallace R. Vance (1986–91; seasons 1–6; recurring)
* [[Jerry Hardin]] as D.A. Malcolm Gold (1986–92; seasons 1–6; recurring)
* [[Carmen Argenziano]] as Neil Robertson, a lawyer (1986–92; seasons 1–6; recurring)
* [[Michael Fairman]] as Judge Douglas McGrath (1986–94; seasons 1–8; recurring)
* [[Bruce Kirby (actor)|Bruce Kirby]] as D.A. Bruce Rogoff (1986–91; seasons 1–5; recurring)
* Michael Holden as D.A. George Handleman (1987; 1992; seasons 1 & 6; recurring)
* [[Joanna Frank]] as Sheila Brackman, Douglas Brackman's wife (1987–88; seasons 1–3; 1992–94; seasons 6–8; recurring)
* Annie Abbott as Judge Janice L. Neiman (1987–94; seasons 2–8; recurring)
* [[Diane Delano]] as Rhonda Vasek (1987; season 2; recurring)
* Ellen Blake as Elizabeth Brand, Kuzak's secretary (1987–90; seasons 2–4; recurring)
* Jeff Silverman as Erroll Farrell (1987–88; season 2; recurring)
* [[Daniel Benzali]] as Judge Donald Phillips (1988; 1991–1993; season 2; seasons 5–7; recurring)
* [[Paul Regina]] as Felix Echeverria, a lawyer (1988–92; seasons 2–6; recurring)
* Don Sparks as Russell Spitzer, a lawyer (1988–93; seasons 2–7; recurring)
* [[Earl Boen]] as Judge Walter L. Swanson (1988–93; seasons 2–8; recurring)
* [[Leonard Stone]] as Judge Paul Hansen (1988; 1991–94; season 2; seasons 5–8; recurring)
* [[James Avery (actor)|James Avery]] as Judge Michael Conover (1988–92; seasons 2–6 recurring)
* [[Raye Birk]] as Judge Steven Lang (1988–93; seasons 2–7; recurring)
* [[Dann Florek]] as Dave Meyer, a direct-mail businessman and Roxanne's husband (1988–93; seasons 2–8; recurring plus reunion film)
* [[Wayne Northrop]] as Bill Ringstrom (1988–89; season 3; recurring)
* Nancy Vawter as Dorothy Wyler, an associate (1988–89; season 3; recurring)
* [[Gerald Anthony]] as Ross Burnett (1988–89; season 3; recurring)
* [[Joyce Hyser]] as Allison Gottlieb, a filmmaker and Sifuentes' girlfriend (1989–90; seasons 3 & 4; recurring)
* Stan Kamber as Judge Harlan Shubow (1989–91; seasons 3–6; recurring)
* [[Renée Jones]] as Diana Moses, a law intern and Rollins' girlfriend (1989–90; seasons 3–5; recurring)
* [[Bruce Fairbairn (actor)|Bruce Fairbairn]] as Sheldon Ganz, a lawyer (1989–92; seasons 3–7; recurring)
* [[Amanda Plummer]] as Alice Hackett, Benny Stulwicz' girlfriend (1989–90; seasons 3 & 4; recurring)
* [[Wayne Tippit]] as Leo Hackett, Alice's father (1989–90; seasons 3 & 4; recurring)
* Keith Mills as Judge Walter Green (1989–93; seasons 3–8; recurring)
* [[Jennifer Hetrick]] as Corrinne Hammond, Becker's wife (1989–91; seasons 4 & 5; recurring)
* [[Carl Lumbly]] as Dr. Earl Williams, a murder trial suspect and Kuzak's client (1989–90; season 4; recurring)
* [[Lorinne Vozoff]] as Judge Roberta Harbin (1989–92; seasons 4 & 6; recurring)
* [[Vonetta McGee]] as Jackie Williams, Earl's wife (1989–90; season 4; recurring)
* [[Veronica Cartwright]] as Margaret Flanagan, the assistant district attorney who prosecutes Earl Williams (1989–92; seasons 4 & 6; recurring)
* [[Diana Muldaur]] as Rosalind Shays, a ruthless, greedy and manipulative partner and the series' main antagonist (1989–91; seasons 4 & 5; recurring)
* [[Lillian Lehman]] as Judge Mary Harcourt (1989–94; seasons 4–8; recurring)
* [[Courtney Thorne-Smith]] as Kimberly Dugan, a cheerleader whom Kuzak dates (1990; season 4; recurring)
* [[Lawrence Dobkin]] as U.S. District Judge Saul Edelstein (1990–94; seasons 4–8; recurring)
* [[Concetta Tomei]] as Susan Hauber, a lawyer (1990–93; seasons 4–8; recurring)
* [[Vincent Gardenia]] as Murray Melman, Roxanne's estranged father (1990; seasons 4 & 5; recurring)
* [[Stanley Grover]] as Judge Richard Lobel (1990–94; seasons 4–8; recurring)
* [[Denis Arndt]] as Jack Sollers, a lawyer (1990–91; season 5; recurring)
* [[Tom Verica]] as Billy Castroverti, an associate (1991; seasons 5 & 6; recurring)
* [[Brad Sherwood]] as Ned Barron (1991–92; season 6; recurring)
* [[Lauren Lane]] as Julie Rayburn (1991–92; season 6; recurring)
* [[Lynne Thigpen]] as D.A. Ruby Thomas (1991–92; seasons 6 & 7 recurring)
* [[Anthony DeSando]] as Alex DePalma, an associate (1992; season 6; recurring)
* Alison Tucker as Sarah Alder, Stuart Markowitz's illegitimate daughter (1992; season 6; recurring)
* [[David Schwimmer]] as Dana Romney, a troublesome city attorney and minor antagonist (1992–93; season 7; recurring)
* [[Shelley Berman]] as Ben Flicker, a film studio mogul whom Becker does business with (1992–93; season 7; recurring)
* [[Anne Twomey (actress)|Anne Twomey]] as Linda Salerno, Gwen's homicidal stalker (1993; season 7; recurring)
* [[Joe Grifasi]] as Dominic Nuzzi, a gambler friend of Benny's (1993–94; seasons 7 & 8; recurring)
* [[Kathleen Wilhoite]] as Rosalie Hendrickson Stulwicz, a woman whom Benny dates and later marries (1993–94; seasons 7 & 8; recurring)
* [[Steven Eckholdt]] as Patrick Flanagan, a charismatic, but unethical and manipulative associate and a minor antagonist for the final episodes (1994; season 8; recurring)

==Series history==
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{{:List of L.A. Law episodes}}
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''L.A. Law'''s two-hour pilot movie aired on Monday, September{{spaces}}15, 1986. An encore aired in place of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' on September{{spaces}}27, 1986, being a rare scripted rerun in that late-night slot.

The original time period was Friday, 10:00{{spaces}}p.m., following ''[[Miami Vice]]'', but after struggling there, it assumed NBC's prized Thursday, 10:00{{spaces}}p.m. (9:00{{spaces}}p.m. Central) time slot in the [[Must See TV]] primetime block from another Bochco-produced show, ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' (from which Bochco had been dismissed at the end of that show's fifth season by then-MTM President Arthur Price). The show was itself eventually replaced by another hit ensemble drama, ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''.

<!-- There was also another downbeat synthesizer tone in Season 5, Ep. 18 (As God Is My Co-Defendant), the one where Kuzak brings four of his own security guards to try to enter his office after he was expelled from the firm. There was a sort of melancholy tone in Season 4, Ep. 9 (Noah's Bark), where Arnie and Roxanne are taking their stuff out in boxes after Arnie decided to leave the firm and join with another lawyer. -->
Co-creator [[Terry Louise Fisher]] was fired from the series in season 2 and filed a well-publicized lawsuit with Bochco and the studio that resulted in a settlement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=2025-06-14 |title=Terry Louise Fisher, 'L.A. Law' Co-Creator Who Got Into Beef With Steven Bochco, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/terry-louise-fisher-dead-la-law-cagney-lacey-steven-bochco-1236290408/ |access-date=2025-06-15 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Brian |date=2025-06-14 |title=Terry Louise Fisher, writer-producer of acclaimed TV dramas, dies at 79 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/06/14/terry-fisher-la-law-television-dies/ |access-date=2025-06-15 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Bochco and Fisher had also co-created the 1987 [[John Ritter]] series ''[[Hooperman]]'' for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].

The scene in season 5 where Leland McKenzie ([[Richard Dysart]]) was shown in bed with his enemy Rosalind Shays ([[Diana Muldaur]]) was ranked as the 38th greatest moment in television (the list originally appeared in an issue of ''EGG Magazine''). The episode "Good to the Last Drop" in which Rosalind met her demise—falling into an open elevator shaft—was ranked No.{{spaces}}91 on [[TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time]].<ref>{{cite journal |year=1997 |title=Special Collectors' Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time |journal=[[TV Guide]] |issue=June 28 – July 4}}</ref> It was referenced in ''[[The Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'' (prior to ''L.A. Law'', Muldaur had played [[Katherine Pulaski|Dr. Katherine Pulaski]] during season 2 of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'') in which Pulaski's biography says: ''"There is no truth to the rumor that an ancestor of Dr. Pulaski was killed falling down the elevator shaft at a prestigious Los Angeles law firm."''

After co-writing the feature film, ''[[From the Hip (film)|From the Hip]]'', Boston attorney [[David E. Kelley]] was hired by Bochco during the first season of ''L.A. Law''.<ref>{{cite news |title= Bochco on His Own : . . . And at 'L.A. Law,' a New Production Team Takes Over |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=September 14, 1989 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-14-ca-441-story.html |access-date=December 12, 2010 |first=Diane |last=Haithman}}</ref> Kelley went on to critical and commercial success as show-runner of the series before leaving to create ''[[Picket Fences]]''. While on ''L.A. Law'', Kelley and Bochco co-created ''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]'' as the first Steven Bochco Productions series for a major, ten-series deal with ABC. Shortly thereafter, Bochco was offered the job as President of ABC Entertainment, but he turned it down.

At the height of the show's popularity in the late-1980s, attention was focused upon a fictitious [[sex position]] named the "[[Venus Butterfly]]" in season 1. The only clue describing the technique was a vague reference to "ordering room service". Fans and interested persons flooded the show's producers with letters asking for more details about this mysterious technique.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-television/148545251/ |title=Television |first=Walt |last=Belcher |newspaper=[[The Tampa Tribune]] |page=49 |date=1986-12-15 |access-date=2024-06-02 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

The show won [[GLAAD]]'s first Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 1990, which it shared with ''[[HeartBeat (1988 TV series)|Heartbeat]].''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/29/arts/television/lesbian-tv-shows.html |title=The Very (Very) Slow Rise of Lesbianism on TV |last=Salam|first=Maya|newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 29, 2019 |access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref> The first lesbian kiss on television occurred on the show in 1991 ("[[He's a Crowd]]", Season{{spaces}}5, Episode{{spaces}}12), between the characters of C.J. Lamb (played by [[Amanda Donohoe]]) and Abby ([[Michele Greene]]).<ref>[http://www.observer.com/1999/fox-plans-sapphic-smooch-party-five-steve-odonnell-lateline-lets-it-all-out Fox Plans Sapphic Smooch for Party of Five … Steve O'Donnell of Lateline Lets It All Out | The New York Observer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616082925/http://www.observer.com/1999/fox-plans-sapphic-smooch-party-five-steve-odonnell-lateline-lets-it-all-out |date=16 June 2011 }}. Observer.com (31 January 1999). Retrieved on 30 November 2010.</ref>

The show tied itself into the events of the [[Los Angeles riots of 1992]], which were prompted by the acquittal of four white police officers who were put on trial for the videotaped beating of black motorist [[Rodney King]].<ref name="Weinstein"/>  In a scene reminiscent of the [[Attack on Reginald Denny]], tax attorney Stuart Markowitz is struck on the head by a rioter, and ends up having serious head injuries, causing a number of problems for him and his wife for several episodes as a result.<ref>{{cite news |title= TELEVISION VIEW; Order in the Court: 'L.A. Law' Is Shaping Up |work=The New York Times |date=April 11, 1993 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/11/arts/television-view-order-in-the-court-la-law-is-shaping-up.html?scp=1&sq=la%20law&st=cse |access-date=August 10, 2010 |first=John J. |last=O'Connor}}</ref> Partner Douglas Brackman is also arrested in the mayhem of the riots as he is on his way to get remarried.

After the fifth season, Kelley left the show. [[Patricia Green]] and [[Rick Wallace]] were his replacements as executive producer. Green was the main creative force. Her character additions amid cast turnover were met with mixed reaction. She left the show in January 1992. Kelley and Bochco returned to write episodes and Bochco moved back to executive producer from consultant while Kelley stayed consultant. Bochco left the executive producer position after the sixth season and John Tinker and John Masius were brought in to run the seventh season. Kelley exited as consultant. Amid plummeting ratings during the seventh season, co-executive producers [[John Tinker (producer)|John Tinker]] & [[John Masius]] were fired midseason, and while the show went on hiatus, [[William M. Finkelstein]] was brought in to fix it. Tinker and Masius had brought a whimsical, soap-operatic tone to the series for which they had been known on ''[[St. Elsewhere]]''. [[Dan Castellaneta]] (the voice of [[Homer Simpson]]) appeared in a Homer costume and hired the attorneys in the seventh-season premiere. That episode also reflected on the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Finkelstein reined in the series, returning to the serious legal cases that made the series famous.

In the eighth and final season, the characters of Eli Levinson ([[Alan Rosenberg]]) and Denise Iannello ([[Debi Mazar]]) were transplanted from the canceled Bochco legal series ''[[Civil Wars (TV series)|Civil Wars]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-10-07-1993280064-story.html|title=Recasting is little more than life-support for 'L.A. Law'|last=Endrst|first=James|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=October 7, 1993|access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref> Eli Levinson was revealed to be Stuart Markowitz's cousin. During the final season, the series went on hiatus in January 1994 to launch the second season of ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''. When that series succeeded wildly with a guest appearance by [[Robin Williams]], it was expected that ''L.A. Law'' would conclude that May and ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' would succeed it on Thursdays in the fall. However, ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' tested so well that [[Warner Bros.]] executives campaigned network president [[Warren Littlefield]] to give that series the prized Thursday slot.

The series ended in 1994 with NBC not renewing the show for a ninth season at the last minute; ending the show without a proper finale or wrapping up story lines.<ref name=lalawends>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/05/19/the-closing-argument-for-la-law/233016e2-0969-4c80-9af1-4f73cbf5c4e0/|title=The Closing Argument For 'L.A. Law'|last=Shales|first=Tom|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 19, 1994|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref> Bochco envisioned the show being repackaged into an occasional television film; a reunion show titled ''[[L.A. Law: The Movie]]'' would air in 2002 and featured most of the main cast from the series.<ref name=lalawends /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2002/tv/reviews/l-a-law-the-movie-1200549869/|title=L.A. Law: The Movie|last=Fries|first=Laura|newspaper=Variety|date=May 7, 2002|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref>

On August 4, 2020, Hamlin, Dey, Smits, Bernsen, Rachins, Greene and Underwood reunited on the ''[[Stars in the House]]'' video podcast to raise money for [[Entertainment Community Fund|The Actors Fund]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEezRXQc478 |title=LA LAW REUNION {{!}} Stars In The House, Tuesday, 8/4 at 8PM ET |date=2020-08-04 |last=Stars In The House |access-date=2025-02-11 |via=YouTube}}</ref> It was the first time Hamlin and Smits appeared together in 30 years. Some cast members had also reunited earlier that year virtually in June as part of a [[Wizard World]] virtual experience.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghLg2ZzycYQ |title=LA LAW Reunion Panel – Wizard World Virtual Experiences 2020 |date=2020-06-09 |last=Fandom Spotlite |access-date=2025-02-11 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

Reruns were shown on [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] and later A&E during the 1990s and 2000s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-02-15 |title=A&E; TV Listings |url=http://www.aetv.com/global/listings/series_showcase.jsp?EGrpType=Series&Id=8916387&NetwCode=AEN |access-date=2025-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040215041905/http://www.aetv.com/global/listings/series_showcase.jsp?EGrpType=Series&Id=8916387&NetwCode=AEN |archive-date=February 15, 2004 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-84520.html | title=L.A. Law returns to A&E 10/2 &#91;Archive&#93; - Sitcoms Online Message Boards - Forums }}</ref> In the U.K. the show reaired on [[Granada Plus]] and [[ITV 3]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Granada Plus Online |url=http://gplus.co.uk/listings/index.php3?Programme=LA+Law |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010409195400/http://gplus.co.uk/listings/index.php3?Programme=LA+Law |archive-date=2001-04-09 |access-date=2025-09-13 |website=gplus.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-03 |title=One into Four : Off The Telly |url=https://tvcream.co.uk/ott/www.offthetelly.co.uk/index5efc.html?page_id=7600 |access-date=2025-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903183320/https://tvcream.co.uk/ott/www.offthetelly.co.uk/index5efc.html?page_id=7600 |archive-date=September 3, 2024 }}</ref>

==Reception==
{{rquote|right|Any lawyer who doesn't watch ''L.A. Law'' the night before he's going to trial is a fool.|A New York attorney, on the show's influence on juries{{r|margolick19900506}}}}

Because of its popularity, ''L.A. Law'' had great influence on how Americans viewed the law and lawyers. ''[[The New York Times]]'' described it as "television's most serious attempt to date to portray American law and the people who practice it ... ''L.A. Law'', perhaps more than any other force, has come to shape public perceptions about lawyers and the legal system". Attorneys reported that the show had affected how they dressed and spoke to juries (and, possibly, how those juries decided cases), and clients came to expect that cases could be tried and decided within a week. The number of applicants to law school rose because of how it glamourised the profession (including, as one law school dean stated, "the infinite possibilities for sex"), professors used ''L.A. Law'' as a teaching aid to discuss with their students legal issues raised in episodes, and law journal articles analysed the meaning of its plotlines. The show reportedly taught future lawyers things law school did not, such as time management and how to negotiate,<ref name="margolick19900506">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/06/arts/television-ignorance-of-la-law-is-no-excuse-for-lawyers.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=Ignorance of 'L.A. Law' Is No Excuse for Lawyers |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 6, 1990 |access-date=September 25, 2012 |last=Margolick |first=David}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Judging the Trials and Tribulations of 'L.A. LAW': Acting Attorney Faces the Real Bar Association |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=August 31, 1987 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-31-ca-3287-story.html |access-date=December 12, 2010 |first=Myrna |last=Oliver}}</ref> and an attorney stated that the show accurately depicted life at a small law firm.<ref name="goldfarb200406">{{cite news |url=http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/resources/publications/washington_lawyer/june_2004/tvlawyer.cfm |title=Lawyers on Television |work=Washington Lawyer |date=June 2004 |access-date=September 26, 2012 |last=Goldfarb |first=Ronald |archive-date=June 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602064512/http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/resources/publications/washington_lawyer/june_2004/tvlawyer.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

One law professor wrote in the ''[[Yale Law Journal]]'' that ''L.A. Law'' "has conveyed more 'bytes' of information (truthful or not), more images about lawyers, than all the Legal Studies programs, all the op-ed pieces, all the [[PBS]] shows put together." The show was "a massive distortion of reality ... the lawyers of ''L.A. Law'' are caricatures", he stated, but "caricatures are always caricatures ''of'' something, and that has to be real".<ref name="jstor796606">{{cite journal |last1=Friedman |first1=Lawrence M. |year=1989 | title=Law, Lawyers, and Popular Culture |journal=Yale Law Journal |volume=98 |issue=8 | pages=1579–1606 | doi=10.2307/796606 |jstor=796606 |url=https://openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/20.500.13051/16631/2/68_98YaleLJ1579_June1989_.pdf }}</ref> Another wrote in the issue that the show "subtracts eighty to ninety-nine percent of lawyers' real work lives" and overemphasized the glamor of the rest. Unlike other works of legal fiction such as ''[[Perry Mason]]'' and ''[[Presumed Innocent (novel)|Presumed Innocent]]'', however, which are essentially mysteries that lawyers solve, ''L.A. Law''{{'}}s plots taught its tens of millions of viewers torts, ethics, and other basic legal ideas and dilemmas that comprise the first year of a legal education.<ref name="jstor796607">{{cite journal |last1=Gillers |first1=Stephen |year=1989 |title=Taking L. A. Law More Seriously |journal=Yale Law Journal |volume=98 |issue=8 |pages=1607–1623 |doi=10.2307/796607 |jstor=796607|url=https://openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/20.500.13051/16632/2/69_98YaleLJ1607_June1989_.pdf }}</ref>

==Home media==
[[Revelation Films]] has released all eight seasons of ''LA Law'' on DVD in the UK (Region 2). This is the first time the show has been released on DVD anywhere in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/LA-Law-Season-2-DVD/dp/B006ZMDY8C |title=LA Law – Season 2 [DVD&#93;: Amazon.co.uk: Harry Hamlin, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michele Greene, Jimmy Smits, Michael Tucker, Susan Rattan, Richard Dysart, Susan Dey: DVD & Blu-ray |website=Amazon.co.uk |date=June 4, 2012 |access-date=April 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/LA-Law-Season-3-DVD/dp/B007I5NA2A |title=LA Law – Season 3 [DVD&#93;: Amazon.co.uk: Harry Hamlin, Corbin Bernsen, Susan Dey, Jimmy Smits, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Blair Underwood, Larry Drake, Susan Ruttan, Michael Tucker: DVD & Blu-ray |website=Amazon.co.uk |date=September 17, 2012 |access-date=April 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/21660630/0/L-A-Law-Season-4-Box-Set/ListingDetails.html |title=Buy DVD Online &#124; Rakuten.co.uk Shopping DVD |website=Play.com |access-date=April 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/LA-Law-Season-5-DVD/dp/B007IUIWK0/ref=sr_1_4?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1344172331&sr=1-4 |title=LA Law – Season 5 [DVD&#93;: Amazon.co.uk: Harry Hamlin, Jill Eikenberry, Michele Greene, Alan Rachins, Jimmy Smits, Michael Tucker, Richard Dysart, Corbin Bernsen, Susan Dey, Susan Ruttan, Blair Underwood, Larry Drake, Amanda Donohoe, John Specer, Cecil Hoffman, Sheila Kelley: DVD & Blu-ray |website=Amazon.co.uk |date=August 19, 2013 |access-date=April 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/30099396/0/L-A-Law-Season-6-Box-Set/ListingDetails.html |title=Buy DVD Online &#124; Rakuten.co.uk Shopping DVD |website=Play.com |access-date=April 28, 2016}}</ref>

On April 18, 2016, Revelation Films released ''L.A. Law – The Complete Collection'' on DVD in the UK. The 46-disc box set features all 171 episodes of the series in special collectors packaging.<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Law-Complete-Collection-DVD/dp/B019OOG0TC LA Law – The Complete Collection]</ref>

In Region 1, [[Shout! Factory]] has released the first three seasons on DVD.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/LA-Law-Season-1/19147 |title=L.A. Law DVD news: Announcement for L.A. Law – Season 1 |website=TV Shows On DVD|access-date=April 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042601/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/LA-Law-Season-1/19147 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/LA-Law-Season-2-Box-Art/19439 |title=L.A. Law DVD news: Box Art for L.A. Law – Season 2 |website=TV Shows On DVD|access-date=April 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701042238/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/LA-Law-Season-2-Box-Art/19439 |archive-date=July 1, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/LA-Law-Season-3/19882 |title=L.A. Law DVD news: Announcement for L.A. Law – Season 3 |website=TV Shows On DVD|date=June 6, 2014 |access-date=April 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204144/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/LA-Law-Season-3/19882 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref>

All episodes of the series are available to stream on [[Hulu]], as of November 3, 2023, in remastered HD format.<ref>{{cite web|last=Spangler|first=Todd|title=All 'L.A. Law' Seasons Are Coming to Hulu in Remastered HD Format|url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/la-law-streaming-hulu-remastered-hd-format-1235753956/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 12, 2023|access-date=October 13, 2023}}</ref> They were also previously available for periods of time on [[Amazon Prime Video]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitovich |first=Matt Webb |date=2023-08-01 |title=Amazon's 'Missing' L.A. Law Episodes Have Been Found! |url=https://tvline.com/news/how-to-watch-la-law-online-amazon-prime-video-streaming-1235021870/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=TVLine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Larryg |date=2024-07-01 |title=Expiring Titles on Amazon Prime: Archive of Expired Titles July 2024 |url=https://expiringtitlesonamazonprime.blogspot.com/2024/07/expiring-titles-july-2024.html |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Expiring Titles on Amazon Prime}}</ref> and the related free streaming service previously known as [[Freevee|IMDB TV]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=2020-02-05 |title=IMDb TV Grabs Exclusive Free Streaming Rights To Disney TV Titles Like 'Lost' |url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/imdb-tv-grabs-streaming-rights-to-disney-tv-titles-like-desperate-housewives-1202852411/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | DVD name
! rowspan="2" | Ep#
! colspan="3" | Release dates
|-
! [[DVD region code#1|Region 1]]
! [[DVD region code#2|Region 2]]
|-
| Season One
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| style="text-align:center" | February 25, 2014
| style="text-align:center" | January 23, 2012
|-
| Season Two
| style="text-align:center;"|20
| style="text-align:center" | May 20, 2014
| style="text-align:center" | June 4, 2012
|-
| Season Three
| style="text-align:center;"|19
| style="text-align:center" | September 23, 2014
| style="text-align:center" | September 17, 2012
|-
| Season Four
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| style="text-align:center" | N/A
| style="text-align:center" | February 11, 2013
|-
| Season Five
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| style="text-align:center" | N/A
| style="text-align:center" | August 19, 2013
|-
| Season Six
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| style="text-align:center" | N/A
| style="text-align:center" | November 25, 2013
|-
| Season Seven
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| style="text-align:center" | N/A
| style="text-align:center" | March 21, 2016
|-
| Season Eight
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| style="text-align:center" | N/A
| style="text-align:center" | March 21, 2016
|-
| Complete Series
| style="text-align:center;"|171
| style="text-align:center" | N/A
| style="text-align:center" | April 18, 2016
|}

== Cancelled sequel series == 
In December 2020, it was reported that a sequel to the series was in development at [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. [[Blair Underwood]] was set to reprise his role as Rollins and would also have served as executive producer. The sequel would have been produced by Steven Bochco Productions and [[20th Television]], with Bochco's widow Dayna and son Jesse co-executive producing. [[Marc Guggenheim]] and Ubah Mohamed were set to write and [[Anthony Hemingway]] direct.<ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title='LA Law' Sequel Starring Blair Underwood In Works At ABC From Marc Guggenheim, Ubah Mohamed, Anthony Hemingway & Jesse Bochco|url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/la-law-sequel-blair-underwood-star-abc-marc-guggenheim-ubah-mohamed-anthony-hemingway-jesse-bochco-reboot-1234658515/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=December 17, 2020|access-date=December 17, 2020}}</ref> In October 2021, the series was given a pilot order.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2021-10-05|title='L.A. Law' Sequel Starring Blair Underwood Gets ABC Pilot Order|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/la-law-sequel-blair-underwood-abc-pilot-order-1234850331/|access-date=2021-10-05|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> The same month, [[Corbin Bernsen]] joined the sequel series, reprising his role of Arnie Becker.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2021-10-18|title='LA Law': Corbin Bernsen Joins ABC Revival Pilot, Reprising His Role As Arnie Becker From Original|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/la-law-corbin-bernsen-abc-revival-pilot-arnie-becker-1234855003/|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> In January 2022, [[Toks Olagundoye]], [[Hari Nef]] and Ian Duff joined the cast.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|title='L.A. Law': Toks Olagundoye, Hari Nef & Ian Duff Join ABC Revival Pilot |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/la-law-toks-olagundoye-hari-nef-ian-duff-cast-abc-revival-pilot-1234914962/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=January 19, 2022}}</ref> In February 2022, [[John Harlan Kim]], [[Juliana Harkavy]], and [[Kacey Rohl]] joined the cast.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Del Rosario |first1=Alexandra |title='L.A. Law': John Harlan Kim Joins ABC Revival Pilot |url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/l-a-law-john-harlan-kim-abc-revival-pilot-supporting-role-1234926472/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=February 3, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|last2=Petski|first2=Denise|date=2022-02-22|title='L.A. Law': Juliana Harkavy To Star In ABC Revival Pilot|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/l-a-law-juliana-harkavy-abc-revival-pilot-1234958266/|access-date=2022-02-22|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=2022-02-23|title='L.A. Law': Kacey Rohl To Star In ABC Revival Pilot|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/l-a-law-kacey-rohl-abc-revival-pilot-blair-underwood-corbin-bernsen-1234958632/|access-date=2022-02-23|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> In May 2022, ABC announced that the sequel series would not be moving forward.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldberg |first1=Lesley |title='L.A. Law' Sequel Passed Over at ABC |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/l-a-law-passed-over-at-abc-1235146668/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=May 13, 2022}}</ref>

==Accolades==
The show won numerous awards, including 15 Emmy Awards. It won the [[Emmy Award|Emmy]] for Outstanding Drama Series in 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991.<ref>{{cite news |title= L.A. Law' Wins Emmy as Best Drama Series |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=September 21, 1987 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-21-mn-5978-story.html|access-date=August 24, 2010 |first=Lee |last=Margulies}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= 'L.A. Law' and 'Golden Girls' Win Series Emmys |newspaper= The New York Times |date=September 21, 1987 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/21/arts/la-law-and-golden-girls-win-series-emmys.html?scp=6&sq=golden%20girls&st=cse |access-date=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='L.A. Law' Series Gains 20 Emmy Nominations |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 31, 1987 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/31/arts/la-law-series-gains-20-emmy-nominations.html?scp=10&sq=la%20law&st=cse |access-date=August 10, 2010}}</ref> It was also nominated for the award in 1988 and 1992. Some of the actors, including Richard Dysart, Larry Drake and Jimmy Smits, also received Emmys for their performances. The series shares the Emmy Award record for most acting nominations by regular cast members (excluding the guest performer category) for a single series in one year with ''[[Hill Street Blues]],'' ''[[The West Wing]] and [[Game of Thrones]]''

For the 1988–1989 season, nine cast members were nominated for Emmys. Larry Drake was the only one to win (for Supporting Actor).  The others nominated were: Jimmy Smits and Richard Dysart (for Supporting Actor); Michael Tucker (for Lead Actor); Jill Eikenberry and Susan Dey (both for Lead Actress); and Amanda Donohoe, Susan Ruttan, and Michele Greene (all for Supporting Actress).

The series won a Latino Image Award.<ref>{{cite news |title= 'L.A. Law' Again Receives Latino Image Award| newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=June 22, 1991 |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-22-ca-886-story.html |access-date=December 12, 2010}}</ref>

It was listed as number 42 on ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'''s list of The New Classics in the July 4, 2008 issue.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= The New Classics: TV |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=June 18, 2008 |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/06/18/new-classics-tv/ |access-date=April 7, 2019}}</ref>

===Primetime Emmy Awards===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Episode(s)
! Result
|-
| rowspan=14 | [[39th Primetime Emmy Awards|1987]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]
| Steven Bochco, Gregory Hoblit, Terry Louise Fisher, Ellen S. Pressman, Scott Goldstein, Phillip M. Goldfarb
|
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]]
| [[Gregory Hoblit]]
| "Pilot"
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Donald Petrie]]
| "The Venus Butterfly"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series]]
| [[Steven Bochco]] & [[Terry Louise Fisher]]
| "The Venus Butterfly"
| {{won}}
|-
| [[William M. Finkelstein]]
| "Sidney, the Dead-Nosed Reindeer"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Corbin Bernsen]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]
| [[Susan Dey]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Jill Eikenberry]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Jimmy Smits]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Michael Tucker (actor)|Michael Tucker]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
| [[Susan Ruttan]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series]]
| [[Alfre Woodard]]
| "Pilot"
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Jeanne Cooper]]
| "Fry Me to the Moon"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series| Outstanding Art Direction for a Series]]
| Jeffrey L. Goldstein, Richard D. Kent
| "Pilot"
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=17 | [[40th Primetime Emmy Awards|1988]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]
| Steven Bochco, Gregory Hoblit, Rick Wallace, Terry Louise Fisher, Scott Goldstein, David E. Kelley and Phillip M. Goldfarb 
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=4 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]]
| [[Gregory Hoblit]]
| "The Wizard of Odds"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Kim Friedman]]
| "Hand Roll Express"
| {{nom}}
|-
| Win Phelps
| "Full Marital Jacket"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Sam Weisman]]
| "Beauty and Obese"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series]]
| [[Terry Louise Fisher]] & [[David E. Kelley]]
| "Beauty and Obese"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Terry Louise Fisher]], [[David E. Kelley]] & [[Steven Bochco]]
| "Full Marital Jacket"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Corbin Bernsen]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Michael Tucker (actor)|Michael Tucker]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]
| [[Susan Dey]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Jill Eikenberry]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Larry Drake]]
| "Full Marital Jacket"
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Jimmy Smits]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Alan Rachins]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
| [[Susan Ruttan]]
| "Leaping Lizards"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Editing for a Series - Single Camera Production]]
| Elodie Keene
| "Full Marital Jacket"
| {{won}}
|-
| Quinnie Martin Jr. 
| "Divorce with Extreme Prejudice"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=15 | [[41st Primetime Emmy Awards|1989]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]
| Steven Bochco, Rick Wallace, David E. Kelley, Scott Goldstein, Michele Gallery, William M. Finkelstein, Judith Parker, Phillip M. Goldfarb and Alice West 
|
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]]
| [[Eric Laneuville]]
| "I'm In The Nude For Love"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[John Pasquin]]
| "To Live And Diet In L.A."
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series]]
| [[Steven Bochco]], [[David E. Kelley]], [[William M. Finkelstein]] & Michele Gallery
| "His Suit Is Hirsute"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[David E. Kelley]]
| "I'm In The Nude For Love"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[David E. Kelley]], [[William M. Finkelstein]], Michele Gallery & [[Judith Parker]]
| "Urine Trouble Now"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]]
| | [[Michael Tucker (actor)|Michael Tucker]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]
| [[Susan Dey]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Jill Eikenberry]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Larry Drake]]
| "America the Beautiful"
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Jimmy Smits]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Richard Dysart]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
| [[Susan Ruttan]]
|"Romancing The Drone"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Amanda Plummer]]
| "Urine Trouble Now"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Michele Greene]]
| "America The Beautiful"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=11 | [[42nd Primetime Emmy Awards|1990]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]
| David E. Kelley, Rick Wallace, William M. Finkelstein, Elodie Keene, Michael M. Robin, Alice West and Robert Breech 
|
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]]
| Win Phelps
| "Noah's Bark"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Rick Wallace]]
| "The Last Gasp"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series]]
| [[David E. Kelley]]
| "Blood, Sweat & Fears"
| {{won}}
|-
| [[David E. Kelley]] & [[William M. Finkelstein]]
| "Bang... Zoom... Zap"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]
| [[Jill Eikenberry]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Jimmy Smits]]
| "Blood, Sweat and Fears"
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Larry Drake]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Richard Dysart]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
| [[Susan Ruttan]]
| "The Good Human Bar"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Diana Muldaur]]
| "Whatever Happened to Hannah?"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=9 | [[43rd Primetime Emmy Awards|1991]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]
| David E. Kelley, Rick Wallace, Patricia Green, John Hill, Robert Breech, James C. Hart, Elodie Keene, Alan Brennert and Alice West
|
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]]
| [[Tom Moore (director)|Tom Moore]]
| "God Rest Ye Murray Gentleman"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series]]
| [[David E. Kelley]]
| "On The Toad Again"
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Judith Feldman]] & [[Sarah Woodside Gallagher]]
| "Lie Harder"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[David E. Kelley]], [[Patricia Green]] & [[Alan Brennert]]
| "Mutinies On The Banzai"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Jimmy Smits]]
| "God Rest Ye Murray Gentleman"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Richard Dysart]]
| "The Beverly Hills Hangers"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
| [[Diana Muldaur]]
| "[[He's a Crowd]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[John Glover (actor)|John Glover]]
| "God Rest Ye Murray Gentleman"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=5 | [[44th Primetime Emmy Awards|1992]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]
| Steven Bochco, Rick Wallace, Patricia Green, Alan Brennert, Carol Flint, Elodie Keene, James C. Hart, Robert Breech and Don Behrns 
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]]
| [[Rick Wallace]]
| "Say Goodnight Gracie"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Richard Dysart]]
| "Monkey on My Back Lot"
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Jimmy Smits]]
| "Say Goodnight Gracie"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
| [[Conchata Ferrell]]
| "P.S. Your Shrink Is Dead"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[46th Primetime Emmy Awards|1994]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
| [[Jill Eikenberry]]
| "Safe Sex"
| {{nom}}
|}

===Golden Globe Awards===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
| [[44th Golden Globe Awards|1987]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama|Best Television Series – Drama]]
|
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=6 | [[45th Golden Globe Awards|1988]]
| Best Television Series – Drama
|
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama|Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama]]
| [[Harry Hamlin]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Michael Tucker (actor)|Michael Tucker]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama]]
| [[Susan Dey]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Jill Eikenberry]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television]]
| [[Alan Rachins]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=7 | [[46th Golden Globe Awards|1989]]
| Best Television Series – Drama
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
| [[Harry Hamlin]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Corbin Bernsen]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
| [[Susan Dey]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Jill Eikenberry]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
| [[Larry Drake]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television]]
| [[Susan Ruttan]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=8 | [[47th Golden Globe Awards|1990]]
| Best Television Series – Drama
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
| [[Harry Hamlin]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Corbin Bernsen]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
| [[Susan Dey]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Jill Eikenberry]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
| [[Larry Drake]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Michael Tucker (actor)|Michael Tucker]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
| [[Susan Ruttan]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=5 | [[48th Golden Globe Awards|1991]]
| Best Television Series – Drama
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
| [[Susan Dey]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Jill Eikenberry]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
| [[Jimmy Smits]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Blair Underwood]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=4 | [[49th Golden Globe Awards|1992]]
| Best Television Series – Drama
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
| [[Susan Dey]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
| [[Larry Drake]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
| [[Amanda Donohoe]]
| {{won}}
|}

===Directors Guild of America Awards===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Nominee
! Episode
! Result
|-
| [[39th Directors Guild of America Awards|1986]]
| rowspan="4"|[[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series|Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]]
| [[Donald Petrie]]
| "The Venus Butterfly"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[42nd Directors Guild of America Awards|1989]]
| [[Eric Laneuville]]
| "I'm In The Nude For Love"
| {{Won}}
|-
| [[Gabrielle Beaumont]]
| "Lie Down and Deliver"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[John Pasquin]]
| "To Live And Diet In L.A."
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

===Writers Guild of America Awards===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Category
! Episode(s)
! Nominees(s)
! Result
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[40th Writers Guild of America Awards|1987]]
| rowspan="6"|[[Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama|Episodic Drama]]
| "Fry Me to the Moon"
| Jacob Epstein, Marshall Goldberg and David E. Kelley
| {{nom}}
|-
| "The Venus Butterfly"
| Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[41st Writers Guild of America Awards|1988]]
| "Full Marital Jacket"
| Terry Louise Fisher, David E. Kelley and Steven Bochco
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[42nd Writers Guild of America Awards|1989]]
| "His Suite is Hirsute"
| Steven Bochco, David E. Kelley, Michele Gallery and William M. Finkelstein
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[43rd Writers Guild of America Awards|1990]]
| "Bang...Zoom...Zap"
| David E. Kelley and William M. Finkelstein
| {{nom}}
|-
| "Justice Swerved"
| David E. Kelley and Bryce Zabel
| {{nom}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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* {{IMDb title}}
* {{epguides|LALaw}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9RFTdUf-HQ Interview] with Steven Bochco from the [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]. Currently this video may not be available in some countries outside the U.S.
* [https://sites.google.com/site/tvwriting/us-drama/us-drama-collections/la-law?authuser=0 "L.A. Law" scripts]

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